Consideration of Environmental
and Socio-economic Aspects
of a Territory for Sustainable Production
and Consumption in a Biorefinery
Context
Tatiana Bratec, Pauline Marty and Nadège Troussier
Abstract The question of sustainable production and consumption is increasingly
being raised in our modern society. The depletion of natural resources, the deterioration of environmental quality as well as the degradation of ecosystems and human
health lead to a reconsideration of public production and consumption patterns. More
attention is paid nowadays to the production and consumption of biomass-based
products. Biomass represents a sustainable alternative to oil products, allowing us to
obtain a wide range of different commodities and to guarantee environmental, social
and economic benefits. However, in order to ensure really sustainable production
and consumption, it is not enough to produce goods from biomass instead of oil.
It is necessary to ensure sustainable management, starting with the choice of the
sustainable biorefinery location, passing through the value and supply chains, which
must guarantee minimum waste and environmental emissions, and finishing with
sustainable consumption of goods. This article discusses the choice of an optimal
sustainable biorefinery location, while taking into account the environmental and
socio-economic characteristics of a territory. Several zones of one French region
were considered for this investigation. Each zone was studied in terms of its ecological (access to water resources, …) and socio-economic (unemployment rate, …)
aspects. The results of our study demonstrate which aspects are the most important
when choosing the optimal sustainable location, and which of the studied zones is
most suitable for the biorefinery sustainable anchoring.
Keywords Environment · Territory · Biorefinery · Sustainable development
T. Bratec (B) · P. Marty · N. Troussier
Research Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainability, University of Technology of
Troyes, 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060, 10004 Troyes Cedex, France
e-mail: tatiana.bratec@utt.fr
P. Marty
e-mail: pauline.marty@utt.fr
N. Troussier
e-mail: nadege.troussier@utt.fr
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_2
47
and Socio-economic Aspects
of a Territory for Sustainable Production
and Consumption in a Biorefinery
Context
Tatiana Bratec, Pauline Marty and Nadège Troussier
Abstract The question of sustainable production and consumption is increasingly
being raised in our modern society. The depletion of natural resources, the deterioration of environmental quality as well as the degradation of ecosystems and human
health lead to a reconsideration of public production and consumption patterns. More
attention is paid nowadays to the production and consumption of biomass-based
products. Biomass represents a sustainable alternative to oil products, allowing us to
obtain a wide range of different commodities and to guarantee environmental, social
and economic benefits. However, in order to ensure really sustainable production
and consumption, it is not enough to produce goods from biomass instead of oil.
It is necessary to ensure sustainable management, starting with the choice of the
sustainable biorefinery location, passing through the value and supply chains, which
must guarantee minimum waste and environmental emissions, and finishing with
sustainable consumption of goods. This article discusses the choice of an optimal
sustainable biorefinery location, while taking into account the environmental and
socio-economic characteristics of a territory. Several zones of one French region
were considered for this investigation. Each zone was studied in terms of its ecological (access to water resources, …) and socio-economic (unemployment rate, …)
aspects. The results of our study demonstrate which aspects are the most important
when choosing the optimal sustainable location, and which of the studied zones is
most suitable for the biorefinery sustainable anchoring.
Keywords Environment · Territory · Biorefinery · Sustainable development
T. Bratec (B) · P. Marty · N. Troussier
Research Centre for Environmental Studies and Sustainability, University of Technology of
Troyes, 12 Rue Marie Curie CS 42060, 10004 Troyes Cedex, France
e-mail: tatiana.bratec@utt.fr
P. Marty
e-mail: pauline.marty@utt.fr
N. Troussier
e-mail: nadege.troussier@utt.fr
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Universities and Sustainable Communities:
Meeting the Goals of the Agenda 2030, World Sustainability Series,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-30306-8_2
47