Social Life Cycle Assessment addressed to the valorisation of wine production waste and residues – A review with methodological clues

Italy is the leading country in terms of wine production, standing at 50.9 million hectolitres for the harvest in 2016. Emilia-Romagna represents the third largest Italian region, after Veneto and Puglia, reaching about 7 million hectolitres. Against the above background and the circular bioeconomy framework, VALSOVIT project, funded by Emilia-Romagna Region through ERDF programme 2014-2020, aims to look for a sustainable valorisation of wine production waste and residues. Within this project, and the "Climate-KIC Pioneers into Practice 2017" programme, a review of the scientific literature which refers to methodologies and case studies on social sustainability assessment of wine waste and residues exploitation has been conducted to gain an insight to what has been done so far on this topic on a global scale. Ultimately, a way forward is suggested through recommendations as to how to improve existing methodological frameworks for the Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) envisaged in VALSOVIT project.