Assessing the sustainability implications of research projects against the 17 UN sustainable development goals

Alexis Laurent; Mikołaj Owsianiak; Yan Dong; Mariia Kravchenko; Christine Molin; Michael Zwicky Hauschild

doi:10.1016/j.procir.2020.01.077

Assessing the sustainability implications of research projects against the 17 UN sustainable development goals

Alexis Laurent^*, Mikołaj Owsianiak, Yan Dong, Mariia Kravchenko, Christine Molin, Michael Zwicky Hauschild

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Abstract

Technology has an important role to play in the development of a sustainable society, and techni- cal research is fundamental to ensure the advancement of technologies that is required to achieve the needed progress in eco-efficiency and social performance of future technologies. Sustainability contribu- tions should thus be an important consideration in the development and assessment of technical research but how can we assess the sustainability implications of technical research projects? The paper presents a new methodology taking a life cycle perspective on the potential technological and societal changes resulting from research projects and assessing their sustainability implications against the United Na- tions’ 17 sustainable development goals (SDGs). It provides information about both positive and negative contributions to the SDGs and support identification of improvement potentials as input to the research project.

Original language	English
Journal	Procedia CIRP
Volume	90
Pages (from-to)	148-153
ISSN	2212-8271
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.procir.2020.01.077
Publication status	Published - 2020
Event	27th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) - Virtual event, France Duration: 13 May 2020 → 15 May 2020

Conference

Conference	27th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering (LCE)
Location	Virtual event
Country	France
Period	13/05/2020 → 15/05/2020

Keywords

Sustainable development goals
SDG
Life cycle
Eco-efficiency
Eco-effectiveness
Absolute sustainability
PhD project
Sustainability assessment

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