In March, New Earth B released the fourth version of their Social Hotspot Database(SHDB). The new version features an extended multi-regional input-output model, with 7980 different country-specific sectors across the global economy and updated social data including 14 new indicators for socio-economic assessment. The database allows to assess economic sectors in 140 different countries and regions, providing results for 6 impact categories, 26 impact subcategories and 157 social indicators.
We assisted New Earth B with the implementation of their model in SimaPro so that SHDB licence holders can access the data as a unit and the system process library on the software, and we are very happy to see the results out in the world. This is a timely update, as the recent enforcement of the Modern Slavery Act in Australia will require many businesses to review their supply chain in detail. The SHDB offers a practical way of conducting a hotspot assessment of your supply chain, allowing to target further actions as effectively as possible.
Lifecycles is a distributor of the SHDB SimaPro library. You can find more information about SHDB on their website as well as on our website where you will be able to fill in an order form to purchase a SHDB licence and/or service contract.
