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Socially responsible life cycle assessment: organizational activity for the greater good

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  • Myriam Ertz
  • Shashi Kashav
  • Tian Zeng
  • Shouheng Sun

Abstract

Purpose - Traditionally, life cycle assessment (LCA) has focused on environmental aspects, but integrating social aspects in LCA has gained traction among scholars and practitioners. This study aims to review key social life cycle assessment (SLCA) themes, namely, drivers and barriers of SLCA implementation, methodology and measurement metrics, classification of initiatives to improve SLCA and customer perspectives in SLCA. Design/methodology/approach - A total of 148 scientific papers extracted from the Web of Science database were used and analyzed using bibliometric and content analysis. Findings - The findings suggest that the existing research ignores several aspects of SCLA, which impedes positive growth in topical scholarship, and the study proposes a classification of SLCA research paths to enrich future research. This study contributes positively to SLCA by further developing this area, and as such, this research is a primer to gain deeper knowledge about the state-of-the-art in SLCA as well as to foresee its future scope and challenges. Originality/value - The study provides an up-to-date review of extant research pertaining to SLCA.

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  • Myriam Ertz & Shashi Kashav & Tian Zeng & Shouheng Sun, 2023. "Socially responsible life cycle assessment: organizational activity for the greater good," Social Responsibility Journal, Emerald Group Publishing Limited, vol. 20(4), pages 647-681, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:eme:srjpps:srj-11-2022-0481
    DOI: 10.1108/SRJ-11-2022-0481
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