Sustainable Development Goals as a Guideline for Indicator Selection in Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment

Wulf, Christina; Werker, Jasmin; Zapp, Petra; Schreiber, Andrea; Schlör, Holger; Kuckshinrichs, Wilhelm

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2017.11.144

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“…However, there may be some other aspects not being covered. As Wurf et al [29] observed, it is problematic to assign the social-LCA and Life Cycle Costing (LCC) indicators at product-level to the SDGs which focus on a country-level. For example, the financial sustainability of the WB and government MSWM cost in the case study cannot fit in the indicator system and thus are not assessed.…”

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“…Despite the difficulty, the academic community of life cycle sustainability assessment has paid efforts in the integration of SDGs. Wulf et al [29] adopted a bottom-up approach by attributing the indicators of existing LCSA tools at product-level to the SDGs, only to find that not all the SDGs could not be reflected. A top-down approach is deployed by Maier et al [30] in an ex-post sustainability assessment of development projects.…”

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Development of an Ex-Ante Sustainability Assessment Methodology for Municipal Solid Waste Management Innovations

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Various municipal solid waste management (MSWM) innovations have emerged in developing countries in face of the challenges posed by increasing waste generation and poor MSWM practice. We present a methodology to assess the potential sustainability impact of MSWM innovations in a holistic manner. The Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis (LCSA) framework and the United Nations (UN) sustainable development goals (SDGs) facilitated the methodology development. The result of applying the methodology to the case of waste bank (WB) in Bandung City shows that WB potentially generates the greatest sustainability impact in the resource recovery phase and the smallest impact in the collection and final disposal phase. All negative impacts could arise in the economic dimension. Surprisingly, WB as a national strategy to achieve 3Rs would not effectively solve Bandung City’s landfill problem. Almost all SDGs would benefit from the WB program under the assumed conditions. This methodology will facilitate the decision-making in MSWM by (1) comparing available innovations to find the optimal solution, (2) identifying the hot spots and taking measures to combat the negative impacts, (3) providing the basis for monitoring the implementation process and the ex-post performance assessment.

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“…This means that the theoretical implications behind choosing an MCDA method need to be addressed thoroughly. Similarly, the connection between the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), indicator selection and LCSA is still under discussion [128,286].…”

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“…A similar database is PSILCA, which is using a more recent IO model compared to the first version of the SHDB. However, so far only two groups have worked with PSILCA [128,195]. Another important IO model used is the THEMIS model.…”

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“…Santoyo-Castelazo and Azapagic [70] refer to global energy policy in order to identify the most pressing issues that should be assessed. Wulf, et al [128] present a concept of how indicator selection can be guided by the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Some authors only provide a general idea of how indicator selection ought to be conducted but do not give a clear indication of how the indicators for their particular case were selected.…”

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Review of Sustainability Assessment Approaches Based on Life Cycles

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Many different approaches have been developed to quantify and evaluate sustainability. Here a review is performed on sustainability assessment based on Life Cycle Thinking, which mostly means Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA). Until the end of 2018, 258 publications can be found, from which 146 include a case study. The highest number of publications appeared between 2016 and 2018 and, compared to the years before 2016, the number of authors has increased. However, in recent years the focus has been more on case studies than on methodological aspects of LCSA. The presented holistic approaches for LCSA are either too broad or too narrow for scientific guidance. Therefore, many questions concerning LCSA are still open, e.g., regarding definition of sustainability dimensions and the desire or need for multi-criteria decision-analysis. An underlying problem is the lack of discussion about sustainability concepts. The momentum in the community to perform case studies for LCSA should be used to also develop more guiding principles.

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Implementing life cycle sustainability assessment for improved space mission design

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Within the space sector, the application of Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (E-LCA) is beginning to emerge as a credible and compelling method for scientifically quantifying environmental impacts of space missions. However, E-LCA does not fully align with the concept of triple bottom line sustainability, whilst the combination of all three sustainability dimensions (environment, society and economy) within a single life cycle study has thus far never been attempted within the space industry.Moving towards a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) is, therefore, a logical next step for the space sector to allow these three sustainability dimensions to be addressed. Consequently, this paper presents the underlying principles of a new LCSA framework for space missions and demonstrates its applicability for improving system-level design concepts based on the interaction between sustainability dimensions. The framework was formed based on a systematic literature review to analyse the background, issues and knowledge gaps related to life cycle methodologies, as well as context-specific sustainability aspects. The framework has been implemented within a life cycle database called the Strathclyde Space Systems Database (SSSD). Using the SSSD, the framework was tested on a mission concept called MÌOS to demonstrate how changes in the design for a circular economy and other sustainability-based principles will affect the functionality of the mission at system level. It is envisaged that this framework will enable engineers to create sustainable space systems, technologies and products that are not only cost-efficient, eco-efficient and socially responsible, but also ones that can easily justify and evidence their sustainability.

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Sustainable Development Goals as a Guideline for Indicator Selection in Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment

Cited by 66 publications

References 11 publications

Development of an Ex-Ante Sustainability Assessment Methodology for Municipal Solid Waste Management Innovations

Development of an Ex-Ante Sustainability Assessment Methodology for Municipal Solid Waste Management Innovations

Review of Sustainability Assessment Approaches Based on Life Cycles

Implementing life cycle sustainability assessment for improved space mission design

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