scholarly journals Scope 3 and Organizational LCA

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 82-85
Author(s):  
Atsushi INABA
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Lca

The implementation of organizational LCA to internally manage the environmental impacts of a broad product portfolio: an example for a cosmetics, fragrances, and toiletry provider

2018 ◽  
Vol 24 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-116 ◽  
Author(s):  
André Moreira de Camargo ◽  
Silvia Forin ◽  
Keyvan Macedo ◽  
Matthias Finkbeiner ◽  
Julia Martínez-Blanco
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Impacts ◽  
Product Portfolio ◽  
Organizational Lca

scholarly journals The First City Organizational LCA Case Study: Feasibility and Lessons Learned from Vienna

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (9) ◽  
pp. 5062
Author(s):  
Alexander Cremer ◽  
Markus Berger ◽  
Katrin Müller ◽  
Matthias Finkbeiner
Keyword(s):  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Public Service ◽  
Service Provision ◽  
Lessons Learned ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
City Managers ◽  
First Case ◽  
Public Service Provision ◽  
Organizational Lca

Cities are recognized as a major contributor to environmental pressures. Recently, organizational LCA (OLCA) has been found to align well with requirements for city-scale environmental decision support and a novel city-OLCA framework was introduced. City-OLCA combines two relevant aspects: It covers activities beyond public service provision (multi-stakeholder) and emissions beyond greenhouse gases (multi-impact). Its unique approach of acknowledging responsibility levels should help both city-managers and academia in performance tracking and to prioritize mitigation measures. The goal of this work is to test city-OLCA’s feasibility in a first case study with real city data from Vienna. The feasibility was confirmed, and results for 12 impact categories were obtained. As an example, Vienna’s global warming potential, ozone depletion potential, and marine eutrophication potential for 2016 were 14,686 kt CO­2 eq., 6796 kg CFC-11 eq., and 310 t N eq., respectively. Our results indicate that current accounting practices may underestimate greenhouse gas emissions of the entire city by up to a factor of 3. This is mainly due to additional activities not covered by conventional standards (food and goods consumption). While the city itself only accounts for 25% of greenhouse gases, 75% are caused by activities beyond public service provision or beyond governmental responsibilities. Based on our results, we encourage city managers to include an organizational based LCA approach in defining reduction strategies. This will reveal environmental blind spots and avoids underestimating environmental burdens, which might lead to setting the wrong focus for mitigation.

A framework for environmental decision support in cities incorporating organizational LCA

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (11) ◽  
pp. 2204-2216 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Cremer ◽  
Katrin Müller ◽  
Markus Berger ◽  
Matthias Finkbeiner
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Organizational Lca ◽  
Environmental Decision

Social organizational LCA (SOLCA)—a new approach for implementing social LCA

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (11) ◽  
pp. 1586-1599 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Martínez-Blanco ◽  
Annekatrin Lehmann ◽  
Ya-Ju Chang ◽  
Matthias Finkbeiner
Keyword(s):  
Social Lca ◽  
New Approach ◽  
Social Organizational ◽  
Organizational Lca

scholarly journals Organizational LCA: the new member of the LCA family—introducing the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative guidance document

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (8) ◽  
pp. 1045-1047 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Martínez-Blanco ◽  
Atsushi Inaba ◽  
Ana Quiros ◽  
Sonia Valdivia ◽  
Llorenç Milà-i-Canals ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Life Cycle ◽  
Guidance Document ◽  
Life Cycle Initiative ◽  
Organizational Lca

Scoping organizational LCA—challenges and solutions

2015 ◽  
Vol 20 (6) ◽  
pp. 829-841 ◽  
Author(s):  
Julia Martínez-Blanco ◽  
Atsushi Inaba ◽  
Matthias Finkbeiner
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Lca

scholarly journals To Organizational LCA from Carbon Footprint of Product

2015 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
pp. 81-81
Author(s):  
Atsushi INABA
Keyword(s):  
Carbon Footprint ◽  
Organizational Lca
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