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Highlighting the environmental impact of products from a life cycle perspective is becoming increasingly vital. Aiming to enhance awareness and implementation, the project “Environmental Footprint in Swedish Industry” focused on familiarizing the Swedish industry with…

On March 4 the Nordic working group for LCA climate and buildings met to discuss definitions of carbon neutrality in the building sector and the concept of carbon handprint. The group also had the chance…

In March the EU Commission proposed new rules to fight greenwashing by obliging companies to prove their environmental claims. The Commission proposes a Green Claims Directive to ensure that citizens receive reliable information and do…

The webinar “EU Environmental Footprint – industrial experiences & updates on the policy process”?, on November 30, was organized to give Swedish industry, authorities and the public sector an opportunity to learn more about Product Environmental Footprint…

On Thursday, February 20, it was time for the network conference – Let’s meet and talk LCA – about EU Product Environmental Footprints! The conference was arranged in Stockholm by the Swedish Life Cycle Center…

“A company wishing to market its product as environmentally friendly in several Member State markets faces a confusing range of choices of methods and initiatives. Sometimes they have to use different ones for different markets.

Take part in a public consultation and give your view on the proposal “The European Green Deal states “Companies making ‘green claims’ should substantiate these against a standard methodology to assess their impact on the…

On Tuesday March 24 the last workshop in the research project Modeling of Recycling was held. The online-meeting gathered 14 life cycle professionals from academia, research institutes, industry and government agencies to discuss further some…

The pilot phase of the large environmental footprint initiative (PEF & OEF), by the European Commission, is completed and many of us are wondering ”What happens now?”. A few remaining PEF pilots are being finalized…

News from the Scientific director Greg Peters This time I aim to entertain and inform you with a bird’s eye, bibliographic overview of Swedish Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) research. If you would like…

When the Nordic workshop regarding Product Environmental Footprint took part hundred LCA experts and practitioners came together in Stockholm, mainly from the Nordic countries. The Product Environmental Footprint process aims to develop a harmonized methodology…

In the project “Incentives for energy recovery in LCA for plastics”, we investigated the risk that Product Environmental Footprint of plastics give incentives to send plastic waste to incineration instead of recycling even when recycling…

The new Center project Environmental Footprint in Swedish industry, will give business, authorities and the public sector in Sweden increased awareness of product-related policy development based on Environmental Footprints at the EU level. Furthermore, the project will make…

Methods for environmental footprinting of products and services have been and are being developed all over the world. In its communication Single Market for Green Products1 (SMGP), the European Commission 2013 proposed actions to overcome…

Welcome to join the webinar: Water footprint – Standards, methodologies and application, with Felipe Oliveira Environmental Engineer at IVL on Agust 24, at 10:00-12:00 AM. About the webinar: The webinar starts with a brief introduction…

The European Commission is currently seeking feedback on the use of the Environmental Footprint methods and the Product Category Rules/Organization Sector Rules (PEFCRs and OEFSRs) that are part of the method. The results will be…

When the European Commission (EU COM) sets and driving the development of the environmental footprint is the purpose that through a combination of market pressure and policy instruments improve the environmental performance of products and…

What if products in your grocery store were labeled with environmental declarations? What if politicians from all around Europe took decisions based on a joint understanding about products’ and organizations’ environmental aspects? Those are just…

This newsletter aims to give the reader access to publications and presentations published within the project Environmental Footprint in Sweden – increased competence and communication. The project was carried out within the Swedish Life Cycle…

Conference reflections and report from 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM 2019) The 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM 2019) took place between 1rd– 4thSeptember 2019 in city of Poznan, Poland.

Since the 90’s, Life cycle assessments has been used by companies to measure the environmental impacts of their products and services and to better know where to focus their improvements. The method has been famous…

Participants from the project Monetarisation were invited to the Swedish Energy Agency in Eskilstuna on March 11 to give a presentation of preliminary results of the project. Lina Isacs and Göran Finnveden from KTH, Linnea…

News from the Scientific Director Greg Peters Here is the latest Update from the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s Scientific Director, focusing this time on a few publications that have appeared online since the last…

On Thursday 24 November 2022, the Swedish Life Cycle Center organized its first non-digital network conference after the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference was titled “Life Cycle Thinking in Policy and Legislation” and brought together over…

The 11th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM) brought together a diverse and global community, with 950 participants from 44 countries, underscoring the growing significance of LCM on a worldwide scale. Held from September…

The final report from the project, Modeling of recycling, has now been released. The Swedish Life Cycle Center, and partners, aimed to find the most correct method for how to model recycling in life cycle…

När EU ställer om och driver på utvecklingen av miljöavtryck är syftet att genom en kombination av marknadstryck och styrmedel förbättra miljöprestandan för produkter och tjänster på den europeiska marknaden. Hur kommer svenska företag att…

On February 20, 2020, Swedish Life Cycle Center and the project Swedish platform for the life cycle perspective arranged a network conference on the topic Environmental footprint. A summary of the round table discussions is…

One of the issues that has been hard to cope with in LCA is the problem of odorous emissions. Though odour is one of the major concerns for many industries working with putrescible organic matter…

The project “Impacts on producers and customers of conflicting rules for LCA” (ICON) started in June 2020 with the aim of increased understanding of the multitude of LCA frameworks used for fuels and the consequences…

News from the Scientific director Greg Peters Here is the latest Update from the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s Scientific Director. If you would like to draw attention to some progress which researchers your…

The automotive industry is rapidly evolving and the demand for sustainable and efficient products is at an all-time high. In light of this, meeting Net Zero targets has become the norm for automakers and their…

In January 2019 Croft et Al, published a review in The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment with the title The availability of life-cycle studies in Sweden (January 2019, volume 24, issue 1, pages 6–11). The review focus on availability of quantitative information for non-specialists and concludes that:

Many companies and states agree upon the need to circulate material to a larger extent than today, in order to reach sustainable development goals. Products will have larger content of recycled material in the future…

Summer vacations are approaching, and Swedish Life Cycle Center wishes you all a joyful summer! It has been an intense semester with a lot of activities and a lot of learnings, networking and new ideas…

Annual Report 2021 The life cycle perspective is being integrated in all levels in the society, from customer demands to new business models and in legislations. The need…

During 2021 Swedish Life Cycle Center opened up for small and medium sized companies to take a more active part in the Center’s activities since there has been a raise in interest for the life…

On May 22, 2018, more than 30 people with an interest in the life cycle perspective and product and environmental issues gathered in Gothenburg for an overview of the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) process in…

A recent project within Swedish Life Cycle Center, “Incentives for energy recovery in LCA for plastics” funded by The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, has resulted in a published paper in the scientific journal Waste Management.

On Thursday, November 23, 2023, the Swedish Life Cycle Center held its annual network conference. This year’s theme was “LCA Data & Methodology,” and a diverse group of over 70 participants representing academia, industry, research…

In April and May, the Swedish Life Cycle Center and our university partners arranged the third edition of the PhD course, “Advances in Life Cycle Assessment.” This time, the course was not just for PhD…

Its great scientific news that we can welcome Luleå University of Technology (LTU) as a new academic partner in the Center. We welcome Tomas Zobel and Linn Berglund to the Board and if you are…