Identification of Key Sustainability Performance Indicators and related assessment methods for the carbon fiber recycling sector

Ecological Indicators

Volumn 72, Issue , 2017, Pages 833-847

  Pillain, Baptiste ^a,b   Gemechu, Eskinder ^a,b   Sonnemann, Guido ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

Author keywords

Carbon fiber; Criticality assessment; Key Sustainability Performance Indicators; Recycling; Sustainability assessment

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CARBON FIBERS; CRITICALITY (NUCLEAR FISSION); DECISION MAKING; FIBERS; GEOLOGY; GLOBAL WARMING; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL ASPECTS;

CRITICALITY ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL ASPECTS; IMPACT ASSESSMENTS; LITERATURE REVIEWS; MULTIPLE INDICATORS; POTENTIAL BENEFITS; SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENT; SUSTAINABILITY PERFORMANCE;

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

ASSESSMENT METHOD; CARBON FIBER; DECISION MAKING; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RISK; GLOBAL WARMING; LITERATURE REVIEW; RECYCLING; RESOURCE ASSESSMENT; SOCIOECONOMIC INDICATOR; SUSTAINABILITY; TOXICITY;

EID: 84990913311     PISSN: 1470160X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.08.056     Document Type: Review

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