Biodiversity is an important topic for sustainability professionals and policymakers. In this article, we start to unravel biodiversity impact assessment. Some starting points: how do you define nature? And why is nature so valuable?
Standardization of LCIA methods was the focus of this year's SETAC Pellston Workshop. The results: big steps towards consensus on recommended indicators, which will make doing, interpreting and communicating LCA results easier and more efficient.
A 3D-printed object is created with no waste material at all, in contrast to other industrial manufacturing processes. Does that mean 3D printing really is a perfect solution for efficiency? Read this month’s Sustainability Mythbusters.
LCA standards will continue to proliferate as long as there is no consensus on nomenclature and data quality criteria. This recurring problem is currently receiving attention again. Read on to learn about the initiatives working to solve it.
ReCiPe is a method for the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA). The primary objective of the method is to transform the long list of life cycle inventory results into a limited number of indicator scores.
Electric vehicles are lauded as the best passenger vehicles available today. But do they really have lower impacts than hybrid vehicles or the much-maligned internal combustion vehicles? This month's Sustainability Mythbusters.
Crops used for biofuels can also be used for food or animal feed. And even if other crops are more interesting as food, biofuels take up agricultural land. Does that mean that biofuels cause food shortages? This month's Sustainability Mythbusters.
A new study claims that it's better for the environment to eat bacon than it is to eat lettuce. But doesn't everybody else say that plant-based diets have a lower impact? This month in Sustainability Mythbusters: food fight!
Is it better to buy organic or conventionally farmed produce? The debate on that is ongoing, and touches at least as much on ethics as it does on facts. An important question is: in what way is it better? This month's Sustainability Mythbusters.
One reason to care about environmental impacts is that environmental pollution damages our health. But how do you quantify human health, or the lack of it, at different ages, and how do you apply that knowledge in your assessments?