Options for broadening and deepening the LCA approaches

Harish Kumar Jeswani; Adisa Azapagic; Philipp Schepelmann; Michael Ritthoff

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.09.023

Options for broadening and deepening the LCA approaches

Harish Kumar Jeswani, Adisa Azapagic, Philipp Schepelmann, Michael Ritthoff

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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) has matured over the past decades and become part of the broader field of sustainability assessment. To strengthen LCA as a tool and eventually increase its usefulness for sustainability decision-making, it is argued that there is a need to expand the ISO LCA framework by integration and connection with other concepts and methods. This paper explores the potential options for deepening and broadening the LCA methodologies beyond the current ISO framework for improved sustainability analysis. By investigating several environmental, economic and social assessment methods, the paper suggests some options for incorporating (parts of) other methods or combining with other methods for broadening and deepening the LCA. © 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	120-127
Number of pages	7
Journal	Journal of Cleaner Production
Volume	18
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.09.023
Publication status	Published - Jan 2010

Keywords

Assessment methods
Economic
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Social
Sustainability

UN SDGs

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Options for broadening and deepening the LCA approaches

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