Social impact improving model based on a novel social life cycle assessment for raw rubber production: A case of a Sri Lankan rubber estate

Dunuwila, Pasan; Rodrigo, V. H. L.; Daigo, Ichiro; Goto, Naohiro

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2022.130555

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“…The second part collected the characteristics of the palm oil plantations, including land area, land status, land legality, farmer group participation, certified seeds, and replanting status. The third part of the questionnaire is about the social-life cycle of smallholder palm oil plantations based on previous research [ [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] , 62 ]. An interview session with the smallholder, workers, local community, society, and value chain actors was carried out randomly.…”

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“…This technique attempts to assess the social impact of a product or service, where social impact is primarily understood as the impact on human resources, human well-being, cultural heritage, and social behaviour [ 12 ]. S-LCA research has developed significantly worldwide, and the majority of S-LCA studies are conducted to evaluate the social and socio-economic aspects of products and their potential impacts along their life cycle, from extraction and processing of raw materials to final disposal, passing through manufacturing, distribution, use, reuse, maintenance, and recycling [ [13] , [14] , [15] , [16] ]. Nevertheless, it remains challenging to find S-LCA studies conducted in the agricultural or plantation sector, particularly in the case of smallholder palm oil plantations [ [17] , [18] , [19] ].…”

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Social-life cycle assessment of oil palm plantation smallholders in Bengkulu province, Indonesia

Mulyasari¹,

Djarot²,

Sasongko³

2023

Heliyon

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Social-life cycle assessment of oil palm plantation smallholders in Bengkulu province, Indonesia

Mulyasari¹,

Djarot²,

Sasongko³

2023

Heliyon

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“…However, the scope of the organizational social impact involves the whole organization. Many studies have been performed on the social impacts of the product and process, such as the product and process in agriculture production [19,[23][24][25][26], in the battery [27], construction [20,28], plastics [29], and wastewater treatment industries [30], and in urban farming [31]. However, the S-LCA evaluation in coffee production in Indonesia does not yet exist based on the product, process, and organizational perspectives.…”

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Social Life Cycle Assessment of a Coffee Production Management System in a Rural Area: A Regional Evaluation of the Coffee Industry in West Java, Indonesia

Rahmah,

Purnomo,

Filianty

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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The demand for coffee in the local and global markets has encouraged massive production at upstream and downstream levels. The socioeconomic impact of coffee production still presents an issue, primarily related to the social benefit and economic value added for farmers. This study aims to identify the social impact of the coffee industry in rural areas in three different coffee industry management systems. Many coffee industries exist in rural areas, with various management systems: farmer group organizations, middlemen, and smallholder private coffee production. This study performed the social organization life cycle assessment to identify the social impact of the coffee industry in rural areas according to the management systems. The results indicated that the coffee industry managed by farmers is superior in providing a positive social impact to four stakeholders: workers, the local community, society, and suppliers, as indicated by the highest social impact scores of 0.46 for the workers, 0.8 for the local community, 0.54 for society, and 0.615 for the suppliers. The private coffee industry provides the highest social impact to consumers (0.43), and the middlemen were very loyal to the shareholders, with a total social impact score of 0.544. According to this social sustainability index analysis, the coffee industry managed by the farmer group has the highest endpoint of social impact at 0.64, which is categorized as the “sustainable” status. Meanwhile, the coffee industry managed by private companies and middlemen is categorized as “neutral or sufficient”. The coffee industry should implement improvement strategies to increase their social impact to all stakeholders in their business supply chain.

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“…In raw rubber production, significant amounts of electrical and heat energy, chemicals, fresh water, and labor are involved [2,3,13]. Also, having many factory employees from the local community, there is a close association between the local community and raw rubber manufacturers [14].…”

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“…We also attempted to analyze the social impacts of a crepe rubber processing estate in Sri Lanka using a novel social life cycle assessment framework [14], being a site-specific analysis that had no capability of capturing the social hotspots along the supply chain. This conveys that studies analyzing the social sustainability of the entire raw rubber production supply chain are absent.…”

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Social Sustainability of Raw Rubber Production: A Supply Chain Analysis under Sri Lankan Scenario

Dunuwila

Rodrigo²,

Daigo

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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Raw rubber production is the sole foundation for the rubber product industry, rendering raw rubber to manufacture essential commodities to mankind, such as tires, condoms, surgical gloves, and so forth. Raw rubber production involves various stakeholders; however, literature focusing on the social impacts of the supply chains of raw rubber production has hereto been absent. Social life cycle assessment, a popular tool to assess the social impacts of a product or process and was deployed herein to assess the social profiles of three Sri Lankan raw rubber supply chains (crepe rubber, concentrated latex, and ribbed smoked sheets) in a cradle-to-gate manner. The Social Hotspots Database v4 on Sima Pro v9.3 was used for the analysis. Results indicated that Governance, Labour rights & decent work had been affected due to Corruption and Freedom of association & collective bargaining issues, mainly in Belarus and China. Proposed improvement options to address these touchpoints were found to be effective. If the importation of K-fertilizer shifted into countries with lower risks, such as Canada, Israel, and Lithuania, overall social risks associated with Corruption and Freedom of association & collective bargaining could be reduced by ca. 36% and 25%, respectively. As a result, social risks in the impact described above categories, i.e., Governance and Labor rights & decent work, were reduced by ca. 35–41% and ca. 17–20%, respectively. Managers may pay thorough attention to the hotspots identified herein in the first place and try to avoid them as much as possible. They may consider importation from the aforesaid low-risk countries while weighing the trade-offs with economic and environmental aspects.

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Social impact improving model based on a novel social life cycle assessment for raw rubber production: A case of a Sri Lankan rubber estate

Cited by 8 publications

References 45 publications

Social-life cycle assessment of oil palm plantation smallholders in Bengkulu province, Indonesia

Social-life cycle assessment of oil palm plantation smallholders in Bengkulu province, Indonesia

Social Life Cycle Assessment of a Coffee Production Management System in a Rural Area: A Regional Evaluation of the Coffee Industry in West Java, Indonesia

Social Sustainability of Raw Rubber Production: A Supply Chain Analysis under Sri Lankan Scenario

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