Life cycle assessment, <i>quo vadis</i>? Supporting or deterring greenwashing? A survey of practitioners-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

Life cycle assessment, quo vadis? Supporting or deterring greenwashing? A survey of practitioners

Published:2024 Issue: Volume: Page:
ISSN:2754-7000
Container-title:Environmental Science: Advances
language:en
Short-container-title:Environ. Sci.: Adv.

Author:

Brandão Miguel¹^ORCID,Busch Pablo²,Kendall Alissa³

Affiliation:

1. Department of Sustainable Development, Environmental Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden

2. Energy and Efficiency Institute, University of California Davis, 1605 Tilia St #100, Davis, CA 95616, USA

3. Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California Davis, 1 Shields Ave, Davis, CA 95616, USA

Abstract

LCA has been recognised as an important environmental systems analysis tool. However, the variability in its practice enables greenwashing, and counterproductive decisions that fall short of guiding sustainable production and consumption systems.

Publisher

Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)

Subject

Pollution,Water Science and Technology,Environmental Chemistry,Environmental Engineering

Link

http://pubs.rsc.org/en/content/articlepdf/2024/VA/D3VA00317E

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