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Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) is a comprehensive framework developed by Matthias Finkbeiner and colleagues to evaluate environmental, social, and economic impacts of products and services throughout their entire life cycle. Introduced around 2008, it extends traditional life cycle assessment to address sustainability holistically.

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Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA)
Taxonomic method record · process-pipeline / sustainability
  • Finkbeiner, M., Schau, E. M., Lehmann, A., & Traverso, M. (2010). Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment. Sustainability, 2(10), 3309-3322. · DOI 10.3390/su2103309
  • Klöpffer, W. (2008). Towards Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment of Products. Journal of Cleaner Production, 16(17), 1844-1853. · DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-8913-8_5
  • UNEP (2012). Towards a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: Making informed choices on products. UNEP Life Cycle Initiative Report. · URL
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