Global Sustainability Accounting - Developing EXIOBASE for Multi-Regional Footprint Analysis

Wood, Richard
Stadler, Konstantin
Bulavskaya, Tatyana
Lutter, Franz Stephan
Giljum, Stefan
de Koning, Arjan
Kuenen, Jeroen
Schütz, Helmut
Acosta-Fernández, José
Usubiaga, Arkaitz
Simas, Moana
Ivanova, Olga
Weinzettel, Jan
Schmidt, Jannick
Merciai, Stefano
Tukker, Arnold

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Publication date

December 2014

DOI

10.3390/su7010138

Publisher

MDPI AG

ISSN

2071-1050

Journal

Sustainability

Citation count (estimate)

101

Abstract

Measuring progress towards sustainable development requires appropriate frameworks and databases. The System of Environmental-Economic Accounts (SEEA) is undergoing continuous refinement with these objectives in mind. In SEEA, there is a need for databases to encompass the global dimension of societal metabolism. In this paper, we focus on the latest effort to construct a global multi-regional input-output database (EXIOBASE) with a focus on environmentally relevant activities. The database and its broader analytical framework allows for the as yet most detailed insight into the production-related impacts and "footprints" of our consumption. We explore the methods used to arrive at the database, and some key relationships extracted from the...