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dc.contributor.authorErauskin Tolosa, Artitzar
dc.contributor.authorBueno Mendieta, Gorka ORCID
dc.contributor.authorEtxano Gandariasbeitia, Iker ORCID
dc.contributor.authorTamayo Orbegozo, Unai
dc.contributor.authorGarcía Álvarez, María
dc.contributor.authorDe Blas Martín, Maite ORCID
dc.contributor.authorPérez Iribarren, Estibaliz
dc.contributor.authorZuazo Urionabarrenechea, José Ignacio ORCID
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-25T07:41:50Z
dc.date.available2021-10-25T07:41:50Z
dc.date.issued2021-07-15
dc.identifier.citationInternational Journal Of Life Cycle Assessment 26(8) : 1648-1669 (2021)es_ES
dc.identifier.issn0948-3349
dc.identifier.issn1614-7502
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/53615
dc.description.abstractPurpose This article aims to estimate the social footprint of a higher education institution (HEI) and its potential contribution to Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) under life cycle assessment (LCA) perspective. The social organisational life cycle assessment (SO-LCA) of the academic activity of the University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU), in northern Spain, has been performed, in order to estimate its social impacts. Method The assessment has been run using openLCA software and supported on the PSILCA-based Soca add-on for the Ecoinvent v3.3 database, covering 53 social indicators for almost 15,000 industrial sectors and goods in 189 countries. Results and discussion The analysis undertaken reflects social impacts and associated risk levels for four stakeholders: Workers, Local Community, Society, and Value Chain Actors. Labour activity in the UPV/EHU is the sub-process with the greatest social impact, followed by processes related to transport, energy, materials, and waste management. Among the socio-economic context which supports the academic activity of the UPV/EHU (indirect impacts), the existence of traces of child labour and illiteracy outside the Basque Country stands out. Further analysis would be required in order to more accurately determine the geographical location of such impacts, and also to better tackle the concept of social debt. Conclusion SO-LCA may have great potential for HEIs, helping them to identify hotspots, reduce their social footprint, and raise awareness among the academic community, which undoubtedly contributes to the knowledge, progress, human values, and sustainability these HEIs stand for.es_ES
dc.description.sponsorshipThis research has been supported by "Ekopol: Iraunkortasunerako Bideak" research group, recognised by the Basque Government (IT-1365-19) and the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHU (GIC-18/22)es_ES
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherSpringeres_ES
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesses_ES
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/*
dc.subjectsocial organisational LCAes_ES
dc.subjectSO-LCAes_ES
dc.subjecthigher education institutiones_ES
dc.subjectsocaes_ES
dc.subjectsocial footprintes_ES
dc.subjectsocial debtes_ES
dc.subjectSDGes_ES
dc.subjectinstitutionses_ES
dc.subjectguidancees_ES
dc.subjectdebtes_ES
dc.titleSocial organisational LCA for the academic activity of the University of the Basque Country UPV/EHUes_ES
dc.typeinfo:eu-repo/semantics/articlees_ES
dc.rights.holderThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0)es_ES
dc.rights.holderAtribución 3.0 España*
dc.relation.publisherversionhttps://link-springer-com.ehu.idm.oclc.org/article/10.1007%2Fs11367-021-01940-yes_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.1007/s11367-021-01940-y
dc.departamentoesIngeniería Energéticaes_ES
dc.departamentoesEconomía aplicada Ies_ES
dc.departamentoesEconomía financiera IIes_ES
dc.departamentoesExpresión gráfica y proyectos de ingenieríaes_ES
dc.departamentoesIngeniería química y del medio ambientees_ES
dc.departamentoesTecnología electrónicaes_ES
dc.departamentoeuEnergia Ingenieritzaes_ES
dc.departamentoeuAdierazpen grafikoa eta ingeniaritzako proiektuakes_ES
dc.departamentoeuEkonomia aplikatua Ies_ES
dc.departamentoeuFinantza ekonomia IIes_ES
dc.departamentoeuIngeniaritza kimikoa eta ingurumenaren ingeniaritzaes_ES
dc.departamentoeuTeknologia elektronikoaes_ES


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