Transitioning towards the bio-economy: Assessing the social dimension through a stakeholder lens
Transitioning towards the bio-economy: Assessing the social dimension through a stakeholder lens
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DOI：
10.1002/csr.1791
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发表时间：
2019-09-01
影响因子：
9.8
通讯作者：
Morone, Piergiuseppe
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作者：
Falcone, Pasquale Marcello;Gonzalez Garcia, Sara;Morone, Piergiuseppe
国际机构呼吁转向更可持续的生产和消费体系。在这一转变中，可持续创新预计将发挥越来越大的作用。特别是，创新生物基产品的生产——完全或部分源自生物材料或创新生产工艺和/或创新生物质（例如食物垃圾或森林残留物）的产品——将成为该过程的一部分。然而，必须确保此类产品在其整个生命周期和上述三个维度上的可持续性。在此背景下，我们的研究旨在确定适合生物基产品的社会影响框架。它采用了一个两步的方法框架，包括（a）确定相关的社会影响类别、子类别和指标，以及（b）根据参与性利益相关者的参与验证这些因素。验证工作使我们能够考虑有限数量的社会指标，从而减少评估所需的数据量并降低相关成本。
International institutions are calling for a transition towards more sustainable systems of production and consumption. In this transition, sustainable innovations are expected to play an ever-increasing role. In particular, the production of innovative bio-based products-products wholly or partly derived from biological materials or from innovative production processes and/or innovative biomass such as food waste or forest residuals-will be part of this process. However, the sustainability of such products must be assured along their entire life cycle and across the three dimensions mentioned above. Against this background, our study aimed at identifying a social impact framework tailored to bio-based products. It employed a two-step methodological framework encompassing (a) identification of the relevant social impact categories, subcategories, and indicators and (b) validation of these factors, according to participatory stakeholder involvement. The validation exercise enabled us to consider a restricted number of social indicators so as to reduce the amount of data needed for assessing and decreasing related costs.