Towards sustainable supply chains through a common approach for company strategic work and daily operations. The LIFE TOSCA project has provided the means for companies and industrial sectors to improve their environmental performance by addressing…
Background While life cycle data is increasingly demanded, manual data collection is time-consuming. Supply chains are complex, all suppliers do not have competence or capacity to provide the data needed. Personal contacts to explain adds…
Summary ASSIST – Relay industrial supply chain sustainability data, is a feasibility study aimed to better understand companies’ current situation of and needs and potential ways forward of collecting life cycle data and…
Welcome to Life Cycle Talks! A series of talks presenting the research front to keep you up to date with the science and application of the life cycle perspective. Our guest is Mathias Lindkvist, postdoctoral…
Summary The European Commission developed a framework for life cycle assessment (LCA) denoted Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) in collaboration with representatives from the EU Member States, industry, and researchers.
Resource-efficient recycling of LDPE: can Chain of Custody with increased information sharing be an enabler? We invite actors in value chain of plastics to take part in the round table discussion “Resource-efficient recycling of LDPE:…
The purpose of this project was to develop methods for how large companies can work with energy efficiency that stretches across actors in the value chain.
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.
The life cycle perspective is crucial for companies and other organizations in order to reduce their environmental impact and to reach climate- and energy efficiency goals. With focus on successful life cycle activities that are already in place in Swedish organizations, this project aimed to spread the good examples.
Since 2016, the center has a close collaboration with seven Swedish government agencies. They meet on a regular basis to share experience and build common knowledge in the life cycle field. These authorities play important roles…
Life cycle information is used differently thru out the organization, this project investigate how information can contribute for better environmental performance when addressed correctly. The aim of the project is to facilitate for the various functions of a company to contribute to increased energy efficiency in a life cycle perspective.
The life cycle perspective, understanding the environmental impacts of a product or service throughout the value chain, is gaining increased importance in business as well as in public sector and authorities. In this two-day course…
LCM 2013 (the 6th International Conference on Life Cycle Management) was hosted by CPM – the Swedish Life Cycle Center. It was arranged in Gothenburg 2013, 25-28 August.
The life cycle perspective, understanding the environmental impacts of a product or service throughout the value chain, is gaining increased importance in business as well as in public sector and authorities. In this two-day course…
Chapter in conference book Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies, pp 157-161, Springer. (8th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM), September 2017, Luxembourg City.) Find publication here…
This project is a continuation of the project modelling of recycling that aimed to analyzing and debating how recycling should be modeled in life cycle assessment (LCA) and similar environmental assessments and…
Introduction The European Commission launched Environmental Footprint methods to measure and communicate the environmental performance of products (both goods and services) and organizations across their life cycle, from raw material extraction or cultivation…
With focus on successful life cycle activities that are already in place in Swedish organizations, this project aimed to spread the good examples.
She has been there from the start of the Swedish Life Cycle Center and has seen the life cycle perspective reach more and more parts of society. The center’s new chairman, Susan Iliefski-Janols from Essity,…
The seminar will be held in Swedish – and the full invitation below is only in Swedish. Inbjudan till rundabordssamtal ”Best practices av spårbarhet i värdekedjor för delning av material- och miljödata” den 16 december, 2020…
The European Commission has published a draft delegated act on mandatory calculation and verification of carbon footprint of electric vehicle batteries (Batteries for electric vehicles – carbon footprint methodology) is running a consultation, deadline…
The life cycle perspective, understanding the environmental impacts of a product or service throughout the value chain, is gaining increased importance in business as well as in public sector and authorities. In this two-day course…
There is no holistic way to handle the issue of biodiversity loss and land use when making an LCA. The aim of the working group is to share experience and best practive on how to deal with biodiversity and land use and how to contribute to existing international and national initiatives.
Welcome to the workshop Enablers of life cycle energy approaches in large companies. During the workshop, representatives from the research project “Energy efficiency throughout the value chain – way of working for increased competitiveness” will…
We welcome partners and invited guests to participate in the upcoming network conference arranged by Swedish Life Cycle Center and the project Swedish platform for the life cycle perspective (funded by Swedish Energy Agency) on Wednesday February 7, 2018 in Gothenburg.
Welcome to join the webinar EU Environmental Footprint – industrial experiences & updates on the policy process arranged by the Swedish Life Cycle Center within the project Environmental Footprint in Sweden, funded by Vinnova. The…
More information about the LCM 2013 conference Official conference website …
Welcome to a webinar with results from the project “Incentives for energy recovery in LCA for plastics”. Tomas Ekvall, Chalmers University of Technology, will present the project and its results, together with Maja Nellström and Marie Gottfridsson,…
Methods for environmental footprinting of products and services have been and are being developed all over the world. Two methods to measure environmental performance throughout the lifecycle, the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and the Organisation…
