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Table 5.3 Illustrative social sustainability indicators for the energy sector
Issue Indicator Unit
Provision of Direct employment Person-years/GWh
employment Life cycle employment Person-years/GWh
Local employment %
Gender equality Ordinal scale
Human health Worker injuries Injuries/TWh
a
impacts Human toxicity potential kg 1,4 DCB eq./kWh
(excluding radiation)
b
Human health impacts from DALY /GWh
radiation (workers and
population)
Large accident risk Fatalities due to large accidents No. of fatalities/GWh
Local community Spending on local suppliers %
impacts relative to total annual
spending
Direct investment in local %
community as proportion of
total annual profits
Noise dB
Traffic increase %
Public perception Public support %, measured by survey
Media impact Relative presence on
social media
Human rights and Involvement of countries in Ordinal scale
corruption the life cycle with known
corruption problems (based
on Transparency
International Corruption
Perceptions Index)
Energy security Diversity of fuel supply mix Ordinal scale
Fuel storage capabilities GJ/m 3
(energy density)
Intergenerational Depletion of abiotic resources kg Sb eq./kWh
equity (elements)
Depletion of abiotic resources MJ/kWh
(fossil fuels)
3
Volume of waste requiring m /kWh
long-term storage
a
1,4-Dichlorobenzene.
b
Disability adjusted life year.
(Based on Stamford, L., Azapagic, A., 2012. Life cycle sustainability assessment of electricity options for
the UK. Int. J. Energy Res. 36(14), 1263–1290; Cooper, J., Stamford, L., Azapagic, A., 2018a. Social
sustainability assessment of shale gas in the UK. Sustain. Prod. Consum. 14, 1–20.)