- Title
- Social life cycle assessment used in indigenous contexts: a critical analysis
- Creator
- MacNeil, Kristina Sehlin; Daniels-Mayes, Sheelagh; Akbar, Skye; Marsh, Jillian; Wik-Karlsson, Jenny; Össbo, Åsa
- Relation
- Sustainability Vol. 13, Issue 9, no. 5158
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/su13095158
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- This paper evaluates the method Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) from the perspectives of Indigenous methodologies and Indigenous standpoint, in order to identify some strengthsand limitations of using S-LCA in Indigenous contexts. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is used tomeasure environmental impacts connected with all stages of the life cycle of a commercial product, process, or service. S-LCA is a methodology designed to include the social aspects of sustainability in the LCA methodology. S-LCA emphasizes stakeholder involvement and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) S-LCA guidelines (2020) lists Indigenous communities as possible stakeholders. With a focus on Indigenous communities in the Arctic region we also include comparative aspects from Australia to generate new conceptualizations and understandings. The paper concludes that S-LCA has the potential to facilitate opposing worldviews and with some further developments can be a valuable methodology for Indigenous contexts.
- Subject
- Arctic; Australia; indigenous methodologies; indigenous peoples; indigenous standpoint; Sámi; SDG 9; SDG 12; SDG 16; Sustainable Development Goals
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1441829
- Identifier
- uon:41543
- Identifier
- ISSN:2071-1050
- Language
- eng
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