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Ekener-Petersen, Elisabeth. "Tracking down Social Impacts of Products with Social Life Cycle Assessment." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys (fms), 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-137974.

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An important aspect of sustainable development is the social impacts from the consumption of goods and services. A recently developed method for social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) assesses the potential positive and negative social impacts along a product’s life cycle, while avoiding shifting negative impacts from one part of the supply chain to another. This thesis evaluated the applicability of S-LCA in three case studies, as well as a way of introducing an ethical perspective on the distribution of social impacts among stakeholders. The case study of laptop computers identified workers an

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Neugebauer, Sabrina [Verfasser], Matthias [Akademischer Betreuer] Finkbeiner, Matthias [Gutachter] Finkbeiner, and Rainer [Gutachter] Grießhammer. "Enhancing life cycle sustainability assessment : tiered approach and new characterization models for social life cycle assessment and life cycle costing / Sabrina Neugebauer ; Gutachter: Matthias Finkbeiner, Rainer Grießhammer ; Betreuer: Matthias Finkbeiner." Berlin : Technische Universität Berlin, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1156182409/34.

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Karlewski, Hannah [Verfasser], Matthias [Gutachter] Finkbeiner, and Walter [Gutachter] Klöpffer. "Social Life Cycle Assessment in der Automobilindustrie / Hannah Karlewski ; Gutachter: Matthias Finkbeiner, Walter Klöpffer." Berlin : Technische Universität Berlin, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1156350077/34.

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Cooper, Jasmin. "Life cycle sustainability assessment of shale gas in the UK." Thesis, University of Manchester, 2017. https://www.research.manchester.ac.uk/portal/en/theses/life-cycle-sustainability-assessment-of-shale-gas-in-the-uk(692252b3-faab-4428-899c-afbcdeec787a).html.

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This research assesses the impacts of developing shale gas in the UK, with the focus of determining whether or not it is possible to develop it sustainably and how it could affect the electricity and gas mix. There is much uncertainty on the impacts of developing shale gas in the UK, as the country is currently in the early stages of exploration drilling and the majority of studies which have been carried out to analyse the effects of shale gas development have been US specific. To address these questions, the environmental, economic and social sustainability have been assessed and the results

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Grönkvist, Sofia. "Social Life Cycle Assessment in the Textile Industry: a case study in a small company." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-384470.

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Investigations of the textile industry and apparel sector often reveal unethical behaviours towards workers and lack of transparency in the value chain. As consumers are getting more conscious and the external pressure and demand for more sustainable clothing increases, companies need to implement management systems to control their operations and ensure actions are socially responsible. The Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) methodology published by the United Nations Environment Programme in 2009 are suggested to measure positive and negative social impacts on stakeholders along a product

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Wan, He. "Assessing CSR and Applying Social Life Cycle Assessment: A case study on Biochemical Oxygen Demand Online Monitor." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-182191.

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Wuhan China and Borlänge Sweden collaborate to promote sustainable business growths. This thesis, being part of sustainable business project, aims to understand how business can contribute to sustainable development and explore mechanisms of social life cycle assessment. In an effort to answer research questions and further to achieve the general purpose, a BOD online monitor case study is described and analyzed by applying both qualitative and quantitative approaches. Data collection is based on interviews and documents. In the case of BOD online monitor, the thesis identifies Boffin and Univ

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Giorgianni, Giulia. "Analisi dei principi e dei metodi per la valutazione della sostenibilità dei prodotti e dei processi con un'applicazione ai componenti per l’edilizia." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2016.

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Tale elaborato si pone l’obiettivo di analizzare una tematica oggigiorno molto discussa, ma tuttora per molti versi inesplorata: la sostenibilità. Esso è stato scritto con la volontà di rendere disponibile uno scritto di consultazione che fornisca una panoramica il più possibile completa sugli studi e le metodologie applicative elaborati fino ad ora connessi al tema della sostenibilità. La logica con cui lo scritto è articolato, prevede in primis un inquadramento generale sul tema della sostenibilità, fortemente connesso con il concetto di Life Cycle Thinking, e prosegue concentrando l’atten

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Aucamp, Ilse Carin. "The role and the place of social impact assessment in the project life cycle / Ilse C. Aucamp." Thesis, North-West University, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10394/351.

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Social lmpact Assessment is a relatively new field of study in South Africa and abroad. It is dynamic and constantly changes as it develops. Current literature indicates that there is a need for SIA to be done through all phases of the project life cycle. The assumption made in this study is that this is not happening in practice. This study investigated the current practices in South Africa. Six case studies were analysed. The results confirmed the assumptions. The case studies were measured against the principles of Social lrnpact Assessment, lntegrated Environmental Management and Social De

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Ny, Henrik. "Strategic Life-Cycle Modeling for Sustainable Product Development." Licentiate thesis, Karlskrona : Blekinge Institute of Technology, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-00352.

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Decision makers are challenged by complex sustainability problems within the socio-ecological system. In response, a vast range of sustainability-related methods/tools have been developed, each focusing on certain aspects of this challenge. Without a unifying theory it is, however, unclear how these methods/tools can support strategic progress towards sustainability and how they relate to each other. This need for clarity and structure urged some sustainability pioneers to start develop an overarching framework for strategic sustainable development (SSD), often called “The Natural Step (TNS) f

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Welling, Sebastian. "Assessing the Social Performance of Products: Developing a Set of Indicators for Vattenfall AB Connected to the International EPD® system." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-197717.

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A set of indicators has been developed by the author of this work to assess the social performance of Vattenfall’s products (electricity & heat). This set of indicators has been adapted to the requirements of the International EPD® system. The aim has been to create a set of indicators that can be applied to all processes within the lifecycle. The indicators are supposed to make a best possible statement of the social performance of a companies’ product, including the most relevant issues and topics within the pillar of social science and social sustainability. The method used for the deve

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Bergström, Pauline. "Mapping surplus food redistribution initiatives in Sweden and a Life Cycle Assessment of environmental, social and economic impacts of some representatives." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för geovetenskaper, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-388642.

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The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations suggest that out of all food that is produced, 1/3 ends up as food waste. In high income countries, such as Sweden, the food waste mainly originates from the last stages of the food chain, e.g. at food stores and households. Sweden is a member of the EU as well as the United Nations, and follows the common legislation for waste in the EU and has adopted the Sustainable Development Goals from the United Nations. In the Sustainable Development Goal number 12, food waste in terms of reduction is addressed, although Sweden does not have a

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Umair, Shakila. "Informal Electronic Waste Recycling in Pakistan." Licentiate thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys (fms), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-167975.

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The aim of this thesis was to study governance aspects of informal electronic waste recycling and to provide better knowledge of the business in terms of structure, stakeholders, governance aspects and social impacts. The thesis consists of a cover essay and two papers appended at the end of the thesis. The cover essay summarizes the papers and puts them in context. The objective of Paper I is to study the business of informal electronic waste recycling in Pakistan and highlight its governance issues. Paper II assesses the social impacts of this business using UNEP-SETAC Guidelines. The thesis

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Mariga, Valentina. "Sustainability analysis in the mining sector: a case study on new recycling technologies for sulphidic mine residues valorisation." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2021. http://amslaurea.unibo.it/23270/.

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Research has demonstrated that mining activities can cause serious impacts on the environment, as well as the surrounding communities, mainly due to the unsafe storage of mine tailings. This research focuses on the sustainability assessment of new technologies for the recovery of metals from mine residues. The assessment consists in the evaluation of the environmental, economic, and social impacts through the Life Cycle based methods: Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC), and Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA). The analyses are performed on the Mondo Minerals bioleaching pr

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Andersson, Jenny. "Environmental Impacts of Contaminated Site Remediation : a Comparision of two Life Cycle Assessments." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Thematic Studies, 2003. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-1931.

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<p>The decision process of which technique to choose for remediation of contaminated sites has traditionally focused on the clean up level, the time required and the economical resources. The environmental costs of the remediation are seldom taken into consideration. With a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) it is possible to receive an overall picture of the environmental impacts caused by a remediation technique. In this thesis a comparison of two LCA methods has been made. The methods are named REC and Uva and are used in the Netherlands and Germany. Two remediation techniques, the adsorption tech

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Grilli, Piero. "Environmental impacts of circular scenarios for the textile industry : A planetary boundaries-based life cycle assessment of cotton t-shirt." Thesis, Stockholms universitet, Stockholm Resilience Centre, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:su:diva-194682.

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Planetary Boundaries (PB) and Circular Economy (CE) are becoming the paradigm for sustainability. There is an increasing interest to operationalise PB into a framework for businesses to maximise profitability within environmental limits. The context of the cotton textile industry makes a good setting for understanding the casual chain of connections between the socio-economic system expressed by extensive global supply chain of cotton, and its ecological interconnection with the Earth’s system that is put under pressure. For this study, life cycle assessment (LCA) is recognised as a suitable a

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Ahmed, Shehzad, Marcos H. K. Conradt, and Valeria De Fusco Pereira. "Alternative Fuels for Transportation : A Sustainability Assessment of Technologies within an International Energy Agency Scenario." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3628.

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Transport sector is an essential driver of economic development and growth, and at the same time, one of the biggest contributors to climate change, responsible for almost a quarter of the global carbon dioxide emissions. The sector is 95 percent dependent on fossil fuels. International Energy Agency (IEA) scenarios present different mixes of fuels to decrease both dependence on fossil fuels and emissions, leading to a more sustainable future. The main alternative fuels proposed in the Blue map scenario, presented in the Energy Technologies Perspective 2008, were hydrogen and second-generation

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Moberg, Åsa. "Assessment of media and communication from a sustainability perspective." Doctoral thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-12502.

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This thesis aims to assess potential environmental impacts of media and communication and to contribute to the development of methods for sustainability assessment. Although the main focus is on printed and electronic media products and environmental impacts, a broader sector analysis is also included and social aspects are discussed. The thesis provides a review of different environmental assessment tools in order to better understand their relationships and the appropriateness of different tools in different situations. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is used to assess printed and electronic ver

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Erlandsson, Lars-Åke. "Rättvist trä : Livscykelanalys av träprodukter ur ett socialt hållbarhetsperspektiv." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för skog och träteknik (SOT), 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-85989.

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The purpose of the present degree project was to investigate the possibilities of assessing social sustainability and, on this basis, to carry out an equality analysis of wood as a construction material. The latter part of the purpose was met by carrying out social life cycle assessments focusing on gender equality: one for wood as anengineering material and one for house with wooden frame. The result was presented as a gender index which indicated the proportion of the work carried out by women. To gain more knowledge about wood as an engineering material a complete social life cycle assessme

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Prouty, Christine M. "Socioeconomic Factors' and Water Source Features' Effect on Household Water Supply Choices in Uganda and the Associated Environmental Impacts." Scholar Commons, 2013. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/4749.

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Over the last twenty years or more, Uganda has benefitted from significant strides in water and sanitation initiated by the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals. While the rapid progress towards development has been vastly beneficial, it is also important that it does not occur at the expense of the environment. The environmental impacts of these water sources must be evaluated and understood. However, to develop a robust understanding of the impact requires inclusion of the community members who use these sources and their perceptions of them. Consequently, the goal of this research i

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Wiik, Marianne, and Mikaela Sahlin. "Life Cycle Assessment : Life cycle assessment of a high speed centrifugal separator." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-32798.

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The main objective is to perform a life cycle assessment (LCA) on a hot milk high-speed centrifugal separator (HMRPX 918-HGV-74C, product number 881275 01 01. The purpose of a life cycle assessment (LCA) is to provide a picture of a product’s total environmental impact during its lifecycle. The study is carried out according to ISO 14 040, i.e. all methods, data and assumptions are accounted for in order to make an external review possible. An LCA could provide the basis for an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD). The LCA clearly shows that the main environmental impact of the separator is

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Demade, Maxime. "Analyse sociale de cycles de vie : les cycles de vie des représentations paysagères de l'éolien." Thesis, Bordeaux 3, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018BOR30047/document.

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L’utilisation croissante du vocable de la transition dans le débat public contribue à l’émergence de nouvelles méthodes de recherche dont les géographes commencent à se saisir. La transition invite à réfléchir dans un cadre d’action nouveau. Appliquée au domaine des énergies, elle rencontre le géographe dans ses interprétations des dynamiques spatiales. Ce cadre spatio-temporel inédit, où sont introduites les notions de territorialisation de l’énergie et de réversibilité, constitue une opportunité pour le géographe de penser ces enjeux nouveaux selon des approches du couple espace-temps réinte

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Tucker, Dagny. "Mainstreaming Culture(s) of Sustainability: The Civic Society, Business and Design Imperative." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Jaume I, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/420860.

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This work identifies the gap between and – describes the characteristics of – the necessary link between peace and sustainability. Through the lens of the following constructs; a) political-economic and civic society; b) historical context and contemporary forces behind ingrained ideologies of capitalism and consumption; c) current and emerging business models and d) the imperatives of climate change, this work develops insights and tests strategies for processes through which well-being economies and sustainable culture(s) are more fully able to emerge in support long-term positive peace.<br

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Naughton, Colleen Claire. "Modeling Food Security, Energy, and Climate and Cultural Impacts of a Process: the Case Study of Shea Butter in Sub-Saharan Africa." Scholar Commons, 2016. http://scholarcommons.usf.edu/etd/6000.

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Millions of people in the world, particularly women and people in sub-Saharan Africa, suffer from hunger and poverty. Three of the major 2015-2030 United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) aim to eliminate hunger through food security and sustainable agriculture, eradicate poverty, and achieve gender equality through women’s empowerment. Shea trees and their associated fruit and butter can play a major role in each of these three SDGs for women and their families throughout sub-Saharan Africa. Shea trees are located over a wide expanse stretching more than 5,000 kilometers across ov

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Dai, Dan, and Xiuying Tang. "Transitioning towards sustainable management of building materials in China." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2005. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-2666.

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The purpose of this research is to examine how The Natural Step Framework, combined with Life Cycle Assessment and Ecological Footprint could help to manage the sustainability challenges of construction materials in China and to consider how these tools and concepts might inform each other in combination. Based on a literature review regarding the current reality of building materials in China and industry experience with use of existing sustainability concepts and tools, we build a conceptual model to integrate the three above concepts and attempt to analyse how they could work better togethe

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Saha, Polin, Salman Ahmad, Ashfaq Abbasi, and Masood Khan. "Environmental Management Systems and Sustainability : Integrating Sustainability in Environmental Management Systems." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för ingenjörsvetenskap, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3228.

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To check rapidly deteriorating environmental conditions, many management tools are being used by different industries. In order to address environmental issues the corporate sector has seen a drastic increase in the use of environmental management systems. There is strong need to check how these environmental management systems are rendering environmental management services. Research shows that environmental management systems are mistakenly expected to prescribe technical and environmental objectives. Without describing what goals an organization must achieve, they lay out a system for manag

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Riot, Jeanne. "Le management de l’environnement à travers ses instruments : De la diffusion d’outils à la construction de dynamiques d’action collective pour l’innovation environnementale." Thesis, Paris, ENMP, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013ENMP0085/document.

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La réduction des impacts environnementaux des entreprises s'appuie notamment sur de nombreux instruments d'évaluation environnementale (ACV, Bilan Carbone, etc.) censés guider leurs actions. Or, malgré leur importante diffusion, la question de leur performativité, c'est-à-dire de leur capacité à transformer effectivement les pratiques managériales, reste posée. Autrement dit, nombre de ces outils d'évaluation ne deviennent pas ipso facto des instruments de gestion. Dans les travaux en ingénierie de l'environnement, les difficultés d'appropriation des instruments d'évaluation sont associées aux

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Olivier, Hervé-Bazin, Iacovino Carlo, and Ren Hanzi. "Applying the Framework for Strategic Sustainable Development to Water management." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för maskinteknik, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3817.

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A strategic management of water is integral for any society aiming at moving towards sustainability. This thesis aims to provide a common understanding of how water management should be considered within sustainability constraints, using ‘backcasting’ from basic sustainability principles as a compass. With a common language, a constructive dialogue is then possible to unify all stakeholders to move together towards sustainability. To answer the research question “How can an interaction with water stakeholders be strategically developed to progress toward the service of water in a sustainable s

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Moraga, Gustavo Longaray. "Avaliação do ciclo de vida e simulação termoenergética em unidade habitacional unifamiliar do Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/169822.

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Os edifícios são responsáveis por importantes impactos ambientais, principalmente, pelo seu longo ciclo de vida. Neste sentido, as edificações são potenciais redutoras de danos ambientais, já que as decisões sobre seu impacto podem ser feitas em projeto. No Brasil, o Programa Minha Casa Minha Vida (PMCMV) produziu mais de dois milhões de unidades de habitação, sendo um importante gerador de impactos. Foram realizadas pesquisas avaliando impactos sociais, urbanísticos e arquitetônicos do PMCMV, entretanto ainda existe escassez de estudos avaliando os impactos ambientais dessas edificações. Esta

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Wärmark, Katarina. "Assessment of water footprint for civil construction projects." Thesis, Institutionen för vatten och miljö, Sveriges Lantbruksuniversitet (SLU), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-257147.

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Water is an irreplaceable resource and the strain on it is getting tougher. Around 40 per cent of the water withdrawn in Europe is for industrial use. With a growing population and an increased demand for food and energy per capita, the demand and pressure on our water resources will increase. CEEQUAL is a rating scheme for the civil construction industry and has raised the water footprint as an important sustainability issue to consider when choosing building materials. There is however little knowledge within the industry of how to do this. This paper offers information regarding available

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Chai, Yi, and Zhenqing Gao. "Product-Service System Innovation in Urban Mining-A case study with Volvo CE." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Institutionen för maskinteknik, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-5471.

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Volvo Construction Equipment (Volvo CE) is one of the world's largest manufacturers of construction machines. Now they want to access a sustainability-focused mining field – urban mining. This study is to find a solution helping Volvo CE quickly access to urban mining with a Product-Service System (PSS) development concept. To do this, the authors completed surveys and several interviews with construction companies, to understand the user and customer needs. The authors also go through a functional analysis on a new prototype of their collaboration partner - Stanford University. The resul

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Gustavsson, Jessica, and Anna Grunewald. "End-of-Life treatment of Radio Base Station transceivers in Europe, Japan and the USA : a Life Cycle Assessment study." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 1999. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-33040.

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The background to this study is increased efforts at Ericsson to evaluate the environmental impact of the products. Earlier Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies at Ericsson have mainly focused on the production- and use phases, whereas the End-of-Life (EoL) phase has not been thoroughly considered. This, along with the fact that legislation on producer responsibility for electronics is anticipated in a number ofcountries around the world, has made research in the environmental impact of the EoLphase increasingly important. The main objectives of this study were: To develop scenarios for the mos

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Alfredsson, Eva. "Green consumption energy use and carbon dioxide emission." Doctoral thesis, Umeå universitet, Kulturgeografi, 2002. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-80.

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The aim of this thesis is to explore the quantitative potential to reduce energy requirements and CO2 emissions through changed patterns of consumption, given unchanged levels of consumption expenditure. The thesis question is analysed using a systems analysis approach which in this case means that life cycle assessment data on energy requirements and CO2 emissions related to household consumption are combined with a financial and behavioural analysis to make sure that the budget constraint is kept and that both the first and second order effects of adopting a green consumption pattern are ana

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Lindroth, Mikael. "Life cycle assessment of radiorelay systems : A comparative study on the environmental effectsof different transmission media." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekologi, 1999. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-32417.

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This degree project, Life cycle assessment of radio relay systems, was conducted at Telia AB, Telia Network Services AB, Farsta, and the section of Industrial Ecology of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm. Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a tool with which it is possible to calculate the environmental load from a product, material or service during all the phases in its life cycle. The results presented in this study are based on such an LCA. Radio relay is an alternative to optical fibre cables, but little information was available wi

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Arvizu, Piña Víctor Alberto. "Las "Declaraciones Ambientales de Producto" como instrumento de mejora ambiental en el sector de la construcción en México : el sector de la vivienda como enfoque inicial." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/525837.

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The building sector environmental impact is specially important in emerging economies such as Mexico, due to the population increase and urban growth that they are currently facing. Due to the holistic approach of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), this tool has been widely accepted among the scientific community to evaluate and improve the products environmental performance from various sectors, such as building. However, their adaptation to this field requires taking into account some aspects that are not always addressed equally. This is often because a lack of a common methodological platform. B

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Roy, Axel. "From a complex to a simpler building product Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) : Focus on simplification of LCA conduct for electronic and electrical equipment." Thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-119851.

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Wolff, Anastasia. "Responsabilité sociétale : quelles contributions des entreprises à la conservation de la biodiversité ?" Thesis, Lyon, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LYSEM039/document.

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Alors que nous faisons face à une crise biologique majeure, acteurs institutionnel et ONGs exhortent les entreprises à s’engager pour enrayer cette érosion écologique. L’objectif de la thèse est d’analyser, évaluer et faire évoluer la contribution potentielle des entreprises à la conservation de la biodiversité dans le cadre de leur responsabilité sociétale (RSE).Un cadre d’analyse est développé pour évaluer la prise en charge par une entreprise de ses responsabilités écologiques en termes de moyens – les initiatives RSE a priori favorables à la biodiversité mises en œuvre – et de résultats –

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Bicalho, Tereza. "Les limites de l'ACV. Etude de la soutenabilité d'un biodiesel issu de l'huile de palme brésilienne." Phd thesis, Université Paris Dauphine - Paris IX, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-01002055.

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L'analyse de cycle de vie (ACV), telle qu'elle est pratiquée aujourd'hui, peut conduire à des résultats biaisés. L'utilisation de cet outil s'avère particulièrement sensible dans des cadres réglementaires. En effet, au lieu d'inciter les entreprises à réduire leurs impacts sur l'environnement, les certifications obtenues à partir des ACV risquent de produire un effet contraire : comme elles tendent à récompenser des moyennes industrielles plutôt que les résultats propres aux entreprises, elles peuvent détruire toute incitation pour ces dernières à agir correctement sur le plan environnemental.

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Touceda, Gomez Maria Isabel. "Implementation of socioeconomic criteria in a life cycle sustainability assessment framework applied to housing retrofitting. The Brussels-Capital region case study." Doctoral thesis, Universite Libre de Bruxelles, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/2013/ULB-DIPOT:oai:dipot.ulb.ac.be:2013/238640.

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Most of the housing stock in European cities needs to be updated to fulfill current requirements. Although energy and climate have been prioritized in European policies, other sustainable development challenges are sometimes disregarded. Retrofitting plays a part in addressing social concerns such as unemployment and poverty. Therefore, these issues also need to be tackled during the decision-making process.Decision makers need assessment methods to help them to comprehensively address complex processes such as retrofitting on a territorial scale. Several tools are available to address certain

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Almeida, Marcelo Costa. "Avaliação social do ciclo de vida de produtos: Proposta de método e avaliação preliminar do álcool etílico hidratado combustível." Universidade de São Paulo, 2009. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/86/86131/tde-07072009-085537/.

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Esta Tese propõe e aplica um método de Avaliação Social do Ciclo de Vida de Produtos. Os indivíduos que compõem o recurso humano desempenham o papel de vetor entre o sistema social e o sistema de produto. Duas categorias de sustentabilidade social são definidas: 1) Atendimento de Necessidades Básicas; e, 2) Autonomia Intelectual. O Indicador desenvolvido para a primeira categoria é a Renda Monetária Anual, medida em unidades monetárias. O indicador desenvolvido para a segunda categoria é a Escolaridade Ajustada pela Duração do Vínculo. A escolaridade dos indivíduos, medida em anos equivalentes

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Stouris, Konstantinos. "The WeCycle Project – Carbon Calculator development for IT equipment." Thesis, KTH, Hållbar utveckling, miljövetenskap och teknik, 2018. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-233582.

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With global emissions of human activities that drive climate change on the rise, global institutions and authorities are trying to introduce new regulations in the industry, in order to accomplish a significant reduction of carbon emissions. In order for companies to be more effective in reducing carbon emissions, not only from their products but also along their value chains and product portfolios, it is of vital importance to understand and quantify them. Following that need, tools that can measure the carbon footprint of various corporate operations (carbon calculators) have risen in popula

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Svensson, Jenny, and Alice Kjellson. "A Comparative Study of Social, Economic and Environmental Aspects of Paraffinand Wood Pellets Used for Cooking in Low Income Households in South Africa : A minor field study." Thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys (fms), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-178061.

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The majority of low income households in South Africa have limited access to electricity, and typically cook on stoves fuelled by paraffin. Paraffin represents a fossil fuel. It is a relatively cheap fuel in South Africa. Another fuel that can also be used for cooking is wood pellets, which is a renewable fuel. It can be used in a similar way to that of paraffin and is relatively cheap compared to other renewable energy sources. To investigate if living conditions among low income households can be improved the focus of the study was to evaluate the sustainability of cooking on paraffin and wo

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Svensson, Jenny, and Alice Kjellson. "A Comparative Study of Social, Environmental and Economic Aspects of Paraffin and Wood Pellets Used for Cooking in Low Income Households in South Africa : A Minfor Field Study." Thesis, KTH, Miljöstrategisk analys (fms), 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-172821.

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The majority of low income households in South Africa have limited access to electricity, and typically cook on stoves fuelled by paraffin. Paraffin represents a fossil fuel. It is a relatively cheap fuel in South Africa. Another fuel that can also be used for cooking is wood pellets, which is a renewable fuel. It can be used in a similar way to that of paraffin and is relatively cheap compared to other renewable energy sources. To investigate if living conditions among low income households can be improved the focus of the study was to evaluate the sustainability of cooking on paraffin and wo

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Lúcio, João Francisco Alexandre. "Social Life Cycle Assessment for Additive Manufacturing: A Review." Master's thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/28732.

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The aim of this dissertation is to assist in the development of the project FIBR3D – Hybrid Processes based on Additive Manufacture of Thermoplastic Matrix Composites Reinforced with Fibers, by providing a base insight on the Social Life Cycle Assessment methodology (SLCA) and other related methodologies. The main objective of this dissertation is to present a literature review to identify the existing life cycle based methodologies, which will give a base knowledge on how they work and how they can be implemented within the project FIBR3D. This study will help in the development of a life cy

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HONG, CHIEN-YU, and 洪倩玉. "Social Life Cycle Assessment of Municipal Waste-to-Energy Operation." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7wgs3j.

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碩士<br>國立臺北大學<br>自然資源與環境管理研究所<br>105<br>Due to the fast growth of economy and population, urban population had grown massively. The trash produced by large population became a problem for this world. The limited land use and the slow progress of recycling technology, we now use Waste to Energy skill. This essay research on 24 incineration plants in Taiwan and discuss the pro and cons of Municipal Waste to Energy technology to our society. 　　Greenhouse Gas Reduction and Management Act is the source of emissions of view, ISO 14064:2006 using organizations point of view, Local Government Greenhous

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Lourenço, Francisco Manuel Parracho. "A social life cycle assessment methodology for additive manufacturing products." Master's thesis, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/10362/90123.

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The additive manufacturing technology, also known as 3D printing, is gaining popularity among the general public, the media, and in the industries. This technology is being viewed as a disruptive technology with the potential to replace many manufacturing processes and to change society as we know it. With its rapid proliferation in recent years, an understanding of the possible impacts of this technology on the stakeholders has become a crucial matter. There are many studies available in the literature concerning its economic and environmental impacts. However, research regarding the so

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Nemarumane, Takalani Musundwa. "Social impact assessment of sugar production operations in South Africa : a social life cycle assessment perspective." Thesis, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/8647.

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M.Tech. (Quality and Operations Management)<br>This paper focuses on the social impact of the sugar industry in South Africa. A social impact assessment is a method that aims to assess social features of the product and their positive and negative aspects in terms of its processing of raw material to the final stages of its disposal. The objectives of the study were guided by the guidelines on social life cycle assessment of products of the South African Sugar Industry developed by the United Nations Environmental Programme and SETAC initiatives. The main aim is to add value to the social asse

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HUNG, PI-FANG, and 洪苾芳. "Social Life Cycle Assessment of Reuse of Municipal Waste Water Effluent." Thesis, 2017. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/7w4f9n.

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碩士<br>國立臺北大學<br>自然資源與環境管理研究所<br>105<br>Taiwan is affected by population growth and changes in industrial structure. The water resources demand to increase. However it is limited by terrain and climate change which cause rainfall time maldistribution. It result water resource in crisis. According to solve this phenomenon, develop the diversification of water resources which is indispensable. In this study, the systematic reclaimed water was submitted to analysis. To summarize the condition of reclaimed water, and used the most relative five stakeholders in the structure of specification, throug

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ZANCHI, LAURA. "Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: application to the automotive sector and challenges for the lightweighting." Doctoral thesis, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2158/1085729.

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This research represents one of the first examples of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment application to the lightweight design in the automotive sector. Beside an extensive literature review, mostly dedicated to identify the starting point of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) and Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) in the automotive sector, this work provides contributions regarding S-LCA implementation and integration of results in the LCSA. Moreover, also LCA and LCC have been addressed as a way to find out environmental and economic issues related to lightweight solutions to be

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Siebert, Anke. "Socio-economic assessment of wood-based products from German bioeconomy regions:: a social life cycle assessment approach." 2018. https://ul.qucosa.de/id/qucosa%3A34798.

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The effort on mitigating climate change has conjured up a vision of a bioeconomy. Therefore, industrial production has to turn away from fossil-based resources to bio-based ones. In Germany, the BioEconomy Cluster aims to establish a bioeconomy region that is based on non-food biomass, especially wood. The complexity of this transition raises doubts as to whether it necessarily leads to a better, more sustainable living in the regions. Currently, life cycle assessment tools are viewed as adequate to evaluate sustainability aspects associated to products. A method to analyse potential social ef

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Labuschagne, Carin. "Sustainable project life cycle management : development of social criteria for decision-making." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/28609.

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An initial analysis of sustainable project life cycle management methodologies’ current status highlighted that social and environmental aspects of sustainable development are not addressed effectively. An acceptable model aimed at addressing the various sustainable development aspects from a project management perspective is thus needed. This study’s main research objective was consequently to develop the different elements of such a model for social business sustainability. The research focused on the three main research questions discussed below. Which lifecycles should be considered when e

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