Life cycle methodologies to improve agri-food systems sustainability

Rivista di Studi sulla Sostenibilita

Volumn , Issue 1, 2015, Pages 135-150

  De Luca, Anna Irene ^a   Falcone, Giacomo ^a   Iofrida, Nathalie ^a   Stillitano, Teodora ^a   Strano, Alfio ^a   Gulisano, Giovanni ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Agri food systems; Life cycle approaches; Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Life Cycle Costing (LCC); Social Life Cycle Assessment (S LCA); Sustainability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84944622550     PISSN: 22391959     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3280/RISS2015-001009     Document Type: Article

References (82)

1. Basarab J., Bauer J., Chase D., Chaudhary N., Dobson C., Goddard T., Kolk J., Laate E.A., Li X., Nolan S., Stadlwieser R., Strankman P. (eds.) (2010). Evaluating environmental and economic impact for beef production in Alberta using life cycle analysis-Final report. Walterloo: Conestoga-Rovers & Associates.
2. Beccali M., Cellura M., Iudicello M., Mistretta M. (2010). Life cycle assessment of Italian citrus-based products. Sensitivity analysis and improvement scenarios. Journal of Environmental Management, 91: 1415-1428, doi: 10.1016/j.jenvman.2010.02.028.
3. Benoît-Norris C., Aulisio D., Norris G.A., Hallisey-Kepka C., Overakker S., Vickery Niederman G. (2011). A Social Hotspot Database for Acquiring Greater Visibility in Product Supply Chains: Overview and Application to Orange Juice. In: Finkbeiner M. (ed.). Toward Life Cycle Sustainability Management. Springer publisher: 53-62, doi: 10.1007/978-94-007-1899-9-6.
4. Benoît-Norris C., Cavan D.A., Norris G. (2012). Identifying Social Impacts in Product Supply Chains: Overview and Application of the Social Hotspot Database. Sustainability, 4: 1946-1965, doi: 10.3390/su4091946.
5. Birkved M., Hauschild M.Z. (2006). PestLCI-A model for estimating field emissions of pesticides in agricultural LCA. Ecological Modelling, 198: 433-451, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.05.035.
6. Bocoum I., Macombe C., Revéret J.-P. (2015). Anticipating impacts on health based on changes in income inequality caused by life cycles. Int J Life Cycle Assess, 15 (5): 405-417, doi: 10.1007/s11367-014-0835-x.
7. Bouzid A., Padilla M. (2014). Analysis of social performance of the industrial tomatoes food chain in Algeria. New Medit, 13: 60-65.
8. Brandt P., Ernst A., Gralla F., Luederitz C., Lang D.J., Newig J., Reinert F., Abson D.J., von Wehrdenet H.. (2013). A review of transdisciplinary research in sustainability science. Ecological Economics, 92: 1-15, doi: 10.1016/j.ecolecon.2013.04.008.
9. BSI (2011). PAS 2050 Specification for the assessment of the life cycle greenhouse gas emissions of goods and services. British Standards Institution (BSI) Ed., London.
10. Cerutti A.K., Beccaro G.L., Bosco S., De Luca A.I., Falcone G., Fiore A., Iofrida N., Lo Giudice A., Strano A. (2015). Life cycle assessment in the fruit sector. In: Notarnicola B., Salomone R., Petti L., Renzulli P.A., Roma R., Cerutti A.K. (eds.). Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-food Sector Case Studies, Methodological Issues and Best Practices. Springer Publishing, Switzerland, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-11940-3-6.
11. Chomkhamsri K., Wolf M.A., Pant R. (2011). International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD) Handbook: Review Schemes for Life Cycle Assessment. In: Finkbeiner M. (ed.) (2011). Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Management. Springer Publisher.
12. Corbetta P. (2003). Social Research. Theory, Methods and Techniques. Sage, London.
13. Corson M.S., van der Werf H.M.G. (eds.) (2012). Proceedings of 8th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector. Saint-Malo.
14. Curran M.A. (1996). The History of LCA. In: Curran M.A. (ed.), Environmental Life Cycle Assessment. New York: McGraw-Hill.
15. De Gennaro B., Notarnicola B., Roselli L., Tassielli G. (2012). Innovative olivegrowing models: an environmental and economic assessment. Journal of Cleaner Production, 28: 70-80, doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.11.004.
16. De Luca A.I., Falcone G., Stillitano T., Strano A., Gulisano G. (2014a). Sustainability assessment of quality-oriented citrus growing systems in Mediterranean area. Quality-Access to Success, 15 (141): 103-108.
17. De Luca A.I., Iofrida N., Strano A., Falcone G., Gulisano G. (2014b). Social life cycle assessment and participatory approaches: A methodological proposal applied to citrus farming in Southern Italy. Integrated Environmental Assessment Management, doi: 10.1002/ieam.1611 (article accepted, in press).
18. Dwivedi P., Spreen T., Goodrich-Schneider R. (2012). Global warming impact of Florida's Not-From-Concentrate (NFC) orange juice. Agricultural Systems, 108: 104-111, doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.01.006.
19. EC (2013). 2013/179/EU European Commission Recommendation of 9 April 2013 on the use of common methods to measure and communicate the life cycle environmental performance of products and organisations-Text with EEA (European Environmental Agency) relevance. Official Journal of the European Union L 124/1.
20. Emblemsvåg J. (2003). Life-cycle costing. Using activity-based costing and Monte Carlo methods to manage future costs and risks. John Wiley & Sons, Hoboken, NJ.
21. FAO (2014). Environmental performance of animal feeds supply chains: Guidelines for quantification. LEAP Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance Partnership. Draft for public review. Rome, Italy. Available on line: http://www.fao.org/partnerships/leap/en/.
22. Fava J., Denison R., Jones B., Curran M.A., Vigon B., Selke S., Barnum J. (eds.) (1991). A technical framework for life-cycle assessments. Report of the SETAC Workshop at Smugglers Notch Vermont, USA.
23. Feschet P., Macombe C., Garrabé M., Loeillet D., Saez A.R., Benhmad F. (2013). Social impact assessment in LCA using the Preston pathway. Int J Life Cycle Assess, 18: 490-503, doi: 10.1007/s11367-012-0490-z.
24. Fuller S.K., Petersen S.R. (1996). Life Cycle Costing manual for the Energy Federal Management Program. U.S Government Printing Office, Washington.
25. Garrabé M., Feschet P. (2013). A specific case: Capacities social LCA. In: Macombe C. (ed.) Soc. LCAs. Socio-economic Eff. value Chain. FruiTrop Thema: 87-118.
26. GFN (2009). Ecological footprint standards 2009. Oakland: Global Footprint Network. Available on: www.footprintstandards.org.
27. Gluch P., Baumann H. (2004). The life cycle costing (LCC) approach: a conceptual discussion of its usefulness for environmental decision-making. Building and Environment, 39: 571-580, doi: 10.1016/j.buildenv.2003.10.008.
28. Hunkeler D., Rebitzer G. (2003). Life Cycle Costing-Paving the Road to Sustainable Development? Int J Life Cycle Assess, 8(2): 109-110, doi: 10.1007/BF02978435.
29. Hunt R.G., Franklin W.E. (1996). LCA-How it Came About. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 1 (1): 4-7, doi: 10.1007/BF02978624.
30. Huppes G., Curran M.A. (2012). Environmental Life Cycle assessment: Background and Perspective. In: Curran M.A. (ed.). Life cycle assessment handbook: A guide for environmentally sustainable products. Scrivener Publishing LLC & (Wiley), Canada.
31. Iofrida N., De Luca A.I., Strano A., Gulisano G. (2014). Social Life Cycle Assessment in a constructivist realism perspective: a methodological proposal. In: Macombe C., Loeillet D. (eds.), Soc. LCA progress. 4th Int. Semin. Soc. LCA. FruiTrop Thema, Montpellier, pp. 44-50.
32. Iotti M., Bonazzi G. (2014). The application of life cycle cost (LCC) approach to quality food production: a comparative analysis in the Parma PDO ham sector. American Journal of Applied Sciences, 11 (9): 1492-1506, doi: 10.3844/ajassp.2014.1492.1506.
33. ISO (1997). ISO 14040:1998 Environmental management-Life cycle assessment-Principles and framework. International Organization for Standardization. Geneva, Switzerland.
34. ISO (2006a). ISO 14040:2006 Environmental management-Life Cycle Assessment-Principles and framework. International Organization for Standardization. Geneva, Switzerland.
35. ISO (2006b). ISO 14044:2006 Environmental management-Life Cycle Assessment-Requirements and guidelines. International Organization for Standardization. Geneva, Switzerland.
36. ISO (2006c). ISO 14064:2006 Greenhouse gases. International Organization for Standardization. Geneva, Switzerland.
37. ISO (2008). ISO 15686-5: Buildings and constructed assets-Service life planning-Life Cycle Costing. International Organization for Standardization. Geneva, Switzerland. ISO (2013).
38. ISO/TS 14067:2013 Greenhouse gases-Carbon footprint of products-Requirements and guidelines for quantification and communication. International Organization for Standardization. Geneva, Switzerland.
39. ISO (2014). ISO 14046:2014 Environmental management-Water footprint-Principles, requirements and guidelines. International Organization for Standardization. Geneva, Switzerland.
40. Jensen A.A., Remmen A. (eds.) (2006). Background Report for a UNEP Guide to LIFE CYCLE MANAGEMENT-A bridge to sustainable products. Available on line: http://www.lifecycleinitiative.org.
41. Jørgensen A., Le Bocq A., Nazarkina L., Hauschild M. (2008). Methodologies for Social Life Cycle Assessment. Int J of Life Cycle Assess, 13: 96-103, doi: 10.1065/lca2007.11.367.
42. Klöpffer W. (2003). Life-cycle based methods for sustainable product development. Int J Life Cycle Assess, 8 (3): 157-159, doi: 10.1007/BF02978462.
43. Klöpffer W. (2008). State-of-the-art in life cycle sustainability assessment (LCSA). Life cycle sustainability assessment of products (with comments by Helias A. Udo de Haes, p. 95). Int J Life Cycle Assess, 13 (2): 89-95, doi: 10.1065/lca2008.02.376.
44. Kruse S., Flysjö A., Kasperczyk N., Scholz A.J. (2008). Socioeconomic indicators as a complement to life cycle assessment-an application to salmon production systems. Int J Life Cycle Assess, 14: 8-18, doi: 10.1007/s11367-008-0040-x.
45. Lichtenvort K., Rebitzer G., Huppes G., Ciroth A., Seuring S., Schmidt W-P., Günther E., Hoppe H., Swarr T., Hunkeler D. (2008). History of Life Cycle Costing, Its Categorization, and Its Basic Framework. In: Hunkeler D., Lichtenvort K., Rebitzer G. (eds.), Environmental Life Cycle Costing, pp. 1-16. SETACCRC, Pensacola.
46. Macombe C., Leskinen P., Feschet P., Antikainen R. (2013). Social life cycle assessment of biodiesel production at three levels: a literature review and development needs. J Clean Prod, 52: 205-216, doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2013.03.026.
47. Martínez-Blanco J., Lehmann A., Muñoz P., Antón A., Traverso M., Rieradevall J., Finkbeiner M. (2014). Application challenges for the social Life Cycle Assessment of fertilizers within life cycle sustainability assessment. J Clean Prod, 69: 34-48, doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.01.044.
48. Mathé S. (2014). Integrating participatory approaches into social life cycle assessment: the SLCA participatory approach. Int J Life Cycle Assess, 19: 1506-1514, doi: 10.1007/s11367-014-0758-6.
49. Mohamad R.S., Verrastro V., Cardone G., Bteich M. R., Favia M., Moretti M., Roma R. (2014). Optimization of organic and conventional olive agricultural practices from a Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Costing perspectives. Journal of Cleaner Production, 70: 78-89, doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2014.02.033.
50. Nemarumane T.M. (2013). Social Impact Assessment of sugar production operations in South Africa: a social life cycle assessment perspective. Master Thesis, University of Johannesburg, doi: 10.1007/978-981-4451-48-2-116.
51. Norris G.A. (2006). Social Impacts in Product Life Cycles. Towards Life Cycle Attribute Assessment. Int J Life Cycle Assess, 1: 97-104, doi: 10.1065/lca2006.04.017.
52. Notarnicola B., Salomone R., Petti L., Renzulli P.A., Roma R., Cerutti A.K. (eds.) (2015). Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-food Sector Case Studies, Methodological Issues and Best Practices. Springer Publishing. Switzerland.
53. Notarnicola B., Settani E., Tassielli G., Giungato (eds.) (2010). Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector. Bari.
54. Notarnicola B., Tassielli G., Nicoletti G.M. (2004). Environmental and economical analysis of the organic and conventional extra-virgin olive oil. New Medit, (3): 28-34.
55. Notarnicola B., Tassielli G., Renzulli P.A. (2012). Modelling the Agri-Food Industry with Life Cycle Assessment. In Curran M.A. (ed.), Life cycle assessment handbook: A guide for environmentally sustainable products. Canada: Scrivener Publishing LLC & (Wiley).
56. O'Brien M., Doig A., Clift R. (1996). Social and Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (SELCA). Approach and Methodological Development. Int J Life Cycle Assess, 4: 231-237, doi: 10.1007/BF02978703.
57. Oishi K., Kato Y., Ogino A., Hirooka H. (2013). Economic and environmental impacts of changes in culling parity of cows and diet composition in Japanese beef cow-calf production systems. Agricultural Systems, (115): 95-103, doi: 10.1016/j.agsy.2012.09.007.
58. Palese A.M., Pergola M., Favia M., Xiloyannis C., Celano G. (2013). A sustainable model for the management of olive orchards located in semi-arid marginal areas: Some remarks and indications for policy makers. Environmental Science & Policy (27): 81-90, doi: 10.1016/j.envsci.2012.11.001.
59. Pergola M., Favia M., Palese A.M., Perretti B., Xiloyannis C., Celano G. (2013). Alternative management for olive orchards grown in semi-arid environments: An energy, economic and environmental analysis. Scientia Horticulturae (162): 380-386, doi: 10.1016/j.scienta.2013.08.031.
60. Reitinger C., Dumke M., Barosevcic M., Hillerbrand R. (2011). A conceptual framework for impact assessment within SLCA. Int J Life Cycle Assess, 16: 380-388, doi: 10.1007/s11367-011-0265-y.
61. Ritzer G. (2010). Sociological Theory, Eigthth. 664.
62. Roma R., Corrado S., De Boni A., Bonaventura Forleo M., Fantin V., Moretti M., Palmieri N., Vitali A., De Camillis C. (2015). Life Cycle Assessment in the Livestock and Derived Edible Products Sector. In: Notarnicola B., Salomone R., Petti L., Renzulli P.A., Roma R., Cerutti A.K. (eds.). Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-food Sector Case Studies, Methodological Issues and Best Practices. Springer Publishing, Switzerland, doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-11940-3-5.
63. Sala S, Farioli F, Zamagni A. (2013b). Life cycle sustainability assessment in the context of sustainability science progress (part 2). International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18: 1686-1697, doi: 10.1007/s11367-012-0509-5.
64. Sala S., Farioli F., Zamagni A. (2013a). Progress in sustainability science: lessons learnt from current methodologies for sustainability assessment: Part 1. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 18(9): 1653-1672, doi: 10.1007/s11367-012-0508-6.
65. Salomone R., Ioppolo G. (2012). Environmental impacts of olive oil production: A life cycle assessment case study in the province of Messina. Journal of Cleaner Production, 28: 88-100, doi: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2011.10.004.
66. Schenck R., Huizenga D. (eds.) (2014). Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in the Agri-Food Sector. San Francisco, USA.
67. Sen A.K. (2005). Human Rights and Capabilities. J Hum Dev, 6: 151-166, doi: 10.1080/14649880500120491.
68. Settanni E., Tassielli G., Notarnicola B. (2010). Combining LCA of food products with economic tools. In: Sonesson U., Berlin J., Ziegler F. (eds.). Environmental assessment and management in the food industry, Woodhead.
69. Smith J., Barling D. (2014). Social impacts and life cycle assessment: proposals for methodological development for SMEs in the European food and drink sector. Int J Life Cycle Assess, 19: 944-949, doi: 10.1007/s11367-013-0691-0.
70. Strano A., De Luca A.I., Falcone G., Iofrida N., Stillitano T., Gulisano G. (2013). Economic and environmental sustainability assessment of wine grape production scenarios in Southern Italy. Agricultural Science, 4 (5B): 12-20, doi: 10.4236/as.2013.45B003.
71. Tacconi L. (1998). Scientific methodology for ecological economics. Ecol Econ, 27: 91-105, doi: 10.1016/S0921-8009(97)00134-1.
72. Tashakkori A., Teddlie C. (eds.) (2010). SAGE Handbook of Mixed Methods in Social & Behavioral Research. Sage, Thousand Oaks, CA.
73. UNEP (2005). Life Cycle Approaches. The road from analysis to practice. Division of Technology, Industry and Economics (DTIE). Paris.
74. UNEP/SETAC (2009). Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products. Life Cycle Initiative, United Nations Environment Programme: 1-104.
75. UNEP/SETAC (2013). The Methodological Sheets for Sub-categories in Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA). Life Cycle Initiative, United Nations Environment Programme: 1-152.
76. van Middelaar C.E., Berentsen P.B.M., Dolman M.A., de Boer I.J.M. (2011). Ecoefficiency in the production chain of Dutch semi-hard cheese. Livestock Science, 139: 91-99, doi: 10.1016/j.livsci.2011.03.013.
77. Weidema B. (2006). The Integration of Economic and Social Aspects in Life Cycle Impact Assessment. Int J Life Cycle Assess, 11: 89-96, doi: 10.1065/lca2006.04.016.
78. Weidema B.P., Wesnæs M., Hermansen J., Kristensen T., Halberg N. (2009). Environmental improvement potentials of meat and dairy products. JRC Scientific and Technical Reports.
79. Weil R.R. (1990). Defining and Using the Concept of Sustainable Agriculture. Journal of Agronomy Education, 19 (2): 126-130.
80. White A.L., Savage D., Shapiro K. (1996). Life Cycle Costing: concept and applications. In: Curran M.A. (ed.). Environmental Life Cycle Assessment. McGraw-Hill, Cap. 7.
81. Woodward D.G. (1997). Life Cycle Costing-theory, information acquisition and application. International Journal of Project Management, (15) 6: 335-344, doi: 10.1016/S0263-7863(96)00089-0.
82. Wu R., Yang D., Chen J. (2014). Social Life Cycle Assessment Revisited. Sustainability, 6: 4200-4226, doi: 10.3390/su6074200.