Efficient assessment of social hotspots in the supply chains of 100 product categories using the social hotspots database

Sustainability (Switzerland)

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 6973-6984

  Norris, Catherine Benoît ^a   Norris, Gregory A ^b   Aulisio, Deana ^c  

^a New Earth   (United States)

^b HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW HAMPSHIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Hotspots assessment; Social footprinting; Social impacts; Social life cycle assessment; Social responsibility; Supply chain

Indexed keywords

DATABASE; GLOBAL TRADE; INPUT-OUTPUT ANALYSIS; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; PRIORITIZATION; SOCIAL IMPACT; WAGE;

EID: 84907977303     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20711050     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su6106973     Document Type: Article

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