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.
Sustainability in 2017- are we at a tipping point to become mainstream?
Many exciting initiatives started to bear fruit in 2016, and sustainability in business seems just about ready to enter the mainstream. Let's look back on what happened this year and what still needs to be done, and look forward to 2017.
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?
The Roundtable For Product Social Metrics Is Now A Multi-Stakeholder Organisation
The Roundtable for Product Social Metrics, started three years ago, is now moving forward as a multi-stakeholder organisation. The main goals are to refine the concept of product social impact assessment and further its adoption in industry.
Phase 3 Of The Roundtable For Product Social Metrics
The Roundtable for Product Social Metrics started in 2013 and entered phase 3 in late 2014: refining the Handbook and addressing cross-cutting implementation issues. Read on to find out about the Roundtable's progress and plans for this phase.
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.
DSM, BMW and Steelcase on how to measure the effects of products on society
DSM, BMW and Steelcase on how and why the Handbook for Product Social Impact Assessment may pave the way for a new global standard that companies can benefit for.
Mark Goedkoop Presents New Methodology at Social LCA Seminar
PRé founder and CEO Mark Goedkoop gave a presentation on the Handbook for Product Social Metrics at the Social LCA Conference in Montpellier this November 20th, to liaise with the research community and promote the next steps of the Roundtable.