Modeling Social Life Cycle Assessment framework for the Italian wine sector

Arcese, Gabriella; Lucchetti, Maria Claudia; Massa, Ilaria

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2016.06.137

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“…To overcome this challenge, different tools for monitoring impacts on sustainability like LCA (for example, [85,88]) or footprints methodologies (for instance, [101]) have been developed. In an international context, two of the most accepted methodologies are the Organizational Environmental Footprint from the European Commission, which measures the environmental impacts, and the UNEP/SETAC methodology, which measures social impacts [88,89].…”

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An Assessment Tool to Integrate Sustainability Principles into the Global Supply Chain

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Abstract:The integration of sustainability principles into the assessment of companies along the supply chains is a growing research area. However, there is an absence of a generally accepted method to evaluate corporate sustainability performance (CSP), and the models and frameworks proposed by the literature present various important challenges to be addressed. A systematic literature review on the supply chain at the corporate level has been conducted, analyzing the main strengths and gaps in the sustainability assessment literature. Therefore, this paper aims to contribute to the development of this field by proposing an assessment framework a leading company can adopt to expand sustainability principles to the rest of the members of the supply chain. This proposal is based on best practices and integrates and shares efforts with key initiatives (for instance, the Organizational Environmental Footprint from the European Commission and United Nations Environment Programme and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry UNEP/SETAC); moreover, it overcomes important limitations of the current sustainability tools in a supply chain context consistent with the circular economy, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), planetary boundaries, and social foundation requirements. The results obtained create, on the one hand, new opportunities for academics; and, on the other hand, in further research, the use of this framework could be a means of actively engaging companies in their supply chains and of achieving the implementation of practical and comprehensive CSP assessment.

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“…Chain/VCAs governance and relations between VCA From the Guidelines Fair competition [28,[46][47][48], C1…”

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Participation in S-LCA: A Methodological Proposal Applied to Belgian Alternative Food Chains (Part 1)

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In social life cycle assessment (S-LCA), the use of a participatory approach to define and select assessment criteria and indicators (C&Is) is recommended given the specificity of social issues, but it has been, for now, rarely implemented and presents methodological challenges. Within a participatory action research project gathering academic researchers and field actors, we tested the applicability of configuring a C&Is list for S-LCA, together with chain actors of three alternative food distribution systems active in Belgium. The purpose of this article is to present the results of this work and to examine the methodological limits, requirements, and contributions of such an approach. The participatory approach is an appropriate method to build a list of C&Is standing out from other studies, with the identification of ambitious and innovative C&Is relating to value-chain actors (VCAs) stakeholder category, on chain governance and transaction modalities. In our case, it required an adaptation work of C&Is to the S-LCA requirements and the use of a specific theoretical approach to articulate C&Is within a coherent framework. Finally, this kind of work seems useful to give ground to the S-LCA Guidelines’ list of subcategories, which was built through a rather top-down expert-based approach.

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“…The bulk of the available studies focused on the environmental aspects, as data is easier to obtain, and quantification methodologies are more developed, although some studies have also considered economic and even social aspects of sustainability [26,27]. Other studies considered only specific indicators, especially the carbon footprint (CF) and the water footprints (WF) [28][29][30].…”

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Sustainability evaluation of a Portuguese “terroir” wine

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The challenges of sustainability are transversal to all human activities, and the wine sector has its own role to play in the march for a more sustainable development. The proper definition of the most adequate measures and/or policies must be based on an objective and quantitative evaluation of the sustainability of a product or process. In this work the sustainability of a "terroir" wine is assessed taking into account its life cycle and using the following indicators: carbon and water footprint, material intensity, solid waste generated, worker turnover rate, investment in H&S training and EBITDA. All indicators are expressed per functional unit of 0.75 L of wine. The evaluation used data from the company complemented with data/information from the literature or life cycle inventory databases. To account for climatic variability, data from three consecutive years was used. Average values of 3.51 kgCO 2 eq and 481.4 L per functional unit were obtained for the carbon and water footprint respectively, both values within the range of values reported in the literature.

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Modeling Social Life Cycle Assessment framework for the Italian wine sector

Cited by 58 publications

References 33 publications

An Assessment Tool to Integrate Sustainability Principles into the Global Supply Chain

An Assessment Tool to Integrate Sustainability Principles into the Global Supply Chain

Participation in S-LCA: A Methodological Proposal Applied to Belgian Alternative Food Chains (Part 1)

Sustainability evaluation of a Portuguese “terroir” wine

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