119626 20240319081027.0 doi 10.3390/su141610060 sideral 129752 ART-2022-129752 eng Osorio-Tejada, Jose Luis (orcid)0000-0002-9416-7391 Social Organizational Life Cycle Assessment of Transport Services: Case Studies in Colombia, Spain, and Malaysia 2022 Access copy available to the general public Unrestricted Freight operations are relevant for economies but can negatively impact society due to the performance of activities related to fuel production, vehicle manufacturing, and infrastructure construction. This study applies the social organizational life cycle assessment (SO-LCA) methodology to analyze the social performance of companies involved in the supply chain of road transport companies located in different contexts such as Latin American, European, and Asian. The results of the three case studies are compared to analyze the methodology’s robustness and the influence of development and culture on how social performance is perceived. An approach for the SO-LCA, based on the UNEP/SETAC guidelines, was applied to freight companies in Colombia, Spain, and Malaysia. This integrated approach considers the key components of the transport system: fuels, vehicles, and infrastructure. A multi-tier inventory analysis was performed for 26 social impact subcategories, and reference scale assessments were applied to obtain single and aggregated social performance indexes. Interviews with stakeholders were used to aggregate indexes and identify priorities for decision-making in different contexts. First, the stakeholders concurred that freight companies must focus on labor rights to improve their social performance. The second social category in order of importance was human rights, except in the Spanish case study, where it was socioeconomic repercussions. These results indicate that social impact subcategories are influenced by socioeconomic development and the culture or beliefs of its inhabitants. These specificities help identify hotspots and stakeholder concerns toward which transport companies should direct their efforts. This study expands the range of indicators for social impact measurement and the known literature by investigating social matters for different categories of stakeholders spanning three continents. When these indicators are fully developed, their consideration in management practices could benefit business practitioners. info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/S33-17R info:eu-repo/grantAgreement/ES/DGA/T46-17R info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/es/ 3.9 2022 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES 114 / 275 = 0.415 2022 Q2 T2 ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES 48 / 128 = 0.375 2022 Q2 T2 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 34 / 46 = 0.739 2022 Q3 T3 GREEN & SUSTAINABLE SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 5 / 9 = 0.556 2022 Q3 T2 0.664 2022 Geography, Planning and Development 2022 Q1 Energy Engineering and Power Technology 2022 Q2 Environmental Science (miscellaneous) 2022 Q2 Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment 2022 Q2 Hardware and Architecture 2022 Q2 Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law 2022 Q2 Computer Networks and Communications 2022 Q2 5.8 2022 info:eu-repo/semantics/article info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion Llera-Sastresa, Eva Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0002-6103-7136 Scarpellini, Sabina Universidad de Zaragoza (orcid)0000-0001-7077-5352 Morales-Pinzón, Tito 5004 590 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Ingeniería Mecánica Área Máquinas y Motores Térmi. 4002 230 Universidad de Zaragoza Dpto. Contabilidad y Finanzas Área Economía Finan. y Contab. 14, 16 (2022), 10060 [17 pp.] Sustainability (Basel) Sustainability (Switzerland) 2071-1050 893216 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/119626/files/texto_completo.pdf Versión publicada 2792211 http://zaguan.unizar.es/record/119626/files/texto_completo.jpg?subformat=icon icon Versión publicada oai:zaguan.unizar.es:119626 articulos driver 2024-03-18-16:51:30 ARTICLE