Life Cycle Assessment methods Life Cycle Assessment is regarded as the best framework for assessing the potential environmental impacts of products. Explore the methodology, discover LCA projects, and more.
Environmental Footprint How can you measure the environmental performance of your product or organisation? We worked on developing specific methodologies known as the Environmental Footprint.
Product policies Life cycle assessment methodologies are widely used in assessing the impacts of products along their value chains. Here is an overview of our main contributions to product...
Sustainable consumption The JRC’s work on sustainable consumption centres on its Consumption Footprint framework, applying life cycle assessment (LCA) to quantify the environmental impacts of EU consumption.
Food systems The transition to a fair, healthy, and environmentally friendly food system is strongly supported by EU policies. We track the food systems' environmental impacts adopting a systemic perspective...
Zero Pollution The Environmental Footprint plays a significant role in the ambitious Zero Pollution goal set by the European Commission. Discover more here.
Use of the Consumption Footprint for overall monitoring and evaluation of environmental impacts of measures under the Ecodesign for Sustainable Product Regulation
Toxicity impacts evolution in the Environmental Footprint methods: an example-based interpretation of the results
