Using the Product Social Impact Life Cycle Assessment (PSILCA) database for product comparison: Confetti case study.

IF 4.9 3区 环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENGINEERING, ENVIRONMENTAL
Bianca Maria Tragnone, Monica Serreli, Ioannis Arzoumanidis, Carlo Alfonso Pelino, Luigia Petti
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Purpose: Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) is a methodology that can help companies administer their supply chain and promote both social responsibility and sustainability through the assessment of both positive and negative social and socio-economic aspects of products during their entire life cycle. Here, a case study was performed to test an S-LCA database as a comparative assessment tool of two products, i.e. the traditional almond sugared confetti and Tenerelli sugared almonds, made by the same company.

Methods: The S-LCA case study was carried out by using the Product Social Impact Life Cycle Assessment (PSILCA) database, for the two products on openLCA software.

Results and discussion: The risk assessment helped to identify the most affected impact categories and which product influences the most on them as well as the categories on which the foreground processes have the greatest impact. For both the analysed products, the category "Contribution of the sector to economic development" is marginally affected. Overall, the production of Confetti entails higher medium risk hours regarding some categories (e.g. "Public sector corruption", "Promoting social responsibility", "Migration flows"), whilst for others, it is the Tenerelli that affect the most (e.g. "Biomass consumption", "Trade unionism"), depending on the different inputs used. Finally, the results are not very influenced by foreground processes, and the social risks are therefore related to upstream processes for both products.

Conclusions: The comparison can become more useful for products of the same or similar functions and the same audience but of different inputs and therefore different supply chains. Indeed, it could be useful for decision-making with the aim of selecting between various possible options the one that entails lower social risks.

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使用产品社会影响生命周期评估(PSILCA)数据库进行产品比较:Confetti案例研究。
目的:社会生命周期评估(S-LCA)是一种方法,可以通过评估产品在整个生命周期中的积极和消极社会和社会经济方面,帮助公司管理其供应链,促进社会责任和可持续性。在这里,进行了一项案例研究,以测试S-LCA数据库,作为两种产品的比较评估工具,即同一公司生产的传统杏仁加糖五彩纸屑和Tenerelli加糖杏仁。方法:在openLCA软件上,使用产品社会影响生命周期评估(PSILCA)数据库对两种产品进行S-LCA案例研究。结果和讨论:风险评估有助于确定受影响最大的影响类别、对其影响最大的产品以及前景流程影响最大的类别。对于这两种分析产品,“该部门对经济发展的贡献”类别受到的影响较小。总的来说,五彩纸屑的生产在某些类别(如“公共部门腐败”、“促进社会责任”、“移民流动”)方面需要较高的中等风险时间,而在其他类别中,根据使用的不同投入,影响最大的是特尼雷利(如“生物质消费”、“工会主义”)。最后,结果不太受前景过程的影响,因此社会风险与两种产品的上游过程有关。结论:对于功能相同或相似、受众相同但投入不同、因此供应链不同的产品,这种比较更有用。事实上,它可能有助于决策,目的是在各种可能的选择中选择一种社会风险较低的选择。
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International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 环境科学-工程:环境
CiteScore
10.60
自引率
10.40%
发文量
100
审稿时长
8-16 weeks
期刊介绍: The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment (Int J Life Cycle Assess) is the first journal devoted entirely to Life Cycle Assessment and closely related methods. LCA has become a recognized instrument to assess the ecological burdens and impacts throughout the consecutive and interlinked stages of a product system, from raw material acquisition or generation from natural resources, through production and use to final disposal. The Int J Life Cycle Assess is a forum for scientists developing LCA and LCM (Life Cycle Management); LCA and LCM practitioners; managers concerned with environmental aspects of products; governmental environmental agencies responsible for product quality; scientific and industrial societies involved in LCA development, and ecological institutions and bodies.
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