Water and carbon footprint ofwine: Methodology review and application to a case study

Sustainability (United States)

Volumn 8, Issue 7, 2016, Pages

  Rinaldi, Sara ^a   Bonamente, Emanuele ^a   Scrucca, Flavio ^a   Merico, Maria Cleofe ^a   Asdrubali, Francesco ^b   Cotana, Franco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

^b ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

Author keywords

Carbon Footprint (CF); Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); Water Footprint (WF); Wine Industry

Indexed keywords

CARBON FOOTPRINT; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD INDUSTRY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MARKETING; STANDARD (REGULATION); SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WATER FOOTPRINT;

EID: 84982693510     PISSN: 19370695     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/su8070621     Document Type: Review

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