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Alessandra Zamagni
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Lci methodology and databases
Published: 22 January 2017 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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The purpose of this study was to test the chain-organization environmental footprint (chain-OEF) approach by applying it to part of a pork production chain in Belgium. The approach is supposed to provide insight into the environmental impact of a specific production chain in an efficient manner by applying pragmatic data collection throughout the chain. This is achieved by allocating the environmental impact of each of the production sites to the product of interest using straightforward allocation rules. The cradle-to-gate (up to retail) environmental impact of pork was determined by life cycle assessment (LCA), in line with the product and organisation environmental footprint guidelines (PEF and OEF; European Commission 2013b). Foreground data was gathered at a feed production site, two farmers, a slaughterhouse and a meat processing site. All foreground operations are part of the same pork production chain in Belgium. The chain was completed using background data from Ecoinvent v3.01 (Wernet et al. 2016), Agri-Footprint v1.0 (Blonk 2014), European Life Cycle Database v3.0, LCA Food Database (Nielsen et al. 2003) and OEF Sector Rules Retail (Humbert et al. 2015b). The impact was quantified using the international reference life cycle data system (ILCD) midpoint method for 14 impact categories, but focussing on climate change. The total carbon footprint of the cradle-to-gate pork production system equals 0.46 kg CO2-eq. (100 g pork)−1. This result is quite similar to that of earlier studies analysing the pork production chain: 0.58 and 0.57 kg CO2-eq. (100 g pork)−1 (Bracquené et al. 2011, Agri-Footprint 2014). Most of the carbon footprint was caused by feed production and more specifically, by the feed ingredients and their transport. Grains, soy and palm oil have the largest impact contributions. The farms are responsible for most of the remaining impact. N2O and CH4 emissions are the largest cause of greenhouse gas emissions at the farms. Also, in the other 13 considered impact categories, feed production and farming are responsible for more than half of the total impact, mostly followed by meat processing. Applying the chain-OEF approach in this study has shown that a chain LCA can be performed successfully and pragmatic data collection allows obtaining LCA results relatively fast, especially for small or medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Whereas data availability was not such an issue, the main bottlenecks identified are data management and the link of LCA to other disciplines such as engineering, policy, etc. which could increase the added value of LCA studies.

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Lasse Six; Bruno De Wilde; Frederic Vermeiren; Steven Van Hemelryck; Mieke Vercaeren; Alessandra Zamagni; Paolo Masoni; Jo Dewulf; Steven De Meester. Using the product environmental footprint for supply chain management: lessons learned from a case study on pork. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2017, 22, 1354 -1372.

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Lasse Six, Bruno De Wilde, Frederic Vermeiren, Steven Van Hemelryck, Mieke Vercaeren, Alessandra Zamagni, Paolo Masoni, Jo Dewulf, Steven De Meester. Using the product environmental footprint for supply chain management: lessons learned from a case study on pork. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2017; 22 (9):1354-1372.

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Lasse Six; Bruno De Wilde; Frederic Vermeiren; Steven Van Hemelryck; Mieke Vercaeren; Alessandra Zamagni; Paolo Masoni; Jo Dewulf; Steven De Meester. 2017. "Using the product environmental footprint for supply chain management: lessons learned from a case study on pork." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 22, no. 9: 1354-1372.

Book chapter
Published: 20 November 2015 in Sustainability Assessment of Renewables-Based Products
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Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA) is a relatively new discipline and it is an expanding field of research. After an initial period characterized by the application of the SLCA Guidelines of the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, now practitioners are going through an in-depth and critical analysis. The epistemological and methodological aspects of SLCA are now dealt with, as a basis for defining the ‘what’ and ‘how’ of the methodology.This chapter provides an overview of where we are in SLCA, from the methodological and practical point of view, discussing new trends and approaches, and also in the context of a Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment.

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Alessandra Zamagni; Pauline Feschet; Anna Irene De Luca; Nathalie Iofrida; Patrizia Buttol. Social Life Cycle Assessment. Sustainability Assessment of Renewables-Based Products 2015, 229 -240.

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Alessandra Zamagni, Pauline Feschet, Anna Irene De Luca, Nathalie Iofrida, Patrizia Buttol. Social Life Cycle Assessment. Sustainability Assessment of Renewables-Based Products. 2015; ():229-240.

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Alessandra Zamagni; Pauline Feschet; Anna Irene De Luca; Nathalie Iofrida; Patrizia Buttol. 2015. "Social Life Cycle Assessment." Sustainability Assessment of Renewables-Based Products , no. : 229-240.

Journal article
Published: 01 January 2015 in Environmental Engineering and Management Journal
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Francesca Reale; Patrizia Buttol; Sara Cortesi; Marco Mengarelli; Paolo Masoni; Simona Scalbi; Alessandra Zamagni. DEALING WITH LCA MODELING FOR THE END OF LIFE OF MECHATRONIC PRODUCTS. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 2015, 14, 1691 -1704.

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Francesca Reale, Patrizia Buttol, Sara Cortesi, Marco Mengarelli, Paolo Masoni, Simona Scalbi, Alessandra Zamagni. DEALING WITH LCA MODELING FOR THE END OF LIFE OF MECHATRONIC PRODUCTS. Environmental Engineering and Management Journal. 2015; 14 (7):1691-1704.

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Francesca Reale; Patrizia Buttol; Sara Cortesi; Marco Mengarelli; Paolo Masoni; Simona Scalbi; Alessandra Zamagni. 2015. "DEALING WITH LCA MODELING FOR THE END OF LIFE OF MECHATRONIC PRODUCTS." Environmental Engineering and Management Journal 14, no. 7: 1691-1704.

Journal article
Published: 20 August 2014 in Sustainability
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The framework for life cycle sustainability analysis (LCSA) developed within the project CALCAS (Co-ordination Action for innovation in Life-Cycle Analysis for Sustainability) is introducing a truly integrated approach for sustainability studies. However, it needs to be further conceptually refined and to be made operational. In particular, one of the gaps still hindering the adoption of integrated analytic tools for sustainability studies is the lack of a clear link between the goal and scope definition and the modeling phase. This paper presents an approach to structure the goal and scope phase of LCSA so as to identify the relevant mechanisms to be further detailed and analyzed in the modeling phase. The approach is illustrated with an on-going study on a new technology for the production of high purity hydrogen from biomass, to be used in automotive fuel cells.

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Milena Stefanova; Concetta Tripepi; Alessandra Zamagni; Paolo Masoni. Goal and Scope in Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis: The Case of Hydrogen Production from Biomass. Sustainability 2014, 6, 5463 -5475.

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Milena Stefanova, Concetta Tripepi, Alessandra Zamagni, Paolo Masoni. Goal and Scope in Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis: The Case of Hydrogen Production from Biomass. Sustainability. 2014; 6 (8):5463-5475.

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Milena Stefanova; Concetta Tripepi; Alessandra Zamagni; Paolo Masoni. 2014. "Goal and Scope in Life Cycle Sustainability Analysis: The Case of Hydrogen Production from Biomass." Sustainability 6, no. 8: 5463-5475.

Journal article
Published: 03 September 2013 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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More than 1 year ago, the subject area on Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment has been launched (Zamagni 2012) in order to provide a virtual place in which scientists from different disciplinary fields could discuss the main challenges in addressing sustainability with a life cycle perspective. The challenge has been taken on also by the editors of three subject areas that deal with sustainability from complementary angles—Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA), Life Cycle Costing (LCC), and Social Life Cycle Assessment (SLCA). The result was the launch of a call for papers for a special issue on LCSA, whose results we are glad to present. Our initiative took its point of departure from two facts: (1) sustainability has become quite a keyword in any decision-context situation and the scientific community has the duty to provide its contribution in demonstrating what might be sustainable and how to measure it with a scientific appr

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Alessandra Zamagni; Hanna-Leena Pesonen; Thomas Swarr. From LCA to Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: concept, practice and future directions. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2013, 18, 1637 -1641.

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Alessandra Zamagni, Hanna-Leena Pesonen, Thomas Swarr. From LCA to Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: concept, practice and future directions. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2013; 18 (9):1637-1641.

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Alessandra Zamagni; Hanna-Leena Pesonen; Thomas Swarr. 2013. "From LCA to Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment: concept, practice and future directions." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 18, no. 9: 1637-1641.

Book chapter
Published: 16 May 2013 in Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS)
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In Chap. 6 a simplified Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) tool that could be suitable for SMEs, especially in the food industry, was identified. In this Chapter, the selected tool (eVerdEE) was tested for its robustness and suitability, by implementing it to an Italian wine produced by a small winery. A full LCA was also carried out to evaluate in parallel the results of the two tools. Furthermore, the implementation of the simplified LCA tool aimed also to check whether it actually meets the criteria against which it was assessed for its selection. It was found that both tools showed fossil depletion and climate change as the impact categories with the highest normalised scores. Nevertheless, no safe considerations could be drawn with regard to which phase contributed more, as different stages contributed differently to the various impact categories. Finally, some general considerations regarding strengths and weaknesses of the implementation of LCA in SMEs were outlined, especially as regards data collection.

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Ioannis Arzoumanidis; Luigia Petti; Andrea Raggi; Alessandra Zamagni. The Implementation of Simplified LCA in Agri-Food SMEs. Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS) 2013, 151 -173.

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Ioannis Arzoumanidis, Luigia Petti, Andrea Raggi, Alessandra Zamagni. The Implementation of Simplified LCA in Agri-Food SMEs. Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS). 2013; ():151-173.

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Ioannis Arzoumanidis; Luigia Petti; Andrea Raggi; Alessandra Zamagni. 2013. "The Implementation of Simplified LCA in Agri-Food SMEs." Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS) , no. : 151-173.

Book chapter
Published: 16 May 2013 in Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS)
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This Chapter describes and discusses the approach for identifying a simplified life cycle assessment (LCA) model suited for SMEs in the agri-food sector, addressing both the supply (developments of methods and tools) and demand (what stakeholders desire from a life cycle tool) side of the simplification problem. As far as the demand side is concerned, building on the results of the analysis carried out in Chap. 5, a literature review was carried out, aimed at identifying and characterising already existing simplified approaches and tools. On the supply side, the results of the review were crosschecked with the main outcomes of a survey about the need for simplification, the stakeholders of interest and their needs. This allowed the identification of some criteria for identifying the suitable simplified tool, which was subsequently selected by applying decision making methodologies belonging to the family of Multi-Attribute Utility Theory. This process resulted in the choice of eVerdEE. The validation of this choice is described in Chap. 7, through the application of this tool to a case study and its parallel analysis with the results of a detailed LCA.

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Ioannis Arzoumanidis; Alessandra Zamagni; Andrea Raggi; Luigia Petti; Daniele Magazzeni. A Model of Simplified LCA for Agri-Food SMEs. Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS) 2013, 123 -150.

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Ioannis Arzoumanidis, Alessandra Zamagni, Andrea Raggi, Luigia Petti, Daniele Magazzeni. A Model of Simplified LCA for Agri-Food SMEs. Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS). 2013; ():123-150.

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Ioannis Arzoumanidis; Alessandra Zamagni; Andrea Raggi; Luigia Petti; Daniele Magazzeni. 2013. "A Model of Simplified LCA for Agri-Food SMEs." Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS) , no. : 123-150.

Book chapter
Published: 16 May 2013 in Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS)
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The food supply chain has become an important contributor to a number of environmental impacts, and food and drink products are accountable for a significant share of the overall environmental impacts of private consumption. In order for the whole chain to be taken into account, a life cycle approach to environmental assessment is needed; in that framework, the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology has been increasingly used to improve the environmental performance of food systems. In this chapter review papers on food LCA case studies were reviewed in terms of methodological key aspects (e.g., functional unit, system boundary, multi-functionality, data, etc.). Moreover, an attempt was made to identify the most critical impacts and life-cycle stages. In the case studies reviewed, different assumptions and methodologies were found and discussed. However, it was not possible to clearly identify one or more environmental impacts as being more important than others. Finally, no sure conclusions were drawn regarding the most impacting stage, although the agricultural one was mentioned most frequently.

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Ioannis Arzoumanidis; Luigia Petti; Andrea Raggi; Alessandra Zamagni. Life Cycle Assessment for the Agri-Food Sector. Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS) 2013, 105 -122.

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Ioannis Arzoumanidis, Luigia Petti, Andrea Raggi, Alessandra Zamagni. Life Cycle Assessment for the Agri-Food Sector. Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS). 2013; ():105-122.

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Ioannis Arzoumanidis; Luigia Petti; Andrea Raggi; Alessandra Zamagni. 2013. "Life Cycle Assessment for the Agri-Food Sector." Product-Oriented Environmental Management Systems (POEMS) , no. : 105-122.

Journal article
Published: 24 April 2012 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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Consequential LCA (CLCA) is becoming widely used in the scientific community as a modelling technique which describes the consequences of a decision. However, despite the increasing number of case studies published, a proper systematization of the approach has not yet been achieved. This paper investigates the methodological implications of CLCA and the extent to which the applications are in line with the theoretical dictates. Moreover, the predictive and explorative nature of CLCA is discussed, highlighting the role of scenario modelling in further structuring the methodology.

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Alessandra Zamagni; Jeroen Guinée; Reinout Heijungs; Paolo Masoni; Andrea Raggi. Lights and shadows in consequential LCA. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2012, 17, 904 -918.

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Alessandra Zamagni, Jeroen Guinée, Reinout Heijungs, Paolo Masoni, Andrea Raggi. Lights and shadows in consequential LCA. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2012; 17 (7):904-918.

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Alessandra Zamagni; Jeroen Guinée; Reinout Heijungs; Paolo Masoni; Andrea Raggi. 2012. "Lights and shadows in consequential LCA." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 17, no. 7: 904-918.

Journal article
Published: 30 March 2012 in Journal of Industrial Ecology
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Rapid growth in life cycle assessment (LCA) methodological developments has generated a large body of work that may appear to lack direction. In this article we developed and applied a structured approach, inspired by the meta‐analysis concept, to examine literature and identify research thrusts on how to further develop LCA. The procedure consists of four steps: (1) definition of the research question; (2) carrying out a literature review concerning more than 280 articles, selected from about 2,000 articles according to predefined criteria, which resulted in the identification of some 60 main methodological topics; (3) research gap analysis, in which the methodological topics identified in the previous step were compared with the research priorities identified through a users’ needs survey; and (4) interpretation of results, in which the results of both the previous steps were evaluated and organized into coherent research thrusts.

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Alessandra Zamagni; Paolo Masoni; Patrizia Buttol; Andrea Raggi; Roberto Buonamici. Finding Life Cycle Assessment Research Direction with the Aid of Meta-Analysis. Journal of Industrial Ecology 2012, 16, 1 .

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Alessandra Zamagni, Paolo Masoni, Patrizia Buttol, Andrea Raggi, Roberto Buonamici. Finding Life Cycle Assessment Research Direction with the Aid of Meta-Analysis. Journal of Industrial Ecology. 2012; 16 ():1.

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Alessandra Zamagni; Paolo Masoni; Patrizia Buttol; Andrea Raggi; Roberto Buonamici. 2012. "Finding Life Cycle Assessment Research Direction with the Aid of Meta-Analysis." Journal of Industrial Ecology 16, no. : 1.

Journal article
Published: 22 February 2012 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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Almost 10 years have passed since the first editorial on life cycle-based methods for sustainability assessment by Klöpffer (2003). Sustainability was already a core issue on the political agenda, and this interest was also echoed at scientific levels since many approaches and methods were being proposed and developed. So what happened in the last decade, and why today do I feel the urgency to talk about sustainability assessment? There are three main considerations, which I would like to briefly present. Firstly, a recent article by Bettencourt and Kaur (2011) provides a nice analysis of the evolution of the sustainability concept in the scientific community. The authors assembled a large body of scientific publications written between 1974 and 2010 that contain the words “sustainability” and/or “sustainable development” in their abstract, title or keywords. Overall, they came up with 20,000 papers, authored by about 37,000 authors found in 174 countries. This is a massive amount of pu

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Alessandra Zamagni. Life cycle sustainability assessment. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2012, 17, 373 -376.

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Alessandra Zamagni. Life cycle sustainability assessment. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2012; 17 (4):373-376.

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Alessandra Zamagni. 2012. "Life cycle sustainability assessment." The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 17, no. 4: 373-376.

Journal article
Published: 05 June 2011 in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment
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Social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) emerged in the last years as a methodological approach aimed at evaluating social and socioeconomic aspects of products and their potential positive and negative impacts along their life cycle. According to the Guidelines for social life cycle assessment of products (Benoît and Mazijn 2009), developed within the UNEPS/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, social impacts are those that may affect stakeholders along the life cycle of a product and may be linked to company behaviour, socioeconomic processes and impacts on social capital. This definition includes two strengths of S-LCA that together distinguish it from other social assessment methods: (1) the focus on the product and (2) the broad definition of social impacts, which encompasses both the company behaviour and the socioeconomic perspective.

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Alessandra Zamagni; Oscar Amerighi; Patrizia Buttol. Strengths or bias in social LCA? The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 2011, 16, 596 -598.

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Alessandra Zamagni, Oscar Amerighi, Patrizia Buttol. Strengths or bias in social LCA? The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. 2011; 16 (7):596-598.

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Alessandra Zamagni; Oscar Amerighi; Patrizia Buttol. 2011. "Strengths or bias in social LCA?" The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 16, no. 7: 596-598.

Journal article
Published: 21 September 2010 in Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management
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Alessandra Zamagni. Inclusion of economic mechanisms into life cycle analysis: Start with “framing the question”. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 2010, 6, 780 -782.

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Alessandra Zamagni. Inclusion of economic mechanisms into life cycle analysis: Start with “framing the question”. Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management. 2010; 6 (4):780-782.

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Alessandra Zamagni. 2010. "Inclusion of economic mechanisms into life cycle analysis: Start with “framing the question”." Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management 6, no. 4: 780-782.