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Swedish Life Cycle Center is a Center of Excellence and collaboration platform for academia, research institutes, industry and government agencies. It fosters competence-building and knowledge exchange in advancing and applying the life cycle field.

Swedish Life Cycle Center is a partner-driven collaboration, with the partners setting the agenda and managing all the activities. Today, the Center consists of a network of some 500 people involved in research projects, working and expert groups, training, networking and communication activities.

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Innovation cluster for the life cycle perspective

Swedish Energy Agency finances the project Innovation cluster for the life cycle perspective which is led by Swedish Life Cycle Center. The project aims to create engagement, knowledge and tools for implementation of life cycle thinking in decision making and thereby contribute to increased resource efficiency in society and a sustainable energy system.

Two-day course in Applied life cycle thinking

Do you consider what life cycle thinking would mean for your organization? Perhaps you have ISO 14001 which now demands a life cycle perspective? In this two-day course you will get a deeper understanding on how to apply life cycle thinking in your organization, through real cases and proven methods. The course leaders will guide you through the course together with experienced guest lecturers!

Chalmers University of Technology is host

Established in 1996, the Swedish Life Cycle Center has functioned as a hub of expertise and a nationwide platform, centered at Chalmers University of Technology. The hosting department is Technology Management and Economics (TME). The Center´s foundational framework consist of a Board (each Partner represented), Preparatory Board, and a Technical Secretariat and a Scientific director.

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Thursday, 14 November, 2024

Highlights from the SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium

The SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium, held 21–23 October in Gothenburg, Sweden, brought together over 500 experts and practitioners in life cycle assessment (LCA)....

COLLABORATION conference

Tuesday, 12 November, 2024

“Integrating the life cycle perspective into policy can help avoid burden shifting and focus policy on the most important issues”

Join us for the next Life Cycle Talks with Björn Spak, advisor at Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA). In his upcoming talk, Björn Spak…...

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Tuesday, 08 October, 2024

Tetra Pak Joins Swedish Life Cycle Center as New Partner

Swedish Life Cycle Center announces its new partnership with Tetra Pak, a global leader in food processing and packaging solutions. With over 23,000 employees,…...

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Online and physical seminars are important bricks when building, exchanching and spreading knowledge in the life cycle field. In the calendar you will find events arranged or co arranged by Swedish Life Cycle Center and Swedish platform for the life cycle perspective.

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Nov

Life Cycle Talks: How is life cycle thinking and LCA applied by the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and how is it integrated into EU policy?

Welcome to Life Cycle Talks! A series of talks presenting the research front to keep you up to date with the science and application of the life cycle perspective. Our next guest is Björn Spak, advisor at Swedish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), Björn will talk about how SEPA applies life…

life cycle talks

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Dec

Meeting with working group LCA Data & Methodology

The deep dive for this meeting focuses on Harmonization of ISO standards with speakers Tomas Ekvall (TERRA) and Kristian Jelse (Greendesk AB) Agenda Welcome & house rules (Anna Wikström, Swedish Life Cycle Center, Madeleine Pehrson, Essity & Sofia Poulikidou, Höganäs AB) Deep dive for the meeting on “Harmonization of ISO Standards”…

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Apr

Two-day course in Applied life cycle thinking, April 2025

The life cycle perspective, understanding the environmental impacts of a product or service throughout the value chain, is gaining increased importance in business as well as in public sector and authorities. In this two-day course you will get a deeper understanding on how to apply life cycle thinking in your…

Life cycle thinking

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