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.
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.
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:
