Carbon3IT Ltd can now offer the following 'Life Cycle Assessment' services in conjunction with an external partner.
Contact us on info@carbon3it.com with 'LCA services' to find out more!
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
- ISO-standardized method to evaluate impact of a product or service on the environment
- A wide range of impact categories examined, e.g. climate change, water use, resource use of metals and minerals, use of fossil resources, ozone layer depletion, effects on human health, etc.
- Allows for pinpointing the major sources of impact, be it a specific material or process
- Allows for comparing two products, or alternatives of the same product under development to see which performs better
- Used in product development, strategic plans, communication, marketing, public policy making.
Environmental product declarations (EPDs)
- LCAs built on rules for a specific group of products to enable their comparison
- Third-party verified
- Published at an independent programme operator
- Can lead to increased customer demand
- In some cases required by law and required during public procurement
Greenhouse Gas Protocol
- A method to calculate GHG emissions of a company per year
- Classified into three scopes, based on where in the supply chain the emissions take place
- Allows for setting company-wide climate targets
- Can be combined with Science-based targets initiative (SBTi) to publicly commit to a climate impact reduction
Third-party reviews
- Essential step to assure credibility of your sustainability reporting
- For LCAs- e.g. when comparing two competing products publicly, so-called ‘comparative assertion’, standardized in ISO 14071)
- For EDPs – given that all EPDs by definitions are third-party verified, a third-party review is a requirement for publication. The verification process consists of checking that all product category rules have been followed and all requirements (set also in ISO 14000 series and programme operator’s general programme instructions) are met.
- For GHG protocol – for internal purposes to avoid mistakes, for external purposes, e.g. in combination with SBTi.