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View article: Dissipation of the carbon resource embedded in end-of-life plastics: exploring the limits of chemical recycling to monomer
Dissipation of the carbon resource embedded in end-of-life plastics: exploring the limits of chemical recycling to monomer Open
Purpose Plastic represents an important category of carbon-based materials and a potential source of carbon resource in a circular economy. In life cycle impact assessment (LCIA), we are currently witnessing a shift from approaches that ad…
View article: Environmentally sustainable health care: the opportunities and challenges of life cycle assessments
Environmentally sustainable health care: the opportunities and challenges of life cycle assessments Open
The health-care sector is a substantial contributor to climate change. To address this global issue, more than 120 countries committed to creating environmentally sustainable health systems at the COP28 UN Climate Change Conference held in…
View article: Absolute environmental sustainability assessments of long-lived systems: A review of challenges with the representation of time and future research directions
Absolute environmental sustainability assessments of long-lived systems: A review of challenges with the representation of time and future research directions Open
View article: Calibrating Predicted Mixture Toxic Pressure to Observed Biodiversity Loss in Aquatic Ecosystems
Calibrating Predicted Mixture Toxic Pressure to Observed Biodiversity Loss in Aquatic Ecosystems Open
Unlike practices in applied ecology, assessing the impact of chemical pollution on biodiversity depends on species sensitivity data from laboratory toxicity effect tests. There are ~12,000 chemicals with such data, enabling quantification …
View article: Communicating the environmental impacts of individual actions in the context of Planetary Boundaries
Communicating the environmental impacts of individual actions in the context of Planetary Boundaries Open
View article: Evaluating mineral resource boundaries for application in absolute environmental sustainability assessment
Evaluating mineral resource boundaries for application in absolute environmental sustainability assessment Open
View article: Is Public Health Environmentally Sustainable?
Is Public Health Environmentally Sustainable? Open
In this paper we discuss whether effective public health interventions and policies are environmentally sustainable. First, we suggest that the environmental impact from public health interventions and policies should be considered in the …
View article: Pathways to global hydrogen production within planetary boundaries
Pathways to global hydrogen production within planetary boundaries Open
Hydrogen is regarded as a key lever for decarbonising hard-to-electrify sectors and industries. Future projections suggest that a significant increase in global hydrogen production is required to limit global warming to 1.5°C. However, the…
View article: Prospective life cycle assessment of solid recovered fuel utilization and marine fuel production in cement plants
Prospective life cycle assessment of solid recovered fuel utilization and marine fuel production in cement plants Open
View article: Quantifying environmental learning and scaling rates for prospective life cycle assessment of e-ammonia production
Quantifying environmental learning and scaling rates for prospective life cycle assessment of e-ammonia production Open
View article: What Is a Sustainable Company?
What Is a Sustainable Company? Open
Defining a sustainable company presents challenges due to evolving sustainability contexts, diverse theoretical perspectives, and conflicting definitions. This often results in overlooking broader, macrolevel sustainability constructs, lea…
View article: Approaches for aggregating data from the regional to the global level: importance for conclusions on Earth system state
Approaches for aggregating data from the regional to the global level: importance for conclusions on Earth system state Open
A number of initiatives attempt to delimit the safe operating space (SOS) for human pressures on the Earth system, including the Planetary Boundaries framework. In some cases, data describing regional status are spatially aggregated to pro…
View article: Prospective Global Warming Potential of Australian Low-Emission Hydrogen in a Net-Zero Emission Context
Prospective Global Warming Potential of Australian Low-Emission Hydrogen in a Net-Zero Emission Context Open
View article: Pitfalls of the existing positive environmental impact assessment methods: an EV case
Pitfalls of the existing positive environmental impact assessment methods: an EV case Open
View article: Impacts of circular economy strategies on product carbon footprint: A lithium-ion battery case
Impacts of circular economy strategies on product carbon footprint: A lithium-ion battery case Open
View article: All engineers should be life cycle engineers with a mindset for absolute sustainability
All engineers should be life cycle engineers with a mindset for absolute sustainability Open
View article: An eco-strategy for development of more sustainable coatings
An eco-strategy for development of more sustainable coatings Open
View article: Climate mitigation potential of biobased insulation materials: A comprehensive review and categorization
Climate mitigation potential of biobased insulation materials: A comprehensive review and categorization Open
Insulation materials in the construction industry play a crucial role in improving the thermal performance of buildings, reducing energy demands, and reducing carbon emissions. With the growing emphasis on decarbonization, the construction…
View article: Recycling for a sustainable future: Advancing resource efficiency through life cycle assessment resource indicators
Recycling for a sustainable future: Advancing resource efficiency through life cycle assessment resource indicators Open
While Circular Economy (CE) is promoted as a resource-optimizing strategy, there is a need to ensure a clear and mutual understanding of the goals of CE and the indicators to measure progress. This requires access to assessment tools and m…
View article: Characterizing Freshwater Ecotoxicity of More Than 9000 Chemicals by Combining Different Levels of Available Measured Test Data with In Silico Predictions
Characterizing Freshwater Ecotoxicity of More Than 9000 Chemicals by Combining Different Levels of Available Measured Test Data with In Silico Predictions Open
Ecotoxicological impacts of chemicals released into the environment are characterized by combining fate, exposure, and effects. For characterizing effects, species sensitivity distributions (SSDs) estimate toxic pressures of chemicals as t…
View article: Environmental sustainability of food production and consumption in the Nordic and Baltic region – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023
Environmental sustainability of food production and consumption in the Nordic and Baltic region – a scoping review for Nordic Nutrition Recommendations 2023 Open
This scoping review examines environmental impacts related to food production and consumption in Nordic and Baltic countries. The overarching advice to all Nordic and Baltic countries, in line with the current body of scientific literature…
View article: Enabling comprehensive assessment of marine eutrophication impacts and their evaluation against regional safe operating space
Enabling comprehensive assessment of marine eutrophication impacts and their evaluation against regional safe operating space Open
Purpose Nitrogen emissions from human activities are contributing to elevated levels of eutrophication in coastal ecosystems. Mechanisms involved in marine eutrophication show strong geographical variation. Existing life cycle impact asses…
View article: Assessing the social and environmental impacts of critical mineral supply chains for the energy transition in Europe
Assessing the social and environmental impacts of critical mineral supply chains for the energy transition in Europe Open
Advanced technologies are inherently dependent on critical minerals and their related metals. The mining extraction of these critical minerals leads to significant social and environmental impacts that extend beyond the regions where those…
View article: Business reporting of <scp>Sustainable Development Goals</scp>: Global trends and implications
Business reporting of <span>Sustainable Development Goals</span>: Global trends and implications Open
With a reported insufficient progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), improving knowledge on the uptake and use of SDGs within the private sector is imperative. To address this need, we examine the SDG reporting …
View article: Evaluating mitigation strategies for building stocks against absolute climate targets
Evaluating mitigation strategies for building stocks against absolute climate targets Open
With the growing urgency of addressing climate change it is increasingly important that decision makers at all levels are equipped to take efficient mitigation actions. This research evaluates the potential of four mitigation strategies to…
View article: Mitigation measures of crop cultivation to reduce climate-impacting emissions from denitrification
Mitigation measures of crop cultivation to reduce climate-impacting emissions from denitrification Open
The joint project 'Measures to reduce direct and indirect climate-impacting emissions caused by denitrification in agricultural soils - MinDen' addresses the topics of reducing nitrous oxide emissions and improving nitrogen efficiency thro…
View article: Quantitative sustainability assessment of metal additive manufacturing: A systematic review
Quantitative sustainability assessment of metal additive manufacturing: A systematic review Open
This paper presents a systematic critical review of quantitative sustainability assessment studies on metal additive manufacturing (MAM) with a life cycle perspective. Potential benefits and present challenges of MAM are also discussed. MA…
View article: An Eco-Strategy for Development of More Sustainable Coatings
An Eco-Strategy for Development of More Sustainable Coatings Open
View article: Balancing Energy and Material Efficiency in Green Hydrogen Production via Water Electrolysis
Balancing Energy and Material Efficiency in Green Hydrogen Production via Water Electrolysis Open
Green hydrogen is increasingly regarded as a pivotal solution in achieving "net zero by 2050" in carbon neutrality across various sectors and industries. Ambitious decarbonisation roadmaps largely depend on the successful deployment of ele…
View article: Dissipation of Carbon Embedded in Plastic Polymers and its Implications for Resource Footprinting
Dissipation of Carbon Embedded in Plastic Polymers and its Implications for Resource Footprinting Open