A bioeconomy is an economic system, which replaces fossil resources with renewable biological resources. As strategies are implemented, new bio-based value chains are created and others expand to replace fossil fuel based supply chains. Understanding the sustainability impacts of this development requires tools for assessing the impacts. The environmental impacts of bioeconomies have been studied through life cycle assessment, but the social impacts are poorly understood. Commonly applied social sustainability methods are local in scope and lack a life cycle perspective. The aim of this paper was to compare the priority setting in global and local approaches to social sustainability assessment and to explore possibilities for integrating them. A multi-region input-output model was used to estimate the social life cycle impacts of Finnish wood products. The main social issues were found in health and safety and gender inequality, with a large part of the impacts occurring outside the forest sector and outside Finnish boundaries. In contrast, local stakeholders views on social sustainability focused mostly on local conditions, employment and co-operation between companies. Ways to combine the contrasting results were explored and a framework for integrating the local and global approaches was outlined.

生物经济是一种经济系统，用可再生生物资源替代化石资源。随着战略的实施，将创建新的基于生物的价值链，而其他则将扩展以替代基于化石燃料的供应链。要了解这种发展对可持续发展的影响，就需要评估影响的工具。已经通过生命周期评估研究了生物经济的环境影响，但是对社会影响的了解却很少。常用的社会可持续性方法在范围上是局部的，缺乏生命周期的观点。本文的目的是比较全球和本地社会可持续性评估方法中的优先级设置，并探讨将其整合的可能性。使用多区域投入产出模型来估计芬兰木制品对社会生命周期的影响。主要的社会问题涉及健康，安全和性别不平等，其中很大一部分影响发生在林业部门和芬兰境外。相反，当地利益相关者对社会可持续性的观点主要集中在当地条件，就业和公司之间的合作上。探索了组合对比结果的方法，并概述了整合本地和全球方法的框架。公司之间的雇佣与合作。探索了组合对比结果的方法，并概述了整合本地和全球方法的框架。公司之间的雇佣与合作。探索了组合对比结果的方法，并概述了整合本地和全球方法的框架。