Beginners guide: What is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and how can I benefit from it?
A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) measures the environmental impacts of a product, service or business.
If you want to understand the environmental impacts of your business, products or services then this e-book is for you. This guide is an easy read and will help you evaluate if conducting LCA is something your company should do.
A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an analysis of the impact one object or organisation has on the environment around it.
But who benefits from it and how can you get started with it?
In this guide, you get an elementary understanding of:
What is Life Cycle Assessment and why is it LCA useful?
LCA and reporting
Environmental LCA as a decision-making tool
Who can use LCA?
LCA software and know-how
How to get started with LCA
“Every business leader should understand the basics of Life Cycle Assessement.”
What will you learn?
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What is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)?
Environmental Life Cycle Assessment or LCA is a scientific method for assessing the environmental impact of the whole life cycle of a product, so-called “cradle to grave”.
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LCA and reporting
There is a growing demand for companies to report their environmental impacts and planned and completed sustainability actions. With LCA companies can show how much progress has been made compared to a benchmark or target.
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Environmental LCA as a decision-making tool
As more and more companies take concrete action to fight global warming, they need tools and data to decide on the most impactful activities. LCA is a powerful tool to gather the data you need to make good decisions.
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Who can use LCA?
There are several functions in a company where LCA results are relevant. Company owners and top management, R&D, supply chain experts, and many more. LCA can be used in almost every department.
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LCA software and know-how
Competent people are essential as well as the right tools. The process usually starts with data collection or process mapping. Whoever does the LCA needs to understand the business processes related to the company or product in question to model their impacts.
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How to get started with LCA
If you want top get started with Environmental LCA we are happy to help you get started!
What is Life Cycle Assessment?
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) provides means for understanding your product’s environmental impacts through the product’s entire life span. LCA helps companies identify improvements in a product’s life cycle and is a great tool when designing new products. Our interns use Earthtser, the fastest and most user-friendly software on the market, to calculate LCAs. Whether you already excel in LCA and need more hands-on board, or you are taking your first steps. We can help you, either way.