@inbook{f82c08fafc664d7a8ee8da9a50016d85,
title = "The sustainability and life cycle assessments of industrial biotechnology: an introduction",
abstract = "Industrial biotechnology (IB) uses biological and biochemical processes in industrial production and is often regarded as an emerging key technology revolutionizing the production of many products while protecting resources and the environment and fostering economic development. This contribution describes the background and sketches the content of the volume {\textquoteleft}Sustainability and Life Cycle Assessment of Industrial Biotechnology{\textquoteright} in the Springer series {\textquoteleft}Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology{\textquoteright}. The field of IB is introduced from different perspectives (milestones in IB history, economics of biotechnology industry, environmental and social as well as ethical issues and impacts, green chemistry) and in several applications fields (production of chemicals, geobiotechnology in mining).",
keywords = "Application, Economy, History, Industrial biotechnology, LCA, Outline, Sustainability asessment",
author = "Magnus Fr{\"o}hling and Michael Hiete",
note = "Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020.",
year = "2020",
doi = "10.1007/10_2020_123",
language = "English",
series = "Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology",
publisher = "Springer",
pages = "3--9",
booktitle = "Advances in Biochemical Engineering/Biotechnology",
}
