A LIFE CYCLE APPROACH AND UNIQUE EXPERTISE IN SOCIAL LIFE CYCLE ASSESSMENT

In this day and age when responsible production and consumption are considered the key to sustainable development, going green is now about more than just the environment. A green economy also means a socially responsible economy.

• Seeking to control and promote your social and socioeconomic footprint throughout the life cycle of your activities?
• Seeking to comply with national and international laws and standards that are increasingly stringent in terms of social and environmental responsibility?
• Seeking to take the lead in your industry and gain recognition for your innovative approach to making a positive contribution to society?

AGÉCO Group can help.

A leader in the field of social life cycle assessment (SLCA), AGÉCO Group provides consulting and coaching services to a vast number of private and public organizations with a view to helping them limit the social and socioeconomic impact of their activities from a life cycle perspective.

Social life cycle assessment Social life cycle assessment is a technique used to assess the positive and negative social and socioeconomic impacts (real and potential) throughout the product life cycle, including raw material extraction and processing, manufacturing, distribution, use and reuse, maintenance, recycling, and disposal. For more info

With their experience and indepth knowledge of SLCA methodology, our experts can meet your strategic needs with regard to social (or societal) responsibility and sustainable development.

• Simplified or detailed SLCA of products, services, and organizations.
• Socioeconomic analysis of businesses or products.
• Socioeconomic snapshots of sectors and fields.
• Identification, assessment, and optimization of the socioeconomic benefits of your activities.
• Identification of socioeconomic ”hot spots“ and ways to improve your socioeconomic track record.
• Social improvement planning.
• Coaching to help draw up a socioeconomic responsibility strategy.
• Socially responsible procurement.
• Monetization of environmental and social costs.

The socioeconomic and sustainable development performance of companies is often measured solely on direct externalities. By adopting a life cycle approach that includes a study of the entire value/supply chain of a given product or service, our experts at AGÉCO Group can situate this data in a broader context that provides a more thorough understanding of the situation.

This helps us answer the kinds of questions you may have:

• Is my purchasing policy responsible?
• Are my suppliers’ actions in line with my company’s values, ethics, and policies?
• Where are jobs being created in the field? How many?
• What behaviors are exhibited by the companies involved throughout the process?
• Are they good corporate citizens? Are they involved in any special way in their communities?
• Have they implemented any innovative training practices?
• Do some suppliers underpay their workers compared to the national average?
• Are there high numbers of workplace accidents? Are there unacceptable working conditions?
• Were any upstream companies implanted in their communities despite a lack of social acceptability?
• Are there any suppliers in countries where corruption is a concern?

The strength of our LCA partnerships :

CIRAIG et AGÉCO Group : unique synergy between scientific research and application.

Thanks to a special partnership with the biggest international chair in LCA research, housed at CIRAIG (Interuniversity Research Center for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes, and Services), the experts at AGÉCO Group have access to the latest findings and apply the most recent methods.

Quantis and AGÉCO Group : unique LCA offerings that incorporate the three aspects of sustainable development.

Our partnership with Quantis, can international consulting firm specializing in environmental life cycle assessment, allows us to provide unique and comprehensive LCA offerings that cover all three aspects of sustainable development—economic, social, and environmental.

PERSONALIZED SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY COACHING

We help you draw up and implement your CSR strategy, develop tools to monitor your social impact, understand your stakeholders better, forge relationships with your suppliers who meet sustainable development criteria, examine the social acceptability of your projects, and generally put into practice the principles of sustainable development within your company or organization.

Our experienced and skilled teams and partners can guide you in :

• Drawing up and implementing your CSR strategy.
• Developing tools to monitor your social and economic impact.
• Performing your CSR reporting.
• Setting up a socially responsible purchasing and procurement policy.
• Analyzing your stakeholders.

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