Handbook on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (Elgar Handbooks in Development)

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 & 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