Life Cycle Assessment

What is Life Cycle Assessment?

Life Cycle Assessment is the leading solution for understanding, quantifying and communicating the environmental and social credentials and performance of products, services, processes, assets and organisations.

The assessment takes into account the complete life cycle, starting from the production of raw materials to the final disposal of the products, including material recycling if needed. Life cycle assessment can be expanded to include both social and financial impacts and benefits, often referred to as life cycle sustainability assessment.

Life cycle assessment can be used to inform sustainable procurement, product development and innovation, green marketing and reporting, and sustainability strategy development.

The following important applications of LCA are increasingly being adopted by businesses in Australia and internationally: