Obscure impacts demystified: Land use
Land use is another important but perhaps lesser known impact. Let’s discuss the subtleties of land use and land-use change, and how to account for it in LCA.
New report: Notable progress on the SDG-LCA methodology
To reach the UN SDGs by 2030, businesses must be able to get in on the work. Join us in developing a new LCA-based methodology to measure business contributions to the SDGs.
Obscure impacts demystified: Ionizing radiation
How knowledgeable are you about lesser-known impacts? Let’s discuss ionizing radiation, how to account for it in LCA and when it is a health risk.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) explained
Life cycle assessment (LCA) is the factual analysis of a product’s entire life cycle in terms of sustainability. With it, you can reliably evaluate the environmental impacts of your product or service from cradle to grave.
Obscure impacts demystified: Stratospheric ozone depletion
Today’s obscure impact is – unfortunately – a blast from the past. Although the world took big steps in the right direction, stratospheric ozone depletion is still ongoing, and still important to include in LCAs.
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The impacts of the Magic Eraser and how it compares with other cleaning products
For Procter & Gamble, PRé did a cradle-to-grave study of their Mr. Clean Magic Eraser product, including how it holds up against other products in a variety of usage scenarios.
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Obscure impacts demystified: Eutrophication
Everyone has heard about climate change and the need for waste management. But how knowledgeable are you about lesser-known impacts? Read on to learn all about eutrophication.
We have a vision: trustworthy life cycle information accessible to all
For LCA to truly take off, the LCA community needs to solve the information exchange and comparability challenge. A consortium of experts took a huge step during the EC-funded Remodelling project.
Sustainability at the core: moving from gut feeling to facts
Now sustainability reporting has become a prerequisite at many levels of the business ecology, the field is poised to make a big leap towards fact-based analysis that can really inspire action.
Custom tools Life cycle assessment LCI data development
LCI automation tool for a furniture company
Large US-based company Steelcase does many LCAs per year. To make that easier, PRé built an LCI automation tool that reduces both the data entry work and the chance of errors.
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