A conceptual framework for assessing and monitoring social risks and impacts related to hydrogen technologies and their value chains
The proposed framework is aimed at assessing social risks, impacts and benefits generated by hydrogen technologies and their value chains, addressing technologies at different Technology Readiness Levels. Risks, impacts and benefits are captured at two levels: technology-specific im-pacts and impacts at macro level. The framework is rooted into the life cycle approach, and pro-poses six social areas of concerns (i.e., social topic of interest for society) and a set of social indi-cators for measuring them. Most of the indicators can already be measured and evaluated, and only a limited set requires further operationalization. Addressing all the areas of concerns of the framework in a satisfactory way (minimising impacts and risk and maximising benefits) paves the road for an increased acceptability of the hydrogen technologies by stakeholders. The appli-cation of the framework to all hydrogen-related projects funded by the Clean Hydrogen Joint Undertaking programme, coupled with the financial value of the projects, can be the basis for defining Key Performance Indicators for measuring the social value generated by the Clean Hy-drogen Joint Undertaking programme. This work supports the EU's transition to a low-carbon economy and achieving the European Pillars of Social Rights.
ZAMAGNI Alessandra;
MANCINI Lucia;
EYNARD Umberto;
ARRIGONI Alessandro;
MATHIEUX Fabrice;
2025-07-07
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC138850
978-92-68-29191-7 (online),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 40373,
OP KJ-01-25-361-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC138850,
10.2760/8349525 (online),
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