Towards a global criteria based framework for the sustainability assessment of bioethanol supply chains: Application to the Swiss dilemma: Is local produced bioethanol more sustainable than bioethanol imported from Brazil?

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 1447-1458

  Corbire Nicollier, Tourane ^a   Blanc, Isabelle ^b   Erkman, Suren ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b PSL RESEARCH UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

Bioethanol supply chain; Biofuels; Economical indicator; Environmental social; Sustainability assessment framework

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL POLICIES; BIO-ETHANOL PRODUCTION; ECONOMICAL INDICATOR; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES; ENVIRONMENTAL SOCIAL; GLOBAL CRITERIA; GLOBAL SUSTAINABILITY; GREENHOUSE GASES EMISSIONS; INTERNATIONAL COMPARISON; LEAKAGE EFFECTS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SOCIAL DIMENSIONS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK; SUSTAINABILITY CRITERIA; SUSTAINABILITY INDICATORS; SUSTAINABILITY ISSUES; SWITZERLAND;

AGRICULTURE; ETHANOL; FOSSIL FUELS; GLOBAL WARMING; GREENHOUSE GASES; RATING; SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BIOETHANOL;

AGRICULTURAL POLICY; BIOFUEL; BIOINDICATOR; CLIMATE CHANGE; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUE; FOSSIL FUEL; GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE; GREENHOUSE GAS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

BRAZIL; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 79955820823     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2011.03.018     Document Type: Article

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