Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a scientific methodology aligned with ISO 14040 & ISO 14044 standards. This comprehensive approach evaluates your product's or service's environmental footprint at every stage of its life cycle. From quantifying inputs like energy and raw materials to tracking outputs like waste and emissions, LCA illuminates the environmental cost of your offerings.

Our LCA service encompasses:

• Goal and Scope Definition: Outlines your product, its function, the stages of its life cycle, and assumptions and limitations for the study.
• Life Cycle Inventory: Collects all relevant inputs and outputs.
• Life Cycle Impact Assessment: Converts each flow to specific environmental impacts, such as climate change, acidification, eutrophication of water, and depletion of resources.
• Interpretation Phase: Analyses results, pinpoints significant issues, and concludes the study.

Through LCA, you gain a deeper understanding of your production's environmental burden, which guides your decisions for process improvement, resource conservation, and cost reduction.

An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is essentially a summary of an LCA detailing the environmental performance of a product without revealing any proprietary manufacturing information. Adhering to ISO 14020 & ISO 14025 standards, as well as specific Product Category Rules (PCR), each EPD undergoes third-party review and publication for transparency and reliability.

The benefits of an EPD include:

• Enhanced market differentiation and competitiveness.
• Demonstrated commitment to sustainability.
• A valuable tool for sustainable construction programs like LEED and BREEAM, offering an advantage in obtaining certifications.

A specialized offshoot of LCA, our Water Footprint service focuses exclusively on the environmental impacts associated with water use. This includes recording water inputs and outputs in manufacturing, considering the water source, its quality, and the geographic area of utilization.

This detailed water footprint analysis gives you insights into water quantity and quality changes within your system, enabling you to optimize water management at the product, process, and organization levels. This critical information facilitates efforts to reduce water consumption and degradation, contributing to a more sustainable future.