Serenella Sala
Biographic Data
| ID | 3589132 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Serenella Sala |
| GIVEN NAMES | Serenella |
| FAMILY NAME | Sala |
| SIGNATURE | SALA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Joint Research Centre |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1919-9948 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 73 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Advancing absolute environmental sustainability assessment
A local analysis of circular economy through a stakeholders' lens
Circular Economy (CE) is being more and more widely embraced as a crucial concept to enable the implementation of sustainability in cities and territories . However, new tools and frameworks are needed to evaluate and monitor the benefits and burdens of CE implementation, adopting integrated and transdisciplinary approaches with available knowledge mainly focusing on specific aspects. Since stakeholders have a crucial role in urban transformation…
Biodiversity and ecosystem services in business sustainability
Important expectations are placed globally on the private sector to take part in co‐governing sustainability challenges. With increasing recognition that business organizations depend and impact on natural capital, biodiversity, and related ecosystem services, it has become pivotal for companies to be able to appraise and manage such issues. This calls for developing avenues through which biodiversity and ecosystem services can be incorporated in…
Monitoring the consumption footprint of countries to support policy‐making
The European Green Deal and the German Resource Efficiency Programme both aim at decoupling resource consumption and associated environmental burdens from economic growth. Monitoring the progress of such policies requires robust estimates of environmental pressures and impacts, both from a domestic and a footprint perspective. Building on the life cycle assessment‐based consumption footprint (CoF) indicator, developed by the European Commission J…
Comparison of organic and conventional cropping systems
Critical review of methods and models for biodiversity impact assessment and their applicability in the LCA context
Global biodiversity is in rapid decline and halting biodiversity loss is one of the most important challenges humanity must tackle now and in the immediate future. The five main direct drivers of biodiversity loss are climate change, pollution, land use, overexploitation of resources and the spread of invasive species, which result from indirect drivers such as unsustainable production and consumption. It is therefore of paramount importance that…
The Consumption Footprint as possible indicator for environmental impact evaluation at city level. The case study of Turin (Italy)
Environmental assessment methods have increasingly been adopted to support local transitions toward sustainable urban development and Agenda 2030 implementation at the city level. However, available methods evaluating both direct and indirect (embodied) environmental impacts due to local consumption are still limited and lack a broad coverage of environmental issues. Adopting a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) perspective in current approaches may hel…
Rebound effect and sustainability science
Rebound effects have been historically studied through narrow framings which may overlook the complexity of sustainability challenges, sometimes leading to badly informed conclusions and policy recommendations. Here we present a critical literature review of rebound effects in the context of sustainability science in order to (1) map existing rebound research which goes beyond mainstream approaches, (2) unveil and classify current knowledge gaps …
Methodological review and detailed guidance for the life cycle interpretation phase
Life cycle interpretation is the fourth and last phase of life cycle assessment (LCA). Being a “pivot” phase linking all other phases and the conclusions and recommendations from an LCA study, it represents a challenging task for practitioners, who miss harmonized guidelines that are sufficiently complete, detailed, and practical to conduct its different steps effectively. Here, we aim to bridge this gap. We review available literature describing…
Lc‐impact
Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) is a lively field of research, and data and models are continuously improved in terms of impact pathways covered, reliability, and spatial detail. However, many of these advancements are scattered throughout the scientific literature, making it difficult for practitioners to apply the new models. Here, we present the LC-IMPACT method that provides characterization factors at the damage level for 11 impact categ…
Social impact assessment in the mining sector
Mining provides inputs for other industrial sectors that are vital for sustaining population wellbeing and the functioning of global economies. At the same time, it can generate social and environmental impacts, which could compromise public acceptance of the sector. Given this twofold role in human society, the improvement of the sustainability performance is a very important objective both for industry and for the European policy, willing to bo…
Environmental impacts of food consumption in Europe
Food consumption is amongst the main drivers of environmental impacts. On one hand, there is the need to fulfil a fundamental human need for nutrition, and on the other hand this poses critical threats to the environment. In order to assess the environmental impact of food consumption, a lifecycle assessment (LCA)-based approach has been applied to a basket of products, selected as being representative of EU consumption. A basket of food products…
Toward an Overall Analytical Framework for the Integrated Sustainability Assessment of the Production and Supply of Raw Materials and Primary Energy Carriers
The sustainable production and supply of raw materials (“nonenergy raw materials”) and primary energy carriers (“energy raw materials”) is a core element of many policies. The natural resource base for their production and supply, and the access thereto, are limited. Moreover, raw material supply is high on environmental and social impact agendas as well. A broad, quantitative framework that supports decision makers is recommended so as to make u…
Resource footprint of Europe
AThe availability and accessibility of natural resources are fundamental for human well-being and the functioning of global economies. International policies have been developed with the aim to ensure resource efficiency and to respond to environmental and socio-economic concerns towards the sustainable management of natural resources. In fact, building effective resource policies requires solid methodologies and indicators for monitoring resourc…
A systemic framework for sustainability assessment
Sustainable performance index for tourism policy development
A systemic framework for sustainability assessment
Sustainable performance index for tourism policy development
Critical review of methods and models for biodiversity impact assessment and their applicability in the LCA context
Global biodiversity is in rapid decline and halting biodiversity loss is one of the most important challenges humanity must tackle now and in the immediate future. The five main direct drivers of biodiversity loss are climate change, pollution, land use, overexploitation of resources and the spread of invasive species, which result from indirect drivers such as unsustainable production and consumption. It is therefore of paramount importance that…
Resource footprint of Europe
AThe availability and accessibility of natural resources are fundamental for human well-being and the functioning of global economies. International policies have been developed with the aim to ensure resource efficiency and to respond to environmental and socio-economic concerns towards the sustainable management of natural resources. In fact, building effective resource policies requires solid methodologies and indicators for monitoring resourc…
Sustainable performance index for tourism policy development
Toward an Overall Analytical Framework for the Integrated Sustainability Assessment of the Production and Supply of Raw Materials and Primary Energy Carriers
The sustainable production and supply of raw materials (“nonenergy raw materials”) and primary energy carriers (“energy raw materials”) is a core element of many policies. The natural resource base for their production and supply, and the access thereto, are limited. Moreover, raw material supply is high on environmental and social impact agendas as well. A broad, quantitative framework that supports decision makers is recommended so as to make u…
Resource footprint of Europe
AThe availability and accessibility of natural resources are fundamental for human well-being and the functioning of global economies. International policies have been developed with the aim to ensure resource efficiency and to respond to environmental and socio-economic concerns towards the sustainable management of natural resources. In fact, building effective resource policies requires solid methodologies and indicators for monitoring resourc…
A systemic framework for sustainability assessment
Environmental impacts of food consumption in Europe
Food consumption is amongst the main drivers of environmental impacts. On one hand, there is the need to fulfil a fundamental human need for nutrition, and on the other hand this poses critical threats to the environment. In order to assess the environmental impact of food consumption, a lifecycle assessment (LCA)-based approach has been applied to a basket of products, selected as being representative of EU consumption. A basket of food products…
Social impact assessment in the mining sector
Mining provides inputs for other industrial sectors that are vital for sustaining population wellbeing and the functioning of global economies. At the same time, it can generate social and environmental impacts, which could compromise public acceptance of the sector. Given this twofold role in human society, the improvement of the sustainability performance is a very important objective both for industry and for the European policy, willing to bo…
Methodological review and detailed guidance for the life cycle interpretation phase
Life cycle interpretation is the fourth and last phase of life cycle assessment (LCA). Being a “pivot” phase linking all other phases and the conclusions and recommendations from an LCA study, it represents a challenging task for practitioners, who miss harmonized guidelines that are sufficiently complete, detailed, and practical to conduct its different steps effectively. Here, we aim to bridge this gap. We review available literature describing…
Lc‐impact
Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) is a lively field of research, and data and models are continuously improved in terms of impact pathways covered, reliability, and spatial detail. However, many of these advancements are scattered throughout the scientific literature, making it difficult for practitioners to apply the new models. Here, we present the LC-IMPACT method that provides characterization factors at the damage level for 11 impact categ…
The Consumption Footprint as possible indicator for environmental impact evaluation at city level. The case study of Turin (Italy)
Environmental assessment methods have increasingly been adopted to support local transitions toward sustainable urban development and Agenda 2030 implementation at the city level. However, available methods evaluating both direct and indirect (embodied) environmental impacts due to local consumption are still limited and lack a broad coverage of environmental issues. Adopting a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) perspective in current approaches may hel…
Rebound effect and sustainability science
Rebound effects have been historically studied through narrow framings which may overlook the complexity of sustainability challenges, sometimes leading to badly informed conclusions and policy recommendations. Here we present a critical literature review of rebound effects in the context of sustainability science in order to (1) map existing rebound research which goes beyond mainstream approaches, (2) unveil and classify current knowledge gaps …
Monitoring the consumption footprint of countries to support policy‐making
The European Green Deal and the German Resource Efficiency Programme both aim at decoupling resource consumption and associated environmental burdens from economic growth. Monitoring the progress of such policies requires robust estimates of environmental pressures and impacts, both from a domestic and a footprint perspective. Building on the life cycle assessment‐based consumption footprint (CoF) indicator, developed by the European Commission J…
Comparison of organic and conventional cropping systems
Critical review of methods and models for biodiversity impact assessment and their applicability in the LCA context
Global biodiversity is in rapid decline and halting biodiversity loss is one of the most important challenges humanity must tackle now and in the immediate future. The five main direct drivers of biodiversity loss are climate change, pollution, land use, overexploitation of resources and the spread of invasive species, which result from indirect drivers such as unsustainable production and consumption. It is therefore of paramount importance that…
Biodiversity and ecosystem services in business sustainability
Important expectations are placed globally on the private sector to take part in co‐governing sustainability challenges. With increasing recognition that business organizations depend and impact on natural capital, biodiversity, and related ecosystem services, it has become pivotal for companies to be able to appraise and manage such issues. This calls for developing avenues through which biodiversity and ecosystem services can be incorporated in…
Advancing absolute environmental sustainability assessment
A local analysis of circular economy through a stakeholders' lens
Circular Economy (CE) is being more and more widely embraced as a crucial concept to enable the implementation of sustainability in cities and territories . However, new tools and frameworks are needed to evaluate and monitor the benefits and burdens of CE implementation, adopting integrated and transdisciplinary approaches with available knowledge mainly focusing on specific aspects. Since stakeholders have a crucial role in urban transformation…
Economics (13 works) · Sustainability (12 works) · Business (10 works) · Environmental resource management (10 works) · Computer Science (8 works) · Environmental economics (8 works) · Environmental Impact and Sustainability (8 works) · Geography (8 works) · Life-cycle assessment (7 works) · Ecology (6 works)