Biodiesel-triple bottom line (TBL): A new hierarchical sustainability assessment framework of principles criteria & indicators (PC&I) for biodiesel production. Part II-validation
| Autor: | Laure Morel, Mauricio Camargo, P.C. Narváez, Manon Enjolras, Sandra Bautista |
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| Přispěvatelé: | Universidad Nacional de Colombia [Bogotà] (UNAL), Equipe de Recherche sur les Processus Innovatifs (ERPI), Université de Lorraine (UL) |
| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Computer science
020209 energy Triple bottom line Framework General Decision Sciences Public policy Context (language use) 02 engineering and technology Sustainability criteria 7. Clean energy Expert survey 12. Responsible consumption [SPI]Engineering Sciences [physics] 11. Sustainability 0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineering Relevance (information retrieval) Ecology Evolution Behavior and Systematics Reliability (statistics) 2. Zero hunger Ecology business.industry Environmental resource management 15. Life on land Environmental economics Work (electrical) 13. Climate action Biodiesel production Sustainability Biodiesel business |
| Zdroj: | Ecological Indicators Ecological Indicators, Elsevier, 2016, 69, pp.803-817. ⟨10.1016/j.ecolind.2016.04.046⟩ |
| ISSN: | 1470-160X |
| Popis: | International audience; Sustainability assessment is a critical issue for the biodiesel production chain. The constant growth of the biodiesel industry has generated important sustainability concerns, such as competition with food production, indirect land use change, and impacts on water, biodiversity and social values. Government policies consider that quantitative, robust and independent sustainability assessment is vital to estimate the extent to which the biodiesel industry impacts sustainability issues. However, weaknesses in the definition of adequate indicators to measure the sustainability of biodiesel production have been identified. In this context, this work proposes a hierarchical assessment framework based on sustainability dimensions, principles, criteria and indicators. To do this, after a systematic literature review, a first version of the framework was proposed. Then, to define the final framework, a validation strategy based on expert survey consultations and a descriptive statistical analysis were developed. In order to define the principles and criteria importance for sustainability assessment of biodiesel, 62 experts answered an online survey assessing three attributes: relevance, ease of measurement and reliability. The first result of the validation analysis was the definition of a framework composed of five dimensions (social, economic, environmental, political and technological), 13 principles, and 30 criteria that would be part of a sustainability assessment of biodiesel production. The second result was the identification of potential groups and relationships between principles and criteria represented through data visualization techniques. The validated framework provides the basis for defining future studies about interdimensional principles and criteria. Also, the proposed sustainability assessment framework could be adapted and applied to biodiesel production in specific contexts. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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