Downscaling the planetary boundaries in absolute environmental sustainability assessments–A review

MW Ryberg, MM Andersen, M Owsianiak… - Journal of cleaner …, 2020 - Elsevier
The safe operating space as defined by the Planetary Boundaries framework can be used
as an environmental sustainability reference in absolute environmental sustainability …

[HTML][HTML] The role of planetary boundaries in assessing absolute environmental sustainability across scales

M Li, T Wiedmann, K Fang, M Hadjikakou - Environment international, 2021 - Elsevier
The idea of revisiting the biophysical limits of human life on planet Earth has gained
renewed momentum in the Anthropocene. The planetary boundaries (PBs) framework has …

Review of life-cycle based methods for absolute environmental sustainability assessment and their applications

A Bjørn, C Chandrakumar, AM Boulay… - Environmental …, 2020 - iopscience.iop.org
In many regions and at the planetary scale, human pressures on the environment exceed
levels that natural systems can sustain. These pressures are caused by networks of human …

Science-based targets: on target?

J Giesekam, J Norman, A Garvey, S Betts-Davies - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
Companies are increasingly seeking to align their actions with the goals of the Paris
Agreement. Over 1000 such companies have committed to the science-based targets …

Biorefinery: A comprehensive concept for the sociotechnical transition toward bioeconomy

C Conteratto, FD Artuzo, OIB Santos… - … and Sustainable Energy …, 2021 - Elsevier
Bioeconomy has been presented as an alternative for sustainable development. Public
policies and national bioeconomy programs have reserved an essential role for …

Urea production: An absolute environmental sustainability assessment

SK Masjedi, A Kazemi, M Moeinnadini, E Khaki… - Science of the Total …, 2024 - Elsevier
The demand for urea, as the most popular global nitrogen fertilizer, is on the rise and as
such, its performance in an environmentally sustainable perspective relative to planetary …

Reflecting the importance of human needs fulfilment in absolute sustainability assessments: Development of a sharing principle

M Heide, MZ Hauschild… - Journal of Industrial …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Absolute environmental sustainability assessments (AESAs) evaluate whether the
environmental impact of a product system is within its share of a safe operating space as …

Life cycle assessment‐based Absolute Environmental Sustainability Assessment is also relative

JB Guinée, A de Koning… - Journal of Industrial …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Over the past years, an increasing number of scholarly papers have used the planetary
boundaries (PBs) within life cycle assessment (LCA) to determine if the life cycle impacts of …

Applying environmental sustainability boundaries for climate change in life cycle assessment: A review of approaches and implications for policymaking

CA Clausen, A Bjørn… - Journal of Industrial …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Environmental sustainability boundaries can be used as references in evaluations of the
absolute sustainability of activities and for develo** policy targets and strategies. Recent …

Strategic problematization of sustainability reframing dissent in strategic communication for transformation

F Weder - Public Relations Inquiry, 2022 - journals.sagepub.com
Involving stakeholders in organizational decisions is essential in the present sustainability
movement, associated with the social license to operate and specific forms of …