Social Life Cycle Assessment An Insight [Hardcover]

This book details the primary concepts of Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA), integration of social aspects in product life cycles, quantification of social impacts in S-LCA, impact categorization in S-LCA, methodological aspects of S-LCA, and detailed case studies. As the societal implications of producing a product are coming to take on a new importance, the concept of Social Life Cycle Assessment has recently been developed and is becoming increasingly prominent. However, S-LCA is still in its infancy and its impact categories for many industrial segments are still under development.

A Review of Social Life Cycle Assessment Methodologies.- Socioeconomic LCA of Milk Production in Canada.- Social life cycle assessment in the South African sugar industry: Issues and views.- Social Life cycle assessment application: stakeholder implication in cultural heritage sector.- Assessment of Social Impacts of Chemical and Food Products in the Czech Republic.- Partial Organization and Social LCA development: The creation and expansion of an epistemic community.- Social Life cycle assessment in a managerial perspective: an integrative approach for business strategy.

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Dr. Subramanian Senthilkannan is currently working for SGS as a global sustainability consultant, based at Hong Kong. He gained his diploma, bachelors and masters in Textile Technology from premier institutes of India. He was awarded doctorate from The Institute of Textiles and Clothing of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University for his dissertation entitled, Eco-functional Assessment of Grocery Shopping Bags He also has more than seven years of industrial experience in textile manufacturing, testing and sustainability evaluation of textiles and clothing materials. He was an outstanding student throughout his studies and bagged numerous awards and medals including many gold medals in his study period. He has more than 75 academic publications in various textillc.