Assessing social sustainability of products: An improved S-LCA method

IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology

Volumn 467, Issue , 2015, Pages 529-540

  Germani, Michele ^a   Gregori, Fabio ^a   Luzi, Andrea ^a   Mengarelli, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

Author keywords

S LCA; Social life cycle assessment; Sustainability

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; INTERNET; INTERNET OF THINGS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

NEW APPROACHES; NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT-LINES; S-LCA; SOCIAL IMPACT; SOCIAL LIFE; SOCIAL SUSTAINABILITY; STEP BY STEP PROCEDURE;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84964824200     PISSN: 18684238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-33111-9_48     Document Type: Conference Paper

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