• Generating environmental sampling and testing data for micro- and nanoplastics for use in life cycle impact assessment 

      Askham, Cecilia; Pauna, Valentina H.; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Fantke, Peter; Jolliet, Olivier; Lavoie, Jerome; Booth, Andy; Coutris, Claire; Verones, Francesca; Weber, Miriam; Vijver, Martina G.; Lusher, Amy Lorraine; Hajjar, Carla (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2022)
      Ongoing efforts focus on quantifying plastic pollution and describing and estimating the related magnitude of exposure and impacts on human and environmental health. Data gathered during such work usually follows a receptor ...
    • Global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment indicators: impacts of climate change, fine particulate matter formation, water consumption and land use 

      Jolliet, Olivier; Antón, Assumpció; Boulay, Anne-Marie; Cherubini, Francesco; Fantke, Peter; Levasseur, Annie; McKone, Thomas E.; Michelsen, Ottar; Milà i Canals, Llorenç; Motoshita, Masaharu; Pfister, Stephan; Verones, Francesca; Vigon, Bruce; Frischknecht, Rolf (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose Guidance is needed on best-suited indicators to quantify and monitor the man-made impacts on human health, biodiversity and resources. Therefore, the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative initiated a global consensus ...
    • LC-IMPACT: A regionalized life cycle damage assessment method 

      Verones, Francesca; Hellweg, Stefanie; Anton, Assumpcio; Azevedo, Ligia B; Chaudhary, Abhishek; Cosme, Nuno; Cucurachi, Stefano; de Baan, Laura; Dong, Yang; Fantke, Peter; Golsteijn, Laura; Hauschild, Michael; Heijungs, Reinout; Jolliet, Olivier; Juraske, Ronnie; Larsen, Henrik; Laurent, Alexis; Mutel, Christopher; Margni, Manuele; Núñez, Montse; Owsianiak, Mikolaj; Pfister, Stephan; Ponsioen, Tommie; Preiss, Phillip; Rosenbaum, Ralf; Roy, Pierre-Olivier; Sala, Serenella; Steinmann, Zoran J.N.; Van Zelm, Rosalie; Van Dingenen, Rita; Vieira, Marisa; Huijbregts, Mark (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) is a lively field of research, and data and models are continuously improved in terms of impact pathways covered, reliability, and spatial detail. However, many of these advancements ...
    • LCIA framework and cross-cutting issues guidance within the UNEP-SETAC Life Cycle Initiative 

      Verones, Francesca; Bare, Jane; Bulle, Cecile; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Hellweg, Stefanie; Henderson, Andrew; Jolliet, Olivier; Laurent, Alexis; Liao, Xun; Lindner, Jan Paul; Maia de Souza, Danielle; Michelsen, Ottar; Patouillard, Laure; Pfister, Stephan; Posthuma, Leo; Prado, Valentina; Ridoutt, Bradley G.; Rosenbaum, Ralph K; Sala, Serenella; Ugaya, Cassia; Vieira, Marisa; Fantke, Peter (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2017)
      Increasing needs for decision support and advances in scientific knowledge within life cycle assessment (LCA) led to substantial efforts to provide global guidance on environmental life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) ...
    • Life cycle assessment in corporate sustainability reporting: Global, regional, sectoral, and company‐level trends 

      Stewart, Raphaëlle; Fantke, Peter; Bjørn, Anders; Owsianiak, Mikolaj; Molin, Christine; Hauschild, Michael; Laurent, Alexis (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Large companies now commonly release corporate sustainability (CS) reports in which they describe their approach to handle sustainability challenges. To guide environmental sustainability efforts in the industry, the life ...
    • Overview and recommendations for regionalized life cycle impact assessment 

      Mutel, Christopher; Liao, Xun; Patouillard, Laure; Bare, Jane; Fantke, Peter; Frischknecht, Rolf; Hauschild, Michael; Jolliet, Olivier; Maia de Souza, Danielle; Laurent, Alexis; Pfister, Stephan; Verones, Francesca (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      Purpose Regionalized life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) has rapidly developed in the past decade, though its widespread application, robustness, and validity still face multiple challenges. Under the umbrella of UNEP/SETAC ...