{"id":2323,"date":"2024-06-19T16:04:16","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T14:04:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/greenhydrogen-pathfinder.eu\/?p=2323"},"modified":"2024-06-19T16:16:45","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T14:16:45","slug":"social-life-cycle-assessment-survey-part-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greenhydrogen-pathfinder.eu\/?p=2323","title":{"rendered":"Social Life Cycle Assessment. Survey Part 1."},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Introduction. <\/strong><\/p>\n

The United Nations (UN) developed the action plan ‘Transforming our world: the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’ at the General Assembly on September 25, 2015, which encompasses 17 integrated goals that combine\u00a0three dimensions: economic, social, and environmental [1<\/a>]. According to the goals of the 2030 Agenda, regulating the social and socioeconomic impacts of consumer goods is relevant to achieve a fair society. Product development, as a process of creating new goods or services or improving existing ones, involves the management of the entire\u00a0life cycle, including\u00a0decision making\u00a0related to material extraction, production, logistics, use, and\u00a0end of life. The product\u00a0life cycle\u00a0can be a significant source of environmental, social, and economic impact. In this context, the Social life cycle assessment (S-LCA) has arisen as a method that can be used to assess the social and sociological aspects of products, their actual and potential positive as well as negative impacts along the life cycle. This looks at the extraction and processing of raw materials, manufacturing, distribution, use, reuse, maintenance, recycling and final disposal and it is one of the three pillars of a global Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment as it was stated in our previous article published in this blog of MacGhyver Project [2].<\/p>\n

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In the context of MacGhyver Project, it can be said that worldwide, hydrogen demand has increased substantially due to the development of national hydrogen strategies, but it poses several economic and social challenges as the production pathway needs be green, economically viable, and socially acceptable. The production of green hydrogen has both environmental and social impacts, and both need to be considered to guide decision making which are the objectives of the work package 6 of this EU Project. Following the guidelines published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) [1], the S-LCA has been designed to achieve different objectives and to preliminary assess the social aspects of the MacGhyver project and their potential impacts, both positive and negative, along its life cycle. Figure 1 shows a diagram that collects the main stakeholders of the society, starting with the product (in this case, the green hydrogen production) and layering it with different social communities from near to far. The stakeholders and the different subcategories have been carefully chosen with this scheme in mind.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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The Survey for the S-LCA for MacGhyver Project?<\/strong><\/p>\n

As a part of the activities for SLCA, a survey has been carried out following the steps suggested in the guidelines presented by the UN Environment Program (UNEP) working group [3]. In the following QR code (Figure 2), the readers are kindly invited to complete the survey which is performed in 6 languages:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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This survey has 17 questions and has been carried out taking into account the next steps, suggested by the guidelines from UNEP:<\/p>\n

The first step of the S-LCA aims to describe the study. <\/strong><\/p>\n

S-LCA is being carried out under the framework of MacGhyver project and is part of the activities of the work package six devoted to the Sustainability analysis that will be carried out by means of a LCA, which includes E-LCA, LCC, and S-LCA.<\/p>\n

Why is a S-LCA being conducted?<\/strong> Because of the importance of social pilar in the development of hydrogen technologies<\/em>.<\/p>\n

What is the intended use?<\/strong> It is intended to find out people\u2019s awareness of hydrogen technologies and developments<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Who will use the results?<\/strong> MacGhyver Project and European Investigation Council<\/em>.<\/p>\n

What do we want to assess?<\/strong> Society’s interest in hydrogen technologies and its development.<\/em><\/p>\n

Objective: The aim of the study is to assess the knowledge\/opinion of people about hydrogen economy<\/em>.<\/p>\n

Goals:<\/p>\n