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SOCIAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

A Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) is a social impact (actual and potential impacts) assessment technique that aims to assess the social and socio-economic aspects of products and their positive and negative impacts along their life cycle encompassing extraction and processing of raw materials, manufacturing, distribution, use, re-use, maintenance, recycling and final disposal.

– Guidelines for S-LCA of Products and Organizations 2020

LCA: Life Cycle Assessment

LCC: Life Cycle Cost

S-LCA: Social Life Cycle Assessment

LCSA: Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment

USES OF SLCA

  • Support companies in building a targeted strategy for future development of social policies
  • Support decision-making processes that involve a variety of stakeholders with different knowledge and background
  • Provide structure, credibility, and consistency to supply chain materiality assessment
  • Support the disclosure of non-financial information

STEPS OF SLCA

Source: Guidelines for S-LCA of Products and Organizations 2020

Goal and Scope Social
Social life cycle inventory Social
Social life cycle impact assessment
Interpretation

STEPS OF SLCA