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European Platform on Life Cycle Assessment

The EPLCA is the EU’s knowledge base that responds to business and policy needs towards sustainable production and consumption. It supports the methodological development of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for the analysis of supply chains and end-of-life waste management.

  • Topic / Tool | Last updated: 12 May 2026
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 policy making in the EU.

European Platform Life Cycle Assessment (EPLCA)

Brief me

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The production of goods all comes at an environmental cost. Through the carbon footprint, we assess the pollution related to certain products, to help policy makers steer the industry towards a more sustainable economy. We helped develop specific environmental requirements for:

  • Photovoltaic panels
  • Batteries

Latest knowledge

PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES | 06 May 2026
Carbon footprint - Batteries
The scope of this project is to provide technical support in defining environmental requirements for the production of batteries. The study underpins the measures entailed in the Batteries Regulation (EU) 2023/1542.
PROJECTS AND ACTIVITIES | 04 May 2026
Carbon footprint - Phovoltaic panels
The scope of this project is to provide technical support in defining environmental requirements for the production of photovoltaic panels. The study underpins the measures entailed in the Directive 2009/125/EC for the Ecodesign of energy related...