TY - GEN
T1 - Social impact assessment of sugar production operations in South Africa
T2 - 20th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering, LCE 2013
AU - Nemarumane, Takalani Musundwa
AU - Mbohwa, Charles
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - The objectives of the study were guided by the guidelines on social life cycle assessment of products of the South African Sugar Industry developed by the United Nations Environmental Programme and SETAC initiatives. The study's main focus is on health and safety, freedom of association, employee's wages, and Gender equality in the workplace, working conditions, crime and the social wellbeing of the communities that surround the sugar industry's operations. Field research, historic comparative research, interviews and questionnaires were used for the collection of relevant data. Although it is good that the sugar industry decreases the level of employment in some areas, the decrease in sugar production during the season of 2010-2011 could have major financial and social challenges for these areas, and could also impact the rest of South Africa.
AB - The objectives of the study were guided by the guidelines on social life cycle assessment of products of the South African Sugar Industry developed by the United Nations Environmental Programme and SETAC initiatives. The study's main focus is on health and safety, freedom of association, employee's wages, and Gender equality in the workplace, working conditions, crime and the social wellbeing of the communities that surround the sugar industry's operations. Field research, historic comparative research, interviews and questionnaires were used for the collection of relevant data. Although it is good that the sugar industry decreases the level of employment in some areas, the decrease in sugar production during the season of 2010-2011 could have major financial and social challenges for these areas, and could also impact the rest of South Africa.
KW - Social LCA methods development and use
KW - Social life cycle impacts
KW - Sugar production social sustainability
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84926175093&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-981-4451-48-2_116
DO - 10.1007/978-981-4451-48-2_116
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84926175093
T3 - Re-Engineering Manufacturing for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 20th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering
SP - 711
EP - 716
BT - Re-Engineering Manufacturing for Sustainability - Proceedings of the 20th CIRP International Conference on Life Cycle Engineering
A2 - Nee, Andrew Y.C.
A2 - Song, Bin
A2 - Ong, Soh-Khim
PB - Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Y2 - 17 April 2013 through 19 April 2013
ER -
