How the combination of Circular Economy and Industry 4.0 can contribute towards achieving the Sustainable Development Goals

TET Dantas, ED de-Souza, IR Destro… - Sustainable production …, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are an interconnected strategy for
the promotion of sustainable practices and solutions that addresses the main issues faced …

Sustainable supplier management–a review of models supporting sustainable supplier selection, monitoring and development

K Zimmer, M Fröhling, F Schultmann - International journal of …, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
In the last two decades, pressure from various stakeholders has forced many companies to
establish environmental and social improvements both in their company and their supply …

Past and future of Social Life Cycle Assessment: Historical evolution and research trends

DAR Huarachi, CM Piekarski, FN Puglieri… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract Social Life Cycle Assessment is presented as a powerful tool for sustainable
development, thus, related publications had an important increase along time. This paper …

Systematic literature review in social life cycle assessment

L Petti, M Serreli, S Di Cesare - The International Journal of Life Cycle …, 2018 - Springer
Purpose The main purpose of this review is to investigate the methodology of social life
cycle assessment (SLCA) through its application to case studies. In addition, the following …

The role of manufacturing in affecting the social dimension of sustainability

JW Sutherland, JS Richter, MJ Hutchins, D Dornfeld… - CIRP Annals, 2016 - Elsevier
Manufacturing affects all three dimensions of sustainability: economy, environment, and
society. This paper addresses the last of these dimensions. It explores social impacts …

Bayesian network method for decision-making about the social sustainability of infrastructure projects

LA Sierra, V Yepes, T García-Segura… - Journal of Cleaner …, 2018 - Elsevier
Nowadays, sustainability assessment tends to focus on the biophysical and economic
aspects of the built environment. The social aspects are generally overestimated during an …

Assessing social risks of global supply chains: A quantitative analytical approach and its application to supplier selection in the German automotive industry

K Zimmer, M Fröhling, P Breun, F Schultmann - Journal of Cleaner …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Risk management in Supply Chains has gained increasing attention over the last
years. At the same time the pressure to consider social issues in global and interconnected …

Prospecting the sustainability implications of an emerging industrial symbiosis network

M Martin, S Harris - Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 2018 - Elsevier
In order to enable industrial symbiosis (IS) as an approach for regional sustainable
development, it is important that stakeholders involved in facilitating symbiotic exchanges …

Addressing the social life cycle inventory analysis data gap: Insights from a case study of cobalt mining in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

G Bamana, JD Miller, SL Young, JB Dunn - One Earth, 2021 - cell.com
Evaluating the human health and well-being effects of emerging technologies is essential.
Yet, data to support rigorous evaluation of these effects through social life cycle assessment …

Environmental and social life cycle assessment of urban water systems: The case of Mexico City

M García-Sánchez, LP Güereca - Science of The Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
Mexico City and its metropolitan area have suffered problems of sustainability in the water
system. The main goals of this study were to assess the environmental and social impacts of …