Handbook on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment / / edited by Sonia Valdivia and Guido Sonnemann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Valdivia, Sonia, editor.

Sonnemann, Guido, editor.

Series:

Elgar handbooks in development.

Elgar Handbooks in Development Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sustainable development.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (460 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, UK ; Northampton, MA : Edward Elgar Publishing, [2024]

Summary:

This Handbook presents the state-of-the-art of Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) practice and provides guidance for its implementation and outlook for future work.Spotlighting sustainability analysts, managers and overall decision-makers from private and public sectors as well as experts in academia, it covers the historical background.

Contents:

Front Matter

Copyright

Contents

Contributors

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

Introduction to the Handbook on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment

PART I Sustainability and life cycle thinking

1. An introduction to sustainable development and LCSA

2. Evolution of life cycle thinking as part of the global sustainable consumption and production agenda

3. Sustainability as a megatrend in business

4. Showcasing life cycle management

PART II Life cycle sustainability assessment methodology and data

5. Introduction to the basics of life cycle sustainability assessment focusing on the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative LCSA framework

6. Life cycle assessment

7. Life cycle costing

8. Social life cycle assessment

9. The product social impact assessment

10. Commonly agreed life cycle sustainability assessment principles: examples in construction, challenges and feasibility

11. Defining the goal and scope for life cycle sustainability assessment

12. Collecting, assessing and using data for LCSA

13. Data for LCSA - state of the art and outlook

14. Life cycle inventory analysis &amp

modelling in LCSA: from basic aspects to advanced techniques

15. Key performance indicators and benchmarking values

16. Monetization for integration of LCSA results - state of the art and perspectives

17. Sustainability impacts: multicriteria decision-making and weighting factors

18. Sustainability product declarations for communicating LCSA results in sustainable procurement

PART III Life cycle sustainability assessment: sectoral and policy applications

19. LCSA: how to carry it out and integrate and communicate its results - illustration with four case studies

20. Sustainability assessments of chemical products.

21. Application of the ten LCSA principles of the Life Cycle Initiative: the perspective of the building sector

22. Life cycle sustainability assessment of emerging mobility technologies: perspective, challenges, and future directions

23. Life cycle sustainability management in policy frameworks - responsible sourcing

24. Policy implications

25. Towards a future product sustainability footprint

PART IV Emerging developments and conclusions

26. Mineral resource criticality assessment in LCSA

27. Life cycle sustainability thinking for measuring and assessing circularity towards sustainable procurement

28. Business drivers, barriers and opportunities for mainstreaming LCSA

29. LCSA in the regions - state of the art, mainstreaming conditions and upscaling approaches

30. Handbook on life cycle sustainability assessment: take-aways and outlook

Index.

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ISBN:

1-80037-865-3

OCLC:

1431882393