Here you will find a selection of more recent publications with contributions from 2.-0 LCA consultants staff. This page is regularly updated with our newest papers and reports – so stay tuned.
De Rosa M, Schmidt J, Pasang H – 2022 Industry-driven mitigation measures can reduce GHG emissions of palm oil. Journal of Cleaner Production, online, 132565
Ghose A, Lissandrini M, Hansen E R, Weidema B P – 2022 A core ontology for modeling life cycle sustainability assessment on the Semantic Web. Journal of Industrial Ecology 26:731–747
Weidema B P, Schmidt J – 2022 Consequential Modelling – in Life Cycle Inventory Analysis. Youtube channel
Steubing B, de Koning A, Merciai S, Tukker A – 2022 How do carbon footprints from LCA and EEIOA databases compare?: A comparison of ecoinvent and EXIOBASE. Journal of Industrial Ecology, early on-line
Brandão M, Weidema B P, Martin M, Cowie A, Hamelin L, Zamagni A – 2022 Consequential Life Cycle Assessment: What, Why and How? Reference Module in Earth Systems and Environmental Sciences
Weidema B P – 2022 Adjusting the social footprint methodology based on findings of subjective wellbeing research. Pre-print submitted to the International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment: 18 pages
Eliassen J, De Rosa M and Schmidt J – 2022 Life cycle assessment (LCA) of Kangamiut Seafood products. 2.-0 LCA consultants, Aalborg, Denmark.
De Rosa M, Schmidt J – 2022 Life Cycle Assessment of Palm Oil at United Plantations Berhad 2022. Results for 2004-2021. Summary report. United Plantations Berhad, Teluk Intan, Malaysia
Weidema B P – 2022 Life Cycle SDG Assessment. Aalborg: 2.-0 LCA consultants
Weidema B P – 2022 Comparison of the requirements of the GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle standard and the ISO 14040 series. 2.-0 LCA consultants, Aalborg, Denmark
Almeida D T L, Weidema B P, Godin A – 2022 Beyond normative system boundaries in life cycle assessment: The environmental effect of income redistribution. Cleaner Environmental Systems 4:100072 (9 pages)
Weidema B P – 2022 Relative importance of sustainability impact pathways – A first rough assessment. Aalborg: 2.-0 LCA consultants.
Aguilar-Hernandez G A, Deetman S, Merciai S, Rodrigues J F D, Tukker A – 2021 Global distribution of material inflows to in-use stocks in 2011 and its implications for a circularity transition. Journal of Industrial Ecology 25(6):1447-1461
Weidema B P – 2021 Data collection guideline for pressure indicators for LCSA. Aalborg: 2.-0 LCA consultants.
Hofbauer B, Tisch A, Schreiber H – 2021 Study on the implementation of life cycle assessment and environmental footprint methods in the context of public procurement – Final report. European Commission, Directorate-General for Environment Publications office, 2021-11-08
Schmidt J, Dalgaard R – 2021 Arla Foods FarmTool v2021 – Updates and adding new technologies. Arla Foods, Aarhus, Denmark
Schrijvers D L, Loubet P, Weidema B P – 2021 To what extent is the Circular Footprint Formula of the Product Environmental Footprint Guide consequential? Journal of Cleaner Production 320:128800 (14 pages)
Muñoz I – 2021 Country-specific life cycle inventories for human excretion of food products. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 26:1794-1804
Font Vivanco D, Nechifor V, Freire-González J, Calzadilla A – 2021 Economy-wide rebound makes UK’s electric car subsidy fall short of expectations. Applied Energy 297:117138
Mendoza Beltran A, Scheel C N, Fitton N, Schmidt J, Kløverpris J H – 2021 Assessing life cycle environmental impacts of inoculating soybeans in Argentina with Bradyrhizobium japonicum. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 26:1570–1585
Weidema B P – 2021 CLCA – Current best practice for Life Cycle Assessment. A video presentation for National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM) ad hoc committee for a meeting 3 in the series: Current Methods for Life Cycle Analyses of Low-Carbon Transportation Fuels in the United States.
Schmidt J, De Rosa M – 2021 Life Cycle Assessment of Palm Oil at United Plantations Berhad 2021. Results for 2004-2020. Summary report. United Plantations Berhad, Teluk Intan, Malaysia
Schmidt J, Merciai S, Muñoz I, De Rosa M, Astudillo M F – 2021 Methodology report – The Big Climate Database. Published by CONCITO
Muñiz M M, Chantin M, R C, Vintila RC, Fabritius M, Martin C, Calvo L, Poudelet L, Canou J, Uhart M, Papacharalampopoulos A, Stavropoulos P, Olsson N O E, Tenorio J A, Madrid J A, Dirrenberger J, Muñoz I – 2021 Concrete hybrid manufacturing: A machine architecture. Procedia CIRP 97:51-58
Peña C, Civit B, Gallego-Schmid A, Druckman A, Caldeira- Pires A, Weidema B, Mieras E, Wang F, Fava J, Milà i Canals L, Cordella M, Arbuckle P, Valdivia S, Fallaha S, Motta W – 2021 Using life cycle assessment to achieve a circular economy. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 26:215–220
Muñoz I, Alonso-Madrid J, Menéndez-Muñiz M, Uhart M, Canou J, Martin C, Fabritius M, Calvo L, Poudelet L, Cardona R, Lombois-Burger H, Vlasopoulos N, Bouyssou C, Dirrenberger J, Papacharalampopoulos A, Stavropoulos P – 2021 Life cycle assessment of integrated additive–subtractive concrete 3D printing. The International Journal of Advanced Manufacturing Technology 112:2149–2159
Schmidt J, De Rosa M – 2020 Certified palm oil reduces greenhouse gas emissions compared to non-certified. Journal of Cleaner Production 277:124045 (12 pages)
Towa E, Zeller V, Merciai S, Schmidt J, Achten W M J – 2020 Toward the development of subnational hybrid input-output tables in a multiregional framework. Journal of Industrial Ecology 13085, early on-line view 20 November 2020
Weidema B P, Trolle T S – 2020 Assessment of the feasibility and potential impact of adding additional ecolabel criteria for global warming impacts of buildings and building materials. Aalborg, Denmark: 2.-0 LCA consultants.
Muñoz I, Aktürk AS, Ayyıldız Ö, Çağlar Ö, Meabe E, Contreras S, Toscano A, Tornée V, Llopart N, San Romà C, Ferrer O, Jiménez-Banzo A – 2020 Life cycle assessment of wastewater reclamation in a petroleum refinery in Turkey. Journal of Cleaner Production, 26:121967 (11 pages)
Kløverpris J H, Nordstrøm C, Scheel C N, Schmidt J, Grant B, Smith W, Bentham M J – 2020 Assessing life cycle impacts from changes in agricultural practices of crop production. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25:1991–2007
Løkke S, Schmidt J, Lyhne I, Kørnøv L, Revsbeck R – 2020 How green are supported ‘green’ business models? Time for the life cycle approach to enter public support programmes. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, 25:2086–2092
Weidema B P, Stylianou K S – 2020 Nutrition in the life cycle assessment of foods – function or impact? The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25:1210-1216
Weidema B P, Goedkoop M, Meijer E, Harmens R – 2020 LCA-based assessment of the Sustainable Development Goals. Development update and preliminary findings of the Project “Linking the UN Sustainable Development Goals to life cycle impact pathway frameworks”. Date: 3 August 2020.
Peña C, Civit B, Gallego-Schmid A, Druckman A, Caldeira- Pires A, Weidema B, Mieras E, Wang F, Fava J, Milà i Canals L, Cordella M, Arbuckle P, Valdivia S, Fallaha S, Motta W – 2020 Using Life Cycle Assessment to achieve a circular economy. Position Paper of the Life Cycle Initiative, July
Muñoz I, Soto A, Maza D, Bayón F – 2020 Life cycle assessment of refractory waste management in a Spanish steel works. Waste Management 111:1-9
Schmidt J, De Rosa M – 2020 Life Cycle Assessment of Palm Oil at United Plantations Berhad 2020, Results for 2004-2019. Summary report. United Plantations Berhad, Teluk Intan, Malaysia.
Weidema B P, Brandão M – 2020 Review of three recent textbooks on LCA. Journal of Industrial Ecology 24:726-730
Laurent A, Weidema B P, Bare J, Liao X, de Souza D M , Pizzol M, Sala S, Schreiber H, Thonemann N, Verones F – 2020 Methodological review and detailed guidance for the life cycle interpretation phase. Journal of Industrial Ecology, 24(2):986-1003
Weidema B P, Simas M S, Schmidt J, Pizzol M, Løkke S, Brancoli P L – 2020 Relevance of attributional and consequential information for environmental product labelling. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25:900–904
Schmidt J – 2020 The product life cycle and environmental labelling schemes. Presentation at the Commercial Print Conference in Brussels, 20. February 2020
Font Vivanco D – 2020 The role of services and capital in footprint modelling. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25: 280–293
Berger M, Sonderegger T, Alvarenga R, Bach V, Cimprich A, Dewulf J, Frischknecht R, Guinée J, Helbig C, Huppertz T, Jolliet O, Motoshita M, Northey S, Peña C, Rugani B, Sahnoune A, Schrijvers D, Schulze R, Sonnemann G, Valero A, Weidema B P, Young S B – 2020 Mineral resources in life cycle impact assessment: part II – recommendations on application-dependent use of existing methods and on future method development needs. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25:798–813
Sonderegger T, Berger M, Alvarenga R, Bach V, Cimprich A, Dewulf J, Frischknecht R, Guinée J, Helbig C, Huppertz T, Jolliet O, Motoshita M, Northey S, Rugani B, Schrijvers D, Schulze R, Sonnemann G, Valero A, Weidema B P, Young S B – 2020 Mineral resources in life cycle impact assessment—part I: a critical review of existing methods. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 25:784–797
De Rosa M, Schmidt J – 2020 Addressing Land Use Change Leakage in Sustainable Land Use Financing and ‘Deforestation-Free’ Claims. One Planet Foundation. Amersfoort, January 2020
Weidema B P – 2020 Towards a taxonomy for social impact pathway indicators. Pp. 11-23 in Traverso M, Petti L, Zamagni A, (eds.): Perspectives on Social LCA - Contributions from the 6th International Conference. 129 pages. SpringerBriefs in Environmental Science, Springer International Publishing, Switzerland, ISBN: 978-3-030-06564-5
Aguilar-Hernandez G A, Sigüenza-Sanchez C P, Donati F, Merciai S, Schmidt J, Rodrigues J F D, Tukker A – 2019 The circularity gap of nations: A multiregional analysis of waste generation, recovery, and stock depletion in 2011. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 151:104452 (9 pages)
Schmidt J – 2019 Comparative Life Cycle Assessment: – RSPO-certified vs non-certified. Presentation at RT17 2019, 3-6th November, Bangkok
Merciai S – 2019 An input-output model in a balanced multi-layer framework. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 150:104403
Ruzzenenti F, Vivanco D F, Galvin R, Sorrell S, Wagner A, Walnum H J – 2019 Editorial: The Rebound Effect and the Jevons’ Paradox: Beyond the Conventional Wisdom. Frontiers in Energy Research, editorial article, 10 September
Weidema B P – 2019 Assessing socio-economic impacts of agriculture. Chapter 8 in Weidema B P (ed.): Assessing the environmental impact of agriculture. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK
Weidema B P (ed.) – 2019 Assessing the environmental impact of agriculture. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing, Cambridge, UK
Geerken T, Schmidt J, Boonen K, Christis M, Merciai S – 2019 Assessment of the potential of a circular economy in open economies – Case of Belgium. Journal of Cleaner Production 227:683-699
Rugani B, de Souza D M, Weidema B P, Bare J, Bakshi B, Grann B, Johnston J M, Pavan A L R, Liu X, L Alexis, Verones F – 2019 Towards integrating the ecosystem services cascade framework within the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) cause-effect methodology. Science of The Total Environment 690:1284-1298
Muñoz I – 2019 Towards global LCI data on urban wastewater discharges. Presentation at SETAC Europe 29th Annual Meeting, Helsinki, 26-30 May 2019
Schmidt J, De Rosa M – 2019 Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of RSPO-certified and Non-certified Palm Oil. This report is authored by Jannick Schmidt and Michele De Rosa, 2.-0 LCA consultants, Denmark, with contributions from the members of a crowdfunded project.
Weidema B P, Pizzol M, Schmidt J, Thoma G – 2019 Social responsibility is always consequential — Rebuttal to Brander, Burritt and Christ (2019): Coupling attributional and consequential life cycle assessment: A matter of social responsibility. Journal of Cleaner Production 223:12-13
Weidema B P – 2019 Consistency check for life cycle assessments. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 24(5):926-934
Beylot A, Secchia M, Cerutti A, Merciai S, Schmidt J, Salaa S – 2019 Assessing the environmental impacts of EU consumption at macro-scale. Journal of Cleaner Production 216:382-393
Vélez-Henao J A, Font Vivanco D, Hernández-Riveros J A – 2019 Technological change and the rebound effect in the STIRPAT model: A critical view. Energy Policy 129:1372-1381
Muñoz I, Portillo F, Rosiek S, Batlles F J, Martínez-Del-Río J, Acasuso I, Piergrossi V, De Sanctis M, Chimienti S, Di Iaconi C – 2019 Prospective environmental and economic assessment of solar-assisted thermal energy recovery from wastewater through a sequencing batch biofilter granular reactor. Journal of Cleaner Production 212:1300-1309
Fryda L, Visser H J M, Schmidt J – 2019 Biochar replaces peat in horticulture: Environmental impact assessment of combined biochar & bioenergy production. Detritus 5:132-149
Schmidt J, De Rosa M – 2019 Life cycle assessment of palm oil at United Plantations Berhad 2019, results for 2004-2018 – Summary Report. United Plantations Berhad, Teluk Intan, Malaysia.
Huppertz T, Weidema B P, Standaert S, De Caevel B, van Overbeke E – 2019 The social cost of sub-soil resource use. Resources 8(1):2-17
Weidema B P – 2018 Nutrition – function or impact? Paper presented at the 11th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food 2018 (LCA Food). 17-19 October 2018, Bangkok, Thailand
Bjørn A, Kalbar P, Nygaard S E, Kabins S, Jensen C L, Birkved M, Schmidt J, Hauschild M Z – 2018 Pursuing necessary reductions in embedded GHG emissions of developed nations: Will efficiency improvements and changes in consumption get us there? Global Environmental Change 52:314-324
Weidema B P, Schmidt J, Fantke P, Pauliuk S – 2018 On the boundary between economy and environment in LCA. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 23(9):1839-1846
Weidema B P, Goedkoop M, Mieras E – 2018 Making the SDGs relevant to business. PRé Sustainability & 2.-0 LCA consultants
Schulze R, Weidema B P, Schebek L, Buchert M – 2018 Recycling and its effects on joint production systems and the environment – the case of rare earth magnet recycling – Part I — Production model. Resources, Conservation and Recycling 134:336-346
Hamilton H A, Ivanova D, Stadler K, Merciai S, Schmidt J, van Zelm R, Moran D, Wood R – 2018 Trade and the role of non-food commodities for global eutrophication. Nature Sustainability 1:314–321
Muñoz I, Weidema P, Bala A, Fullana P – 2018 Social footprint of a deposit-refund system for packaging waste in Spain. Presentation for 28th SETAC Europe Annual Meeting, Rome, 13-17 May 2018
Schmidt J, De Rosa M – 2018 Enhancing Land Use Change modelling with IO data. Presentation at the SETAC Europe 28th Annual Meeting, Rome, 13-17 May 2018.
Muñoz I, Rodríguez C, Gillet D, Moerschbacher B M – 2018 Life cycle assessment of chitosan production in India and Europe. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 23:1151–1160
Kalbar, P P, Muñoz I, Birkved M – 2018 WW LCI v2: A second-generation life cycle inventory model for chemicals discharged to wastewater systems. Science of The Total Environment 622-623:1649-1657
Weidema B P, Fantke P – 2018 Relating the Global Burden of Disease to life cycles. Procedia CIRP 69:417–422
Schmidt J, Pasang H, Noor R T, Utoro I – 2018 Life cycle assessment of palm oil – PT SMART pilot study on GHG and biodiversity mitigation options. Presentation for the ICOPE meeting, BICC, The Westin Resort Nusa Dua, Bali 25 - 27 April 2018
Weidema B P – 2018 In search of a consistent solution to allocation of joint production. Journal of Industrial Ecology 22(2):252-262
Weidema B P – 2018 The social footprint—a practical approach to comprehensive and consistent social LCA. International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 23(3):700-709
Weidema B P, Pizzol M, Schmidt J, Thoma G – 2018 Attributional or consequential Life Cycle Assessment: A matter of social responsibility. Journal of Cleaner Production 174:305–314
De Rosa M – 2018 Land Use and Land-use Changes in Life Cycle Assessment: Green Modelling or Black Boxing? Ecological Economics 144:73-81
Weidema B P – 2018 Attributional and consequential interpretations of the ISO 14044. Historical snapshot from the work in ISO TC207/SC5/TG1
Stadler K, Wood R, Bulavskaya T, Södersten C J, Simas M, Schmidt S, Usubiaga A, Acosta-Fernández J, Kuenen J, Bruckner M, Giljum S, Lutter S, Merciai S, Schmidt J, Theurl M C, Plutzar C, Kastner T, Eisenmenger N, Erb K H, de Koning A, Tukker A – 2018 EXIOBASE 3: Developing a time series of detailed environmentally extended multi-regional input-output tables. Journal of Industrial Ecology 22(3):502-515
Merciai S, Schmidt J – 2018 Methodology for the construction of global multi-regional hybrid supply and use tables for the EXIOBASE v3 database. Journal of Industrial Ecology 22(3):516-531
De Rosa M, Pizzol M, Schmidt J – 2018 How methodological choices affect LCA climate impact results: the case of structural timber. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment 23(1):147–158
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