Social impacts of biofuels production in the kwa-Zulu natal and western cape regions of South Africa

Tatenda Talent Chingono, Charles Mbohwa

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Abstract

a social life cycle assessment is a social impact assessment technique that aims to assess the social and socioeconomic aspects of products and their positive and negative impacts along their lifecycle. The focus is mainly on the impact on workers and communities at large, where production and consumption generally takes place.This work is justiiied, mainly because there is growing customer/market pressure on the state of the social and economic circumstances of production and services for products like bio-fuel. Issues like corruption, unionization of workforce, policies and laws in the creation of bio-fuels and its by-products are increasingly being recognised as important as they affect production largely.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWCECS 2015 - World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science 2015
EditorsCraig Douglas, Jon Burgstone, Warren S. Grundfest, Jon Burgstone, Craig Douglas, S. I. Ao
PublisherNewswood Limited
Pages956-960
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9789881404725
Publication statusPublished - 2015
Event2015 World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, WCECS 2015 - San Francisco, United States
Duration: 21 Oct 201523 Oct 2015

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Engineering and Computer Science
Volume2220
ISSN (Print)2078-0958

Conference

Conference2015 World Congress on Engineering and Computer Science, WCECS 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco
Period21/10/1523/10/15

Keywords

  • Biofuels
  • Social life cycle assessment
  • South Africa

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science (miscellaneous)

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