Environmental Impact factors for Apparel Products

Generalizing LCAs with Statistical “Market-mix” Modeling

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10416

Keywords:

Apparel, LCA, Reuse, Second-hand, Macro-level, GHG emissions, Land use, Water

Author Biography

Tamar Makov, Ben Gurion University of the Negev, Israel

Makov investigates the potential to address social and environmental challenges through sustainable business practices, technologies, and entrepreneurship. Adopting a systems approach, she draws from the fields of Industrial ecology, Data science, and Behavioral economics, and combines methods including Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), machine learning, and psychological experiments. Her goal is to generate insights informing theory, policy, and real-world decision making on issues including sustainable food systems, the circular economy, and digitalization. Makov’s work has been published in high impact journals including Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), Nature Climate Change, and Nature communications, and is funded by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, Internet Society Foundation, Israeli Science Foundation (ISF), and the German - Israeli Foundation for Scientific Research and Development (GIF). Makov is the head of the Circular Economy lab and an Associate Professor at the Guilford Glazer Faculty of Business and Management and the Goldman Sonnenfeldt School of Sustainability and Climate Change at Ben Gurion University. She holds a PhD and MA in Environmental Management from Yale University, and a B.Sc. in Nutrition science from HUJI.

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24-06-2025

How to Cite

Makov, T., & Vivanco, D. F. (2025). Environmental Impact factors for Apparel Products: Generalizing LCAs with Statistical “Market-mix” Modeling. Proceedings of the 6th Product Lifetimes and the Environment Conference (PLATE2025), (6). https://doi.org/10.54337/plate2025-10416

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No. 6 (2025): Proceedings of the 6th Product Lifetimes and the Environment Conference (PLATE2025)

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Track 11: Clothing, Footwear, and Accessories – Extended Abstracts

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