Eco-efficiency improvement by using integrative design and life cycle assessment. The case study of alternative bread supply chains in France

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 112, Issue , 2016, Pages 2452-2461

  Kulak, Michal ^a,b   Nemecek, Thomas ^a   Frossard, Emmanuel ^b   Gaillard, Gérard ^a  

^a AGROSCOPE RECKENHOLZ TÄNIKON RESEARCH STATION ART   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Alternative food supply chains; Eco design; Integrative design; Life cycle assessment; Longitudinal LCA

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; DESIGN; ECODESIGN; EFFICIENCY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; EUTROPHICATION; FOOD PRODUCTS; FOOD SUPPLY; GLOBAL WARMING; SUPPLY CHAINS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ENVIRONMENTAL INFORMATION; ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE; EUTROPHICATION POTENTIALS; GLOBAL WARMING POTENTIAL; INTEGRATIVE DESIGN; LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT (LCA); LONGITUDINAL LCA; PRODUCT VALUE CHAINS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84958267771     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2015.11.002     Document Type: Article

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