Industrial Symbiosis Indicators

Various indicator categories including IS indicators, circularity indicators, eco-innovation indicators, resource efficiency indicators, sustainability indicators, and network strength analysis indicators were evaluated. The proposed list of indicators entail basic environmental, economic and social indicators, LCA indicators, circularity indicators and indicators on network strength analysis. The list has been compiled after a detailed literature review on existing indicators used within the EU and available indicators in peer- reviewed articles. Following the compilation of a preliminary indicator list based on the literature review, the proposed list has been finalized with the contributions of all participants of the Task. Evaluation of the selected FISSAC IS indicator set has been made in terms of methods of quantification, applicability, special provisions for use and their relation with the existing indicator sets. As a result, the indicator list proposed in this report should be regarded as a compilation of possible relevant metrics, which will be used and evaluated through the course of the Project, in particular in life cycle assessment, eco-design and ETV tasks. Furthermore, as the studies on technical aspects of valorisation of SRMs under FISSAC scheme progresses, indicators may be prioritised or composite indicators may be added. With the feedback received in these tasks, the indicator list will be incorporated into the FISSAC IS Platform. The FISSAC ICT Platform is expected to be able to allow the use of most of the indicators proposed in this report, which will allow the evaluation of them in the project environmental performance assessments.