Kommentar des wissenschaftlichen Gutachtergremiums zur Sachbilanz der Tensidherstellung in Europa / Overview of the Scientific Peer Review of the European Life Cycle Inventory for Surfactant Production

A Peer Review of the European Life Cycle Inventory for surfactant production was performed according to the rules proposed by SETAC. The Peer Review Panel consisted of three experts. The items investigated by the panel include the goal definition and scoping (method used, purpose of the study, selection of the surfactants, system boundaries, data quality, aggregation, variability and consistency) ; review of data (documentation of sources, representativeness, accuracy, gaps and transparency) ; special comments. It is concluded that the work has been performed professionally and shows a high standard. The results obtained are in general satisfactory and the transparency with regard to the peer review panel was very good, except for the European energy-related data. The main recommendation made by the panel - full publication of the work - has been met to a high degree.