Glossary – Definitions

Social and socio-economic life cycle assessment (SSEA)

Technique for assessing the positive and negative social and socio-economic impacts (actual and potential) throughout the life cycle of products (or services), including extraction and processing of raw materials, manufacturing, distribution, use and reuse, maintenance, recycling and disposal.

Écologie industrielle territoriale (EIT); industrial ecology

Based on a systemic approach, industrial ecology draws inspiration from the way natural ecosystems function to recreate, on an industrial system scale, an organization characterized by optimal resource management and a high rate of material and energy recycling" [COMETHEE website].

Circular economy

Economic system of exchange and production which, at all stages...