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This project aims to explore and influence the development of Environmental Footprint methods (PEF and OEF). It also facilitates knowledge exchange among life cycle experts, partners, and stakeholders to discuss EF methodologies and their integration into EU and national policies.
Type Expert group
Time period 2022-08-01 - Ongoing
There is no holistic way to handle the issue of biodiversity loss and land use when making an LCA. The aim of the working group is to share experience and best practive on how to deal with biodiversity and land use and how to contribute to existing international and national initiatives.
Type Working group
Time period 2012-01-01 - 2021-12-31
Methods for environmental footprinting of products and services have been and are being developed all over the world. Two methods to measure environmental performance throughout the lifecycle, the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and the Organisation…
Type Expert group
Time period 2014-01-01 - 2024-12-09
Background Information and market pressure in combination with political instruments will in the long run lead to reduced environmental impact and resource use from production and consumption of goods and services, both nationally and globally.
Time period 2020-11-01 - 2021-11-30
Webinar: Life Cycle Thinking in Small and Medium Sized Enterprises
Warm welcome to attend a webinar where master’s students from Chalmers University of Technology will present the results from their master thesis: Life cycle thinking in small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs). Emil Eriksson and Joanna…
The presentation aims to introduce the European Commission initiative Environmental Footprint. It is a PowerPoint presentation with speaker notes and can be used as a whole or in sections, depending on occasion and what kind…
Author Sara Palander, Swedish Life Cycle Center; Björn Spak, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency; Karin Sanne, IVL; Katarina Lorentzon, RISE; Torun Hammar, RISE
Webinar: EU Environmental Footprint – industrial experiences & updates on the policy process
Welcome to join the webinar EU Environmental Footprint – industrial experiences & updates on the policy process arranged by the Swedish Life Cycle Center within the project Environmental Footprint in Sweden, funded by Vinnova. The…
Background The overall aim of the project is to provide companies and other actors with valuation factors for carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases as well as for energy and other natural resources, that can…
Type Research project
Time period 2013-05-01 - 2015-01-31
Strategic intelligence meeting: EU policies and its relevance to the circular transition of Swedish industrial companies
The Swedish Life Cycle Center strategic intelligence meeting on EU policies and its relevance to the circular transition of Swedish industrial companies, is organized within the Innovation cluster for the life cycle perspective. This Strategic…
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,…
The overall aim of this document is to give an introduction to the European Commission initiative Environmental Footprint. This material was produced within the project Environmental Footprint in Sweden – increased competence and communication, managed…
Author Sara Palander, Swedish Life Cycle Center; Björn Spak, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency; Karin Sanne, IVL; Katarina Lorentzon, RISE; Torun Hammar, RISE
Summary The European Commission developed a framework for life cycle assessment (LCA) denoted Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) in collaboration with representatives from the EU Member States, industry, and researchers.
Author Tomas Ekvall, TERRA; Katarina Lorentzon, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden; Elin Einarson Lindvall, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden; Sara Palander, Swedish Life Cycle Center
Choosing a monetary value of greenhouse gases in assessment tools – A comprehensive review. Journal Article in Journal of Cleaner Production vol. 127 (2016), pp 37-48. Find…
Author Lena Isacs, Göran Finnveden, Lisbeth Dahllöf, Cecilia Håkansson, Linnea Petersson, Bengt Steen, Lennart Swanström, Anna Wikström
She has been there from the start of the Swedish Life Cycle Center and has seen the life cycle perspective reach more and more parts of society. The center’s new chairman, Susan Iliefski-Janols from Essity,…
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…
Environmental footprint in Sweden – increased competence and communication – Lessons learned of working with Product Environmental Footprint This report was written within the project Environmental Footprint in Sweden – increased competence and communication, managed within…
Author Sara Palander, Swedish Life Cycle Center; Katarina Lorentzon, RISE; Torun Hammar, RISE; Karin Sanne, IVL; Johan Nilsson, IVL; Lisa Hallberg, IVL; Björn Spak, Swedish EPA
Webinar & workshop: Requirements and expectations for making products’ environmental footprints visible
– How are Swedish companies affected by the EU’s development of the environmental footprints? The project Environmental Footprint in Sweden aims to involve and engage business, authorities and the…
Introduction The European Commission launched Environmental Footprint methods to measure and communicate the environmental performance of products (both goods and services) and organizations across their life cycle, from raw material extraction or cultivation…
Type Research project
Time period 2022-11-01 - 2023-01-31
The project aims to help Swedish actors understand EU Environmental Footprint & explain the effects of methodological choices in Environmental Footprint
Type Research project
Time period 2022-12-01 - 2023-11-30
On September 27 it was time for the 2nd General Assembly of Life Cycle Initiative, where Swedish Life Cycle Center is a member. The day focused on commitments and results from ongoing projects as well…
Public consultation: Sustainable products initiative
The Circular economy action plan describes the potential role of the Environmental footprint methods, for the revised Ecodesign directive and to substantiate green claims. Swedish Life Cycle Center’s Environmental footprint expert group will discuss the…
DANTES is an acronym for Demonstrate and Assess New Tools for Environmental Sustainability. The main purpose of the DANTES project was to collect, exchange and present information and experiences from using different tools for environmental sustainability.
Type Research project
Time period 2002-09-01 - 2005-08-31
Background There are many ways to assess and quantify resource efficiency, from simple measures of how much of a particular resource is needed for a particular product to more general measures that…
Type Research project
Time period 2018-11-15 - 2020-10-31
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.
Environmental footprint Expert group meeting – Carbon Footprint of Electric Vehicle Batteries
The European Commission has published a draft delegated act on mandatory calculation and verification of carbon footprint of electric vehicle batteries (Batteries for electric vehicles – carbon footprint methodology) is running a consultation, deadline…
This report is a summary of the round table discussion on the network conference about European Environmental Footprints (methods and applications). The conference took part on February 20, 2020 in Stockholm with life cycle professionals…
Author Swedish Life Cycle Center Technical Secretariat
Webinar – Incentives for energy recovery in LCA for plastics
Welcome to a webinar with results from the project “Incentives for energy recovery in LCA for plastics”. Tomas Ekvall, Chalmers University of Technology, will present the project and its results, together with Maja Nellström and Marie Gottfridsson,…
Swedish Life Cycle Center has, through the development of the EPS-method and a number of projects, been discussing monetarization for several years. With this group and related activities we hope to contribute to the discussion and implentation of "right prices".
Type Working group
Time period 2010-01-01 - 2019-12-31
Webinar #4: Standardization and harmonization in LCA – What could and should be standardized in LCA?
The aim of this meeting is to reach a common understanding of the multitude of LCA-related international and European standards. Discuss what is important to include and what to exclude in the standards. This meeting…
Reading Circle on the updated General Programme Instructions of the International EPD® System
Content: The General Programme Instructions of the International EPD® System are currently being updated, and any stakeholder is welcome to provide feedback during the open consultation until mid-December. This…