Sustainable development is an underlying objective of the European Union treaties. An important part of sustainable
development is its environmental aspect, as reflected in the Europe 2020 strategy and its Resource-efficient Europe flagship
initiative.
For quantifying and monitoring our progress towards sustainability in terms of the environmental performance, indicators are
needed. These indicators should provide an integrated view on the links between consumption, production, resource depletion,
resource use, resource recycling, environmental impacts and waste generation. One of the approaches that facilitate such
integrated view is life cycle thinking. This integrative approach underlies the development of life cycle indicators for quantifying
and monitoring progress towards the sustainable development of the European Union.
This report outlines the framework, methodology, data basis and updating procedure for three indicator sets: 1) resource
indicators (resource efficiency, decoupling and impact indicators), 2) basket-of-products indicators, and 3) waste management
indicators.
GORALCZYK Malgorzata;
2013-01-06
Publications Office of the European Union
JRC73336
978-92-79-25938-8 (print),
978-92-79-25937-1,
1018-5593 (print),
1831-9424 (online),
EUR 25466 EN,
OP LB-NA-25466-EN-C (print),
OP LB-NA-25466-EN-N (online),
https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC73336,
10.2788/42751 (print),
10.2788/4262 (online),
