| Time | Title | Speaker | Affiliation |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:45 | Registration, coffee & croissants | ||
| 9:10 | Welcome and introduction to the topic | Andreas Ciroth | GreenDelta |
| Social LCA, the current state | [Moderator: Andreas Ciroth] | ||
| 09:25 | Scorelca project: investigation of status and needs for social LCA DF70-01_Zamagni.pdf | Alessandra Zamagni | ecoinnovazione |
| 09:45 | S-LCA in developing economies DF70-02_Ugaya.pdf | Cassia Ugaya | University of Parana |
| 10:05 | Relation of SDG to social LCA indicators DF70-03_Weidema.pdf | Bo Weidema | Aalborg University |
| 10:25 | Discussion | ||
| 10:45 | Coffee break | ||
| Frontiers | [Moderator: Andreas Ciroth] | ||
| 11:15 | Cultural heritage in social LCA DF70-04_Eisfeldt.pdf | Franziska Eisfeldt | UL EHS Sustainability |
| 11:40 | Weighting and Normalisation in social LCA DF70-05_Zschokke.pdf | Mischa Zschokke | Carbotech |
| 12:05 | Positive impacts DF70-06_di_Cesare.pdf | Silvia di Cesare | University Pescara |
| 12:30 | Discussion | ||
| 12:45 | Lunch | ||
| Short presentations | [Moderator: Andreas Ciroth] | ||
| 13:45 | Upcoming revised Social LCA Guidelines – a United Nations effort DF70-07_Valdivia.pdf | Sonia Valdivia | World Resources Forum |
| 14:00 | Social LCA of natural resource and material use: a global assessment DF70-08_Pfister.pdf | Stephan Pfister | ETHZ |
| Research examples & applications | [Moderator: Andreas Ciroth] | ||
| 14:15 | Sustainable mining: how to quantify social issues in the mining industry and metals supply chains DF70-09_Di_Noi.pdf | Claudia Di Noi | GreenDelta |
| 14:40 | Leather case study: social hotspots and how to quantify them in a life cycle perspective DF70-10_Neugebauer.pdf | Sabrina Neugebauer | INaB RWTH Aachen University |
| 15:05 | Discussion | ||
| 15:20 | Coffee break | ||
| Application in policy and business | [Moderator: Andreas Ciroth] | ||
| 15:50 | Social assessment of raw materials sectors DF70-11_Mancini.pdf | Lucia Mancini | JRC |
| 16:20 | Using social LCA databases for support of policy and business decisions: Where and how DF70-12_Ciroth.pdf | Andreas Ciroth | GreenDelta |
| 16:50 | Discussion | ||
| Wrap-up, announcements and farewell | |||
| 17:10 | Wrap up and announcements | Andreas Ciroth | GreenDelta |
| 17:15 | Farewell |
DF 70 – Social LCA – Challenges and solutions in application and implementation
Compared to environmental LCA, social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) is a young area with high potential for research and development. S-LCA has found its way into policy, industry and trade/ business thanks to new scientific findings and advances, e.g. regarding social life cycle inventories, impact assessment methods, assessment of positive impacts, databases etc.
The call for more socially acceptable products, documented with reliable information on their social impacts, is getting louder and is no more ignored by pioneering governments and industries. Especially in developing countries, the method is of high political interest. It is con-sidered as a possibility to combat social inequality, unfair working conditions etc., and to promote more sustainable patterns of production and consumption. In developed countries, the claim for sustainable and particularly socially fair production, e.g. in the food sector, requires the consideration of social impacts in addition to the traditional environmental based LCA. Pioneer companies and organisations have already implemented specific approaches for the social LCA of their products.
The forum will cover both theoretical and practical approaches, presenting methodological progress and disseminating S-LCA applications. To begin with, the state-of-the-art of S-LCA and current research foci and progress will be outlined. The application of the method will be showcased by practical case studies covering different economic sectors. Another session will expose concrete, individualized examples of the interpretation and implementation of S-LCA in business and policy. In this context, the challenges and obstacles actors along the value chains are facing are of special interest. The forum will offer ample time for discussions about the outlined and future steps.
This forum is targeted to LCA practitioners, LCA software developers and LCA researchers.
Download: DF70-Programme_Social_LCA.pdf
Livestream / Videorecordings: Access to the livestreamlng will be available at the day of the event (payment required, see section "Registration" above).
Videos will be available for free after DF 70 (estimated from December 06, 2018) via this link: https://www.video.ethz.ch/events/lca/2018/autumn/70th.html