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Published April 8, 2026 | Version v1
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PLANETS SSbD Training on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCA) - social LCA

Authors/Creators

  • 1. ROR icon Rina Services (Italy)
  • 2. EDMO icon TNO
  • 3. ROR icon Solvay (France)
  • 4. IPC
  • 5. EDMO icon Atomic Energy and Alternative Energy Commission (headquarter)
  • 6. BioNanoNet Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
  • 7. University of Salzburg
  • 8. Paris Lodron University of Salzburg

Description

This data entry contains training materials for conduct of environmental Life cycle sustainability assessment (LCA). It includes:

(1) video clip on the background and essential phases for conducting social LCA, including goal & scope, inventory building, impact assessment, and interpretation, on relevant databases, basic insight into prospective LCA for earlier innovation stages, sensitivity analysis, etc.

(2) a slide set on social LCA and the topics covered in the video clip,

(3) a pdf of the collaborative white board used during the break-outs where process flows, functional unit and reference flows were determined.

Files

Handouts_PLANETS SSbD Training_sLCA_260116.pdf

Files (409.1 MB)

Additional details

Funding

European Commission
PLANETS - Plasticizers, fLame-retardants and surfactANts: new alternatives validating the safE and susTainable by deSign approach 101177608