With a number of sustainability regulations already in place and more coming into effect imminently, it is essential to understand the environmental impact and footprint of your product components and manufacturing processes.
Lifecycle assessments (LCAs) are an essential tool for understanding the full environmental impact of a product or service, from raw material extraction to disposal. By identifying areas for improvement, LCAs help companies reduce their environmental impact, enhance efficiency, and support sustainable development goals. Whether assessing a single product or comparing multiple options, LCAs offer critical insights to drive responsible decision-making and innovation.
Benefits of lifecycle assessments
LCAs help businesses to:
Understand their environmental impact
Improve sustainability
Enhance decision-making
Ensure regulatory compliance and risk management
Reduce costs
LCAs provide a comprehensive view of a product or service's environmental footprint. This allows businesses to identify "hotspots" where their operations have the greatest impact.
By pinpointing areas of concern, businesses can implement strategies to reduce their environmental footprint.
LCAs provide data-driven insights that inform strategic decisions related to product design, supply chain management, and overall business operations.
In some industries, LCAs are required by law or regulation. They also help businesses identify and mitigate potential environmental risks.
LCAs can reveal inefficiencies in resource use, leading to cost savings through reduced energy consumption and waste.
Traditional LCAs are slow, expensive, and impractical for scaling – making it hard to meet sustainability targets. We have rapidly accelerated the LCA process using AI to enable a highly accurate and compliant LCA conducted in a matter of minutes or hours.
✔️Speed: AI-powered platform delivers same-day LCA results
✔️Accuracy: Automated analysis surpasses manual methods, ensuring precise and reliable data
✔️Cut Costs & Waste: Optimise resources, reduce waste, and improve operational efficiency
✔️Actionable Results: Receive a detailed report with clear recommendations for carbon reduction
Level 1: Express service
For businesses needing quick, reliable carbon insights with minimal effort. A fast, fully remote LCA service designed for businesses that need fast, cost-effective carbon insights. Simply provide your Bill of Materials (BOM) and process data, and we’ll generate a comprehensive LCA report with quantified carbon impacts - helping you meet compliance, procurement, and sustainability goals with minimal disruption to your operations.
Level 2: Refine
For companies requiring deeper analysis across multiple products and processes. A hands-on LCA service designed for companies that need more than a standard assessment. Our experts work on-site to refine input data, validate assumptions, and tailor LCA models to the business. This ensures higher confidence in results, making it easier to use the insights for reporting, procurement, and internal decision-making.
Level 3: Improve
For businesses looking to build on LCA results and explore potential reduction opportunities. A structured LCA enhancement service that goes beyond assessment to explore feasible ways to reduce environmental impact. Working closely with internal teams, we help interpret findings, set realistic carbon reduction goals, and outline potential efficiency improvements based on the LCA results. This is ideal for businesses that need practical guidance on what to do next after completing an assessment.
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