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What Is a Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA)?

LCA is an environmental assessment methodology for looking at multiple environmental impacts for the entire life-cycle of a product or process. LCAs are outlined by ISO 14040 and ISO 14044. LCAs typically look at the environmental footprint of a product from its cradle-to-gate

What Are the Benefits of an LCA?

One of the primary goals of LCA is to enable decision makers to see a more comprehensive set of environmental impacts for their operations, compared to just a single impact (i.e. not just looking at greenhouse gas emissions, for example, but also including water consumption,

How Much Time and Investment Does an LCA Require?

Because LCAs do require assessing upstream, downstream, and direct environmental impacts of your products/processes, the process requires collecting and analyzing a lot of data. LCA consultants such as TPC are well equipped in quickly identifying which data is required,

Is an LCA the Same Thing as an EPD?

An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) involves an LCA specifically for a product (e.g. mobile phone, automobile, food packaging, etc.). EPDs provide a harmonized way to compare and contrast the environmental impacts/benefits of similar products (i.e. product categories).

How Can TPC Support You?

Our team has completed hundreds of product-level LCAs and GHG assessments for all different sectors, including oil & gas companies, manufacturers, logistics companies, and others. TPC is also a recommended consultant as listed by the EPD Operator and Administrator.