Enhancing the Adoption of Life Cycle Assessment by Small and Medium Enterprises Grouped in an Industrial Cluster
A Case Study of the Tanning Cluster in Tuscany (Italy)
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 19469673 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Tiberio Daddi (0000-0002-9716-3388, Scuola Superiore Sant'Anna, corresponding author), Benedetta Nucci, Fabio Iraldo (0000-0001-6154-5918), Francesco Testa (0000-0003-4494-8146) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 20 |
| Issue | 5 |
| Pages | 1199-1211 |
| Publication date | 2016-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Industrial Ecology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1088-1980 • E-ISSN: 1530-9290 |
| Publisher | Springer Science and Business Media LLC (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/jiec.12379 |
| OpenAlex | W2186733279 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
| References cited | 26 |
Greenhouse gas emissions from small and medium enterprises (SMEs) account for 70% of the industrial pollution in the European Union. Owing to limited economic and human resources, only a few SMEs start procedures to evaluate the environmental impact of processes and products through life cycle assessment (LCA). In this work, a cluster life cycle assessment (Cluster‐LCA) is proposed as an instrument for the diffusion and realization of LCA analysis in clustered SMEs. This methodology is illustrated with a case study in the tanning cluster in Tuscany. The different characteristics of the methodology are analyzed by identifying the intrinsic strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The application of this methodology in a particular cluster is then discussed in order to gather some helpful insight for the application of this methodology in different clusters
Business · Economics · Environmental economics · Environmental resource management · European union · Greenhouse gas · Industrial ecology · Life-cycle assessment · Operations management · Small and medium-sized enterprises · Strengths and weaknesses · Sustainability · Computer Science · Engineering · Environmental Science · Environmental Sustainability in Business · Municipal Solid Waste Management · Sustainable Supply Chain Management
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| Unique citing works | 5 |
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| Citations per year | 0.71 |
| Citation span | 2019 - 2025 (7) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 5 |