Important impact assessment developments of 2023 and 2024
At the end of each year we review the most important developments in LCIA. This year, we have GLAM, many updated characterization factors, and Social Footprinting.
The EU Taxonomy for sustainable investments
The European Commission is developing a tool that will make it easier to identify sustainable investments – investments that make a substantial contribution without doing harm.
Circular economy Social impact assessment
Towards integrating social and environmental value in resources passports
Excess Materials Exchange (EME) seeks to integrate social impact into their resource passports for materials and products. PRé supported them with analyses.
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The 2018 Handbook for Product Social Metrics is available now
The Roundtable for Product Social Metrics is proud to announce the fourth edition of the Handbook, with many interesting updates that make its social LCA methodology more robust and easier to apply.
Interpretation of metrics: DALYs and damage to human health
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?
Filling The Gaps With The Social Hotspots Database
Other departments in your organisation already look to you to provide information on your company's environmental impacts. With the Social Hotspots Database, you can help them make even better decision by looking at your social impacts as well.
Social sustainability – integrating measurements of the intangible
Your environmental sustainability programme is all set up and working. Where to go next? This article discusses the benefits and challenges of social sustainability monitoring, and gives pointers for how to start creating product social footprints.
How understanding your products’ social footprints helps your business create value
Product social footprinting, the assessment of social metrics and impacts at a product level, gives businesses the tools to drive business value: reduce business risks, steer product development, and improve communications and reputation.
SimaPro Craft Life cycle assessment Social impact assessment
A method for assessing the impact of novel technology
For PROSUITE, PRé helped develop a novel sustainability impact assessment method for technology, including social impact assessment and new sustainability metrics. This helps understand the effect of these hard-to-predict technologies.
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Social Hotspots database now available for SimaPro LCA software
The Social Hotspots Database system license is now available in the SimaPro LCA software. This database is the first comprehensive database for performing Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA).