caa a22 4500 606169687 CHVBK 20210128100713.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10098-014-0841-5 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10098-014-0841-5 ‘Socializing' sustainability: a critical review on current development status of social life cycle impact assessment method [Elektronische Daten] [Gyan Chhipi-Shrestha, Kasun Hewage, Rehan Sadiq] Social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) is a technique to assess the potential social impacts of a product or service caused by its life cycle. The aim of this paper is to critically review the methodologies applied in S-LCIA and establish its current development status by highlighting areas for improvement. The UNEP/SETAC Guidelines published in 2009 provided general procedures for conducting S-LCA, but lack S-LCIA methods. Many new S-LCIA methods have been proposed but these are inherently different, indicating a scientific and well-accepted S-LCIA method is yet to be developed. Broadly, two types of S-LCIA methods, i.e. performance reference point and impact pathways methods are in use. A direction for future research could be the refinement of the social hotspots database and the social hotspot index calculation method. Moreover, the S-LCIA method could be developed by combining the performance reference point and impact pathways methods. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2014 Social life cycle assessment nationallicence Life cycle sustainability assessment nationallicence Social impact assessment nationallicence Social hotspots nationallicence Chhipi-Shrestha Gyan School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, 3333 University Way, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut Hewage Kasun School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, 3333 University Way, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut Sadiq Rehan School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, 3333 University Way, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/3(2015-03-01), 579-596 1618-954X 17:3<579 2015 17 10098 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0841-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 review-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10098-014-0841-5 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Chhipi-Shrestha Gyan School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, 3333 University Way, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hewage Kasun School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, 3333 University Way, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sadiq Rehan School of Engineering, University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus, 3333 University Way, V1V 1V7, Kelowna, BC, Canada aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Clean Technologies and Environmental Policy Springer Berlin Heidelberg 17/3(2015-03-01), 579-596 1618-954X 17:3<579 2015 17 10098