Rana Pant

TL;DR: In this article, the authors performed a study for the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC) to identify the best among existing characterization models and provide recommendations to the LCA practitioner.

TL;DR: It is argued that the footprint family is a flexible framework where particular members can be included or excluded according to the context or area of concern, and delivers on measuring progress towards Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

TL;DR: This paper proposes an elaboration of the AoP Natural Resources, recognizing the role Natural Resources for human welfare, either specifically as building block in supply chains of products and services as such, either with or without their functions beyond provisioning.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors analyse how secondary materials production and end of life recovery processes are modelled in life cycle-based environmental assessment methods in order to discuss their suitability in product policy-support contexts, with a focus on sustainable consumption and production (SCP) policies.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present the rationale behind the choice of the end-of-life allocation approach in the European Commission Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and OEF methods.