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CONTENTS

19.6 Weighting 423
19.7 Case 1: Magnitude Sensitivity 424
19.8 Case 2: Rank Reversal 426
19.9 Conclusions 428
References 428
Social Life Cycle Assessment: A Technique Providing a
New Wealth of Information to Inform Sustainability-Related
Decision Making 433
Catherine Benott Norris
20.1 Historical Development 433
20.2 Why Do Businesses Care? 435
20.3 Methodology 436
20.3.1 Defining Social Issues 436
20.3.2 The Framework 437
20.3.3 Typical Phases of a Study 441
20.3.3.1 Iterative Process of Social Life Cycle Assessment 441
20.3.3.2 Goal and Scope 442
20.3.3.3 Life Cycle Inventory 444
20.3.3.4 Life Cycle Impact Assessment 444
20.3.3.5 Interpretation 445
20.4 SLCA and other Key Social Responsibility References
and Instruments 445
20.5 Conclusion 449
References 450

Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis 453
Alessandra Zamagni, Jeroen Guinee, Reinout Hetjungs
and Paolo Masoni
21.1 LCA and Sustainability Questions 453
21.1.1 What is Sustainability? 453
21.1.2 Life Cycle Analysis and Sustainability 455
21.2 A Framework for Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis 459
21.2.1 Broadening 461
21.2.1.1 Broadening of the Object of Analysis 461
21.2.1.2 Broadening of the Spectrum of Indicators 462
21.2.2 Deepening 466
21.2.2.1 Increasing Sophistication in LCI Modelling 466
21.2.2.2 Economic and Behavioral Mechanisms 467
21.2.2.3 Deepening LCA and Consequential LCA 468
21.3 Future Directions for Research 469
21.3.1 Aligning Environmental with Economic
and Social Indicators 470
21.3.2 Framing the Question 471
21.3.3 Modelling Options for Meso-Level and Economy-Wide
Applications 471
References 472