This readme.txt file was generated on 2024-11-26 by Dr. Israel Carreira Barral GENERAL INFORMATION 1. Title of dataset: Dataset of the work 'Driving sustainability at early-stage innovation in producion of zinc oxide nanoparticles' 2. Authorship: Name: Israel Carreira-Barral Institution: International Research Center in Critical Raw Materials for Advanced Industrial Technologies (ICCRAM), Universidad de Burgos, Centro de I+D+I. Plaza Misael Bañuelos, s/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain e-mail: icarreira@ubu.es ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4835-8752 Name: Julieta Díez-Hernández Institution: Economy and Business Management Department, Faculty of Economics, Universidad de Burgos. Plaza Infanta Doña Elena, s/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain e-mail: jdhernandez@ubu.es ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9935-077X Name: Elorri Igos Institution: Environmental Research & Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST). 41, rue du Brill, 4362, Belvaux, Luxembourg e-mail: elorri.igos@gmail.com ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1869-9828 Name: Michael Saidani Institution: Environmental Research & Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST). 41, rue du Brill, 4362, Belvaux, Luxembourg e-mail: michael.saidani@list.lu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8269-4477 Name: Tianran Ding Institution: Environmental Research & Innovation Department, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST). 41, rue du Brill, 4362, Belvaux, Luxembourg e-mail: tianran.ding@list.lu ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6468-2141 Name: Tiago Ramos da Silva Institution: Low Carbon & Resource Efficiency Unit, R&Di, Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ). R. do Mirante, 258, 4415-491, Grijó, Portugal e-mail: tandsilva@isq.pt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6256-267X Name: Helena Monteiro Institution: Low Carbon & Resource Efficiency Unit, R&Di, Instituto de Soldadura e Qualidade (ISQ). R. do Mirante, 258, 4415-491, Grijó, Portugal e-mail: himonteiro@isq.pt ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1864-2485 Name: Andreas Stingl Institution: Phornano Holding GmbH. Kleineingersdorfer straße, 2100, Korneuburg, Austria e-mail: andreas.stingl@phornano.com ORCID: none Name: Patricia M. A. Farias Institution: Phornano Holding GmbH. Kleineingersdorfer straße, 2100, Korneuburg, Austria / Advanced Materials Laboratory, Federal University of Pernambuco. Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil e-mail: patricia.farias@phornano.com ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8800-6500 Name: Olavo Cardozo Institution: Phornano Holding GmbH. Kleineingersdorfer straße, 2100, Korneuburg, Austria / Advanced Materials Laboratory, Federal University of Pernambuco. Av. Prof. Moraes Rego, 1235, 50670-901, Recife, PE, Brazil e-mail: olavo.cardozo@ufpe.br ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8708-8580 Name: Jesús Ibáñez Institution: International Research Center in Critical Raw Materials for Advanced Industrial Technologies (ICCRAM), Universidad de Burgos, Centro de I+D+I. Plaza Misael Bañuelos, s/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain e-mail: jesusibanez@ubu.es ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6271-4266 Name: Ana García-Moral Institution: International Research Center in Critical Raw Materials for Advanced Industrial Technologies (ICCRAM), Universidad de Burgos, Centro de I+D+I. Plaza Misael Bañuelos, s/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain e-mail: ana.garcia@ubu.es ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7693-0468 Name: Juan Antonio Tamayo-Ramos Institution: International Research Center in Critical Raw Materials for Advanced Industrial Technologies (ICCRAM), Universidad de Burgos, Centro de I+D+I. Plaza Misael Bañuelos, s/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain e-mail: juan.tamayo@iata.csic.es ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7071-002X Name: Carlos Rumbo Institution: International Research Center in Critical Raw Materials for Advanced Industrial Technologies (ICCRAM), Universidad de Burgos, Centro de I+D+I. Plaza Misael Bañuelos, s/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain e-mail: crumbo@ubu.es ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5038-0334 Name: Rocío Barros Institution: International Research Center in Critical Raw Materials for Advanced Industrial Technologies (ICCRAM), Universidad de Burgos, Centro de I+D+I. Plaza Misael Bañuelos, s/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain e-mail: rbarros@ubu.es ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0392-8504 Name: Sonia Martel-Martín Institution: International Research Center in Critical Raw Materials for Advanced Industrial Technologies (ICCRAM), Universidad de Burgos, Centro de I+D+I. Plaza Misael Bañuelos, s/n, 09001, Burgos, Spain e-mail: smartel@ubu.es ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9080-0877 DESCRIPTION 1. Dataset language: English 2. Abstract: This dataset contains the data required to perform the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA), Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA), and Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA), as well as the results of these analyses, of the work 'Driving sustainability at early-stage innovation in producion of zinc oxide nanoparticles' 3. Keywords: Zinc oxide nanoparticles, Holistic sustainability, Environmental Life Cycle Assessment, Material Flow Cost Accounting, Social Life Cycle Assessment, Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis 4. Date of data collection: 2022-2024 5. Date of dataset publication: 2024-11-26 6. Funding: This work was funded by the European Research Council (ERC) under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme (Grant Agreement No. 953152) in the context of the ‘Diagonal’ project 7. Geographic location/s of data collection: Korneuburg (Austria), Burgos (Spain), Belvaux (Luxembourg), Grijó (Portugal) ACCESS INFORMATION 1. Dataset Creative Commons License: CC BY-NC 2. Dataset DOI: 10.36443/10259/9915 (http://doi.org/10.36443/10259/9915) 3. Related publication: The related article has been sent to: Sustainable Production and Consumption METHODOLOGICAL INFORMATION 1. Description of methods used for collection-generation of data: Phornano, an Austrian enterprise, was accountable for completing questionnaires about different aspects of the scenarios reported in the work (baseline scenario, BS; scenario 1, S1; scenario 2, S2), all of them aimed at producing ZnO nanoparticles. Data collection was carried out through these questionnaires, that are linked to the pillars of any sustainability assessment: environmental, economic and social. The environmental questionnaire considers all the flows entering (inputs, like raw materials, other chemicals and energy consumption) and leaving (outputs, such as emissions and generated waste) the studied system; the economic one takes into account all the expenses associated to the manufacturing process (equipment, raw materials, energy, labour costs); and the social questionnaire collects information about the company: workers (statistics, freedom of association, working conditions, equal opportunities and discrimination, health and safety, social benefits, employment relationships, sexual harassment), value chain actors (suppliers of raw materials and technology, organisations that are customers of the product), local community (employment, health and safety, engagement), final customer (description of the final product to be manufactured, end-of-life responsibility), and society (public commitment to sustainability issues, technology development, corruption, poverty alleviation). The environmental and economic questionnaires gather quantitative data, whereas the social one collects quantitative and qualitative data. Once all these data were assembled, the Life Cycle Inventory of each pillar for each scenario was built up to subsequently evaluate the environmental and social footprint and the cost of the product. Regarding the methodologies followed to perform the different analyses presented in the work, the standard one presented in ISO 14040:2006 and 14044:2006 was applied to carry out the Environmental Life Cycle Assessment (LCA); the economic analysis was conducted employing the Material Flow Cost Accounting (MFCA) methodology, standardised through ISO 14051:2011; and Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) was performed using indicators proposed by UNEP/SETAC in its methodological sheets. Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis (MCDA) was performed to evaluate the sustainability of BS, S1 and S2, considering the results of LCA, MFCA and S-LCA for each scenario and using the tool conceived by Prado and Heijungs (2018) and implemented by Tschulkow (2024). New data, including global uncertainties, were generated by using SimaPro 9.6 and Microsoft Excel FILE OVERVIEW 1. File list: LCA_Results.xlsx LCI_Modelling.xlsx MFCA_Results.xlsx MCDA_BS_S1_S2_comparison.xlsx MCDA_BS_S2_comparison.xlsx MCDA_S1_S2_comparison.xlsx S-LCA_Results.xlsx Short description: each file is a .xlsx file of each assessment (LCA -includes LCI-, MFCA, and S-LCA) or analysis (MCDA).