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Revision of the Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of products: status and progress
M A R Z I A T R AV E R S O , I N A B R W T H A A C H E N U N I V E R S I T Y; C AT H E R I N E B E N O I T N O R R I S , H A R VA R D , N E W E A R T H B ,
S A R A R U S S O G A R R I D O , C I R A I G ,E L I S A B E T H E K E N E R , K T H R O YA L I N S T I T U T E O F T E C H N O L O G Y
S A B R I N A N E U G E B A U E R , I N A B R W T H A A C H E N U N I V E R S I T YS O N I A VA L D I V I A , L E U P H A N A U N I V E R S I T Y O F L Ü N E B U R G
A N N E K AT R I N L E H M A N N , S U S TA I N A B L E E N G I N E E R I N G , T E C H N I S C H E U N I V E R S I TÄT B E R L I N
M AT T H I A S F I N K B E I N E R , S U S TA I N A B L E E N G I N E E R I N G , T E C H N I S C H E U N I V E R S I TÄT B E R L I N
F E N G WA N G , U N E N V I R O N M E N T L I F E C Y C L E I N I T I AT I V E ( L C I )
State of the art on social life cycle assessment
Social Life Cycle
Assessment
Databases on Social Risk
Project Consortium for the revision of the S-LCA Guidelines
• Sponsored by the Life CycleInitiative
• Steering Committee of the SocialLC Alliance:o Harvard/New Earth, USAo CIRAIG, Canadao INaB, RWTH Aachen
University, Germanyo World Resources Forum,
Switzerland• KTH Royal Institute of
Technology, Schweden• Chair of Sustainable
Engineering, TechnischeUniversität Berlin, Germany
Marzia TraversoINaB, RWTH Aachen
University
Matthias FinkbeinerSEE, Technische
Universität Berlin
Annekatrin LehmannSEE, Technische
Universität Berlin
Sabrina NeugebauerINaB, RWTH Aachen
University
Catherine Benoit-NorrisNewEarth B
Sonia ValdiviaWorld Resources Forum
Sara Russo GarridoCIRAIG, UQÀM, École des
Sciences de la gestion
Elisabeth EkenerKTH Royal Institute of
Technology
Gabriella ArceseFaculty of Economy
, Niccolò Cusano University Rome, Italy.
Thomas SchaubroeckLuxembourg Institute of Science and Technology
Calendar Overview – Phase I – REVISED July 2019
Sept 2017 Sept 2018
InitialDrafting
First drafts developed
in WGSept to late June 2018
Draft update post-
Pescara by WG Leads
Stage 2
Working Groups and Participants’
Work
Work by Steering
Committee
Stage 1
Face to face
meeting Pescara12-14 Sept. 2018
Stage 3
12 months 9 months
20 months period
Consolidating Draft
Create V1 draft &
submit for internal revision
Face to face
meeting in Paris24-26 April 2019
4 months
Stage 5
Formatting, UN Env review, PublicationMarch-April
2020
5 months
Sept 2019Jan 2019
Draft Update by SC
membersCreate V2
draft
Draft Update by SC
members Create V3
draft
Summer2019
Stage 4
Draft Update by SC members
Create V4 draftJan-March2019-2020
4 months
Jan 2020 May 2020
Informal Consultation with external
Stakeholders by SC members
Jan – April 2019
Send out V2 draft to
participantsWith
instructions on how to
provide feedback
mid-Feb 2019
Send out V3 draft
to participan
ts & UN peer
reviewEarly Oct
2019
Webinar on launch for
public consultationOctober 2019
Call for expressions of interest for the Pilots
June 2019 & end of September 2019
Kick off for launching
pilots (webinar)
Nov2019
Comment period on V3
Oct-Dec 2019
Webinar on outcome
ParisSummer
2019
Check on acceptan
ceMarch 2020
Structure of the new documentIntroduction and What is S-LCA?
◦ Purpose and audience of the Guidelines◦ Key concepts and definitions ◦ Linkages with other international frameworks
Goal & Scope
Inventory analysis
Impact assessment◦ Type I – Reference Scale Approach◦ Type II – Impact Pathway Approach
Topics for further review: functional unit, stakeholder involvement strategy
Interpretation• How to conduct?• Completeness, Consistency,
Sensitivity• Materiality assessment
SO-LCA• What is SO-LCA • How to do it
Communicationàto come with the v3 version!
Next: Outlook for the future àto come with the v3 version!
✓ Moderate
✓ Extensive
✓ Moderate
✓ Extensive
Topics for further review: handling of co-products, data for impact assessment, primary data collection
Waiting for feedback, as extensive changes have been made
Waiting for feedback, as additions have been made
Waiting for feedback, as it is a new part of the Guidelines!
✓ Extensive
✓ NEW
✓ NEW
✓ NEW
2nd
Webinar for pilots
Feb 2020
Calendar Overview – Phase II – REVISED July 2019
Piloting stage starts
Jan 2020
Regular follow-up meetings for supportStart March 2020
Steering Committee
work
Road Testing
Stage 2
In-person
meeting for pilots
June 2020 at
SLCA 2020
Intermediate pilot reports
June/July 2020
Internal review of draft pilot reports
Start Nov 2020
S-LCA and SOLCA case studies & development of a reportStart Nov 2020
Final pilot
reportsFeb
2021
Formatting, UN Envreview,
Publication
June-July 2021
Dissemination phase
Fall 2021
Stage 3
June 2019
26 months period
Aug 2020Jan 2020 Jan 2021 August 2021June 2020
Call for expressions of interest for the
PilotsJune 2019 & end of
August 2019
Kick off for launching pilots (1st
webinar)Nov2019
Draft pilot
reportsNov 2020
Consolidated final pilot
report with lessons learned
May 2021
Stage 1
6 months 7 months 13 months
Thank you!
Project Co-chairs:
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Common Framework - Stakeholder categories or groups
[UNEP/SETAC 2009]
Roundtable of Product Social Metrics - version2016 (qualitative and quantitative
UNEP/SETAC 2009
The evaluation and its results strongly depend on the chosen stakeholders categories/groups
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Social Impact categories according to both approaches
“Workers”1. Freedom of Association and
Collective Bargaining2. Child Labour3. Fair Salary4. Working Hours5. Forced Labour6. Equal opportunities/Discrimination7. Health and Safety8. Social Benefits/Social Security
“Local community”14. Access to material resources15. Access to immaterial resources16. Delocalization and Migration17. Cultural Heritage18. Safe & healthy living conditions19. Respect of indigenous rights20. Community engagement21. Local employment22. Secure living conditions
ÛNEP Guidelines 2009
Handbook of PSIA
Some similarities in the impact categories between the two documents