Purpose Global food systems are a major driver of biodiversity loss, yet biodiversity footprint results can vary substantially with the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) method applied. We quantify the potential biodiversity impacts of food production for German consumption in 2021 and test how conclusions on dominant drivers, product hotspots, and supplying regions depend on the LCIA method, distinguishing reliable (“no-reg...

Social risk assessment using databases allows sustainability practitioners’ rapid identification of social hotspots in value chains. The Soca database for sustainability assessment allows practitioners to perform a social risk assessment in addition to environmental assessment. As it is based on Ecoinvent, a database for environmental appraisal, the Soca database provides limited regionalization of data. This study aims to per...