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Life-Cycle Assessment (or Life-Cycle Analysis - LCA) is an increasingly important analytical tool, as environmental policy focuses more and more on product and service systems instead of just production sites. LCA is most developed as a technique for evaluating environmental impacts, but it can be extended to cover other sustainability themes, such as social impacts.
LCA is an analytical tool. It provides environmental analysis to support decisions of many kinds. In business, LCA can provide environmental insight to inform purchasing decisions, product design, process selection or waste management strategies. The results of LCA - the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) - can also be used to inform government policy-making.
Carbon footprinting is an LCA which focuses only on the climate change impacts of the product (or service) being analysed.
LCAs range from rapid, qualitative evaluations to large-scale, quantitative studies. Selecting the right method and designing the study are key to using LCA effectively. EuGeos has carried out a range of LCA studies to inform a variety of decisions in business and in the public-sector.