The use of Pugh Matrix for the indentification of social issues within Social Organisational Life Cycle Assessment (SO-LCA): a methodological outline.

this study proposes a methodological outline for the definition of a set of relevant social issues for a specific sector. The aim is to address the assessment from an organisational perspective and for this reason, the methodological outline is developed to be integrated with Social Organisational Life Cycle Assessment (SO-LCA). SO-LCA is modelled upon S-LCA and Organisational Life Cycle Assessment (O-LCA) and is implemented following the ISO14040:2006 framework. SO-LCA still needs methodological developments in its implementation as well as its integration with participatory approaches. This paper involves a local wine consortium located in Abruzzo (Italy) which includes nine local cooperatives. The finalised approach is based on five main phases: 1) Selection of stakeholders to be involved; 2) Identification of social issues to be investigated; 3) Modelling the Pugh Matrix for each stakeholder; 4) Conduction of the interviews; 5) Elaboration of the results.