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Working with the life cycle perspective is of strategic importance for more and more organizations and the Swedish Life Cycle Center, hosted by Chalmers University of Technology, is a unique platform for collaboration. The…

Anne-Marie Tillman, since year 2000 professor at the Department of Environmental Systems Analysis at Chalmers, is one of the founders of Centre for Environmental Assessment of Product and Material Systems (CPM); the predecessor to…

During 2021 Swedish Life Cycle Center opened up for small and medium sized companies to take a more active part in the Center’s activities since there has been a raise in interest for the life…

We are very pleased to announce that Gregory Peters started his position as a Scientific director at the Swedish Life Cycle Center on September 1, 2021. Gregory, who is a professor in Environmental Systems…

Since 2016, the center has a close collaboration with seven Swedish government agencies. They meet on a regular basis to share experience and build common knowledge in the life cycle field. These authorities play important roles…

Annual Report 2021 The life cycle perspective is being integrated in all levels in the society, from customer demands to new business models and in legislations. The need…

We are proud to announce that Swedish Life Cycle Center has received funding for a new project from the Swedish Energy Agency, in support of an innovation cluster for the life cycle perspective between 2020…

​The Swedish Life Cycle Center launches four short films on life cycle thinking. The films give insight into the different uses of the life cycle perspective and life cycle assessment in partner organisations, and how…

Since 2016, the center has a close collaboration with nine Swedish government agencies. They meet on a regular basis to share experience and build common knowledge in the life cycle field. These authorities play important…

On Thursday, February 20, it was time for the network conference – Let’s meet and talk LCA – about EU Product Environmental Footprints! The conference was arranged in Stockholm by the Swedish Life Cycle Center…

Sandvik produces special steel with circularity as a natural part of their business model. Bringing the waste material back into the production loop is beneficial both from an economic and an environmental point of view.

On Thursday September 26 it was time for the Swedish Life Cycle Centers network conference – Let´s meet and Talk LCA! where 45 life cycle professionals from the network met and shared their experiences. On…

Conference reflections and report from 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM 2019) The 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM 2019) took place between 1rd– 4thSeptember 2019 in city of Poznan, Poland.

In June, the 7th international conference on Social Life Cycle Assessment was successfully held and organized by Chalmers University of Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology in collaboration with the Swedish Life Cycle Center. Due…

LCA data is used by organizations to measure, follow up and reduce environmental and social impact. The interest in life cycle assessment is increasing globally and so is the need for LCA data. Swedish Life…

The board welcomes new partners for the common vision credible and applied life cycle thinking globally! On February 24, Swedish Life Cycle Center’s board met to decide on collaboration opportunities for SMEs and discussed the Swedish…

On Thursday November 26, 2020, Swedish Life Cycle Center organized its first online Network conference. The aim of the conference was to highlight the Swedish research front within LCA. Over 100 people joined the conference…

Together with Swedish Life Cycle Center’s academic partners, Chalmers University of Technology, KTH Royal institute of Technology and Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences a PhD course “Advances in life cycle assessment” will…

The year of 2019 has almost come to an end and we are happy to say that is has been a year filled with new collaborations and inspiring network activites. The Swedish Life Cycle Centers…

On August 26, the Swedish Life Cycle Center together with Vattenfall were invited to the Swedish Energy Agency. The overall aim was to present the project Swedish platform for the life cycle perspective and also…

Swedish Life Cycle Center’s two-day courses are an open opportunity for participants from any organization to learn more about the life cycle perspective. The courses can also be offered to a specific group, and in…

25 years of collaboration within the life cycle field The Swedish Life Cycle Center has since 1996 brought together Swedish life cycle competence and front-running organizations. It has been instrumental in developing and adopting life…

Since 2016, the center has a close collaboration with seven Swedish government agencies. They meet on a regular basis to share experience and build common knowledge in the life cycle field. These authorities play important roles…

This year a total of 21 students from seven different universities across Scandinavia participated in the PhD-course Advances in Life Cycle Assessment (5 hp).The course is a collaboration between the partner universities in the Swedish Life Cycle…

Become a partner in Swedish Life Cycle Center! Welcome to learn more about Swedish Life Cycle Center, how we work and take part of results implemented in business! The interest in the life cycle…

Vissa hävdar att elfordon inte är miljövänliga, andra menar att de är enda vägen framåt. En ny teknik kan gynna ett visst hållbarhetsmål – men stå i direkt konflikt med ett annat. I ett seminarium…

We are proud to present the first PhD-course in LCA developed within Swedish Life Cycle Center and Swedish platform for the life cycle perspective! The course is organized together with The Research School Sustainable…

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. On October 8-9 the…

Environmental damage costs society enormous amounts of money – and often leaves future generations to foot the bill. Now, a new ISO standard will help companies valuate and manage the impact of their environmental damage,…

The core of Swedish Life Cycle Center is networking. Networking, knowledge building and international reach within life cycle thinking. For professionals in the life cycle field the reoccurring network conference arranged by the center exclusively…

Take the chance to improve your knowledge in Applied Life cycle thinking and join our two-day course in Stockholm November 6-7 or Gothenburg October 10-11. This time the course will be given in English in…

Many companies and states agree upon the need to circulate material to a larger extent than today, in order to reach sustainable development goals. Products will have larger content of recycled material in the future…

A recent project within Swedish Life Cycle Center, “Incentives for energy recovery in LCA for plastics” funded by The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency, has resulted in a published paper in the scientific journal Waste Management.

“I have met frustrated colleagues in companies who explain the difficulty of making things happen.” Nowadays, the life cycle perspective is central in the ISO standard for Environmental Management (14001), and many companies face…

Since 2016, the center has a close collaboration with seven Swedish government agencies. They meet on a regular basis to share experience and build common knowledge in the life cycle field. These authorities play important roles…

Swedish life cycle center has a history of more than 20 years and has become a credible, well known platform for life cycle experts in Sweden. It was founded as CPM in 1996 as a…

News from the Scientific director Greg Peters This time I aim to entertain and inform you with a bird’s eye, bibliographic overview of Swedish Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) research. If you would like…

The year is coming to an end and so is the current stage of the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s operations (stage 9). The Technical secretariat together with all partners are now planning for a new…

During two days in November, industry, municipalities, government agencies, researchers and others met in Umeå to inspire, discuss and share experience on how to advance towards more sustainable consumption and lifestyles. Johan Widheden, Senior Sustainability…

We would like to welcome AB Electrolux as new partner in Swedish Life Cycle Center. This partnership will be strengthening our work towards the center vision “Credible and applied life cycle thinking globally”. We are…

We would like to welcome Polestar as new partner in Swedish Life Cycle Center. This partnership will be strengthening our work towards the center vision “Credible and applied life cycle thinking globally”. We are looking…

Sweco is Europe’s leading consulting agency with combined knowledge in technology, environment and architecture. We plan and design the communities and cities of the future, and the results of our work are sustainable buildings, efficient…

What if products in your grocery store were labeled with environmental declarations? What if politicians from all around Europe took decisions based on a joint understanding about products’ and organizations’ environmental aspects? Those are just…

Today the PhD course “Advances in life cycle assessment” was launched and Swedish Life Cycle Center was there to get a glance. 25 PhD students from six universities and one research institute grabbed the popular…

This paper elaborates on the role of life cycle centers and networks. It shows that networks and centers on life cycle thinking serves many roles in boosting industrial application of life cycle thinking as well…

On Wednesday 20th October, 2021, Swedish Life Cycle Center was organizing its second online Network conference. The title of the conference was “Let’s meet & talk LCA” and the day focused on inspiration and…

The UN Environment has recently launched the new Life Cycle Initiative (LCI) Strategy, 2017-2022. A strategy to scale up and more efficiently bring Life Cycle Thinking to the mindset of decision makers. Furthermore, LCI will…

The national agenda project “Life Cycle Assessment Data – a prerequisite for sustainable innovation” coordinated within Swedish Life Cycle Center is now available in swedish.  “Life Cycle Assessment Data – a prerequisite for sustainable…