This is why the Life Cycle Assessment provides a framework for measuring the impact of, for example, a product.Ī Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an analysis of the impact one object has on the world around it.īefore we dive into how a Life Cycle Assessment works, let’s break down who needs it in the first place.
We just don’t know which factors we need to take a closer look at for a full footprint analysis! How did the goods get transported? Via truck, rail, or airplane?.How do my goods get produced? What about heating, water, ventilation?.Which raw materials were involved in the production process, and where do they come from? What about soil, seeds, fertilizer?.How environmentally friendly were the products you have just bought? Should I have bought the tomatoes from The Netherlands or from Spain?īut answering this question isn’t easy – because there are countless factors involved: You have probably asked yourself that question many times (sometimes without even knowing it) – for example in the supermarket: This is, in a nutshell, the question that a Life Cycle Assessment tries to answer. Activity-Based Footprinting What environmental impact does one object have on the world?
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