Introduction and draft/incomplete chapters that for 11 0f the 17 SDGs. Each chapter describe the impact pathways from changes in human activities via one or more of the 17 UN SDGs, further to a single endpoint measure of sustainable wellbeing (“Utility”). The importance of each impact pathway is determined from a top-down quantitative analysis starting from the quantified impact on the wellbeing endpoint. Each SDG target and indicator is placed within the quantitative framework, showing its role in the overall impact pathway framework. These draft chapters have been prepared Bo P. Weidema of 2.-0 LCA consultants, Denmark. This version uploaded 2021-04-06.
This report provides a simplified version of the impact pathway approach, with emphasis of establishing qualitative links to the SDG Targets from already collected LCA data according to the ReCiPe2016 and ILCD methods and the 2018 Product Social Impact Assessment Handbook and methodology report of PRé Consultants. The zip-file contains an introduction and the 17 chapters as well as a separate data collection guideline for SDG screening case studies. These draft chapters have been prepared by PRé Sustainability. This version uploaded 2021-11-24.
Article submitted to the OECD call for papers on “Measuring the Impact of Business on Well-being and Sustainability” for the topic area “Good examples of existing frameworks measuring the impact of business on well-being and sustainability" by Bo P. Weidema & Jannick Schmidt, Aalborg University & 2.-0 LCA consultants, 8 April 2018.
Full title: The social footprint: Linking the global wellbeing and productivity gap to specific human production and consumption activities.