Social impacts and life cycle assessment: Proposals for methodological development for SMEs in the European food and drink sector

International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 944-949

  Smith, Julie ^a   Barling, David ^a  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Europe; Food and drink sector; Life cycle assessment; Methodologies; S LCA; SMEs; Social impacts

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; HUMAN; HUMAN RIGHTS; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT; MANUAL LABOR; OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ASPECT; WORK SCHEDULE; WORKMAN COMPENSATION;

EID: 84899060427     PISSN: 09483349     EISSN: 16147502     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11367-013-0691-0     Document Type: Article

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