Shedding light on the shadows: Transparency challenge in background life cycle inventory data.

Life cycle assessment (LCA) hinges on the transparency and reliability of inventory data. However, the transparency of background life cycle inventory (LCI) data sources remains unexamined. This research assesses data transparency in mainstream LCI databases using a two‐step examination system based...

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Published in:	Journal of Industrial Ecology Vol. 29; no. 3; pp. 766 - 777
Main Authors:	Guo, Jing, Li, Ruiqiao, Zhang, Ruirui, Qi, Jianchuan, Li, Nan, Xu, Changqing, Chiu, Anthony S. F., Wang, Yutao, Tanikawa, Hiroki, Xu, Ming
Format:	Article
Published:	Springer Nature Jun2025
Subjects:	Life cycles (Biology) Environmental databases Product life cycle assessment Sampling (Process) Databases
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost