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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…

The leadership of ISO/TC 207/Subcommittee 1 (Environmental management systems) has sent its congratulations to the experts and the secretariat of WG 7 (Monetary valuation of environmental impacts) for the standardization work on Monetary valuation of…

On March 4 the Nordic working group for LCA climate and buildings met to discuss definitions of carbon neutrality in the building sector and the concept of carbon handprint. The group also had the chance…

Swedish Life Cycle Center welcome its newest partnership with Asker Healthcare Group, a company working to support healthcare providers and patients to improve patient outcomes, reduce total cost of care and ensure a fair and…

The vehicle industry is undertaking a huge transformation. New requirements from customers and governments are pushing producers to meet the sustainable development goals in different ways. Producers of cars, trucks and agricultural machines are adjusting…

Highlighting the environmental impact of products from a life cycle perspective is becoming increasingly vital. Aiming to enhance awareness and implementation, the project “Environmental Footprint in Swedish Industry” focused on familiarizing the Swedish industry with…

On October 6, Swedish life cycle experts in the vehicle field gathered to discuss and exchange knowledge from the industry and research area. The ambition was high, the atmosphere was creative and the air…

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,…

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…

On April 22nd, the working group for LCA climate and buildings will gathering for their third meeting and at this meeting the discussion will be within the topics of decarbonization, assessment methods and data and…

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…

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…

When the Nordic workshop regarding Product Environmental Footprint took part hundred LCA experts and practitioners came together in Stockholm, mainly from the Nordic countries. The Product Environmental Footprint process aims to develop a harmonized methodology…

Methods for environmental footprinting of products and services have been and are being developed all over the world. In its communication Single Market for Green Products1 (SMGP), the European Commission 2013 proposed actions to overcome…

“A company wishing to market its product as environmentally friendly in several Member State markets faces a confusing range of choices of methods and initiatives. Sometimes they have to use different ones for different markets.

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…

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 Government has appointed an advisory group to the Consumer Agency’s work on sustainable consumption. IVL researcher and LCA expert Tomas Rydberg is one of ten members. Tomas Rydberg has extensive experience of life cycle…

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…

När EU ställer om och driver på utvecklingen av miljöavtryck är syftet att genom en kombination av marknadstryck och styrmedel förbättra miljöprestandan för produkter och tjänster på den europeiska marknaden. Hur kommer svenska företag att…

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…

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…

On 3-4 of October the first Nordic climate forum for Construction took place in Malmö gathering representatives from authorities, industry and academia within the buildings and construction sector. The main question for the conference was to begin…

“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…

On May 22, 2018, more than 30 people with an interest in the life cycle perspective and product and environmental issues gathered in Gothenburg for an overview of the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) process in…

Take part in a public consultation and give your view on the proposal “The European Green Deal states “Companies making ‘green claims’ should substantiate these against a standard methodology to assess their impact on the…

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…

Statistics Sweden, Statistiska Centralbyrån, and The Swedish Forest Agency, Skogsstyrelsen, have recently joined Swedish Life Cycle Center as new partners within the Government Agency Group. The primary goal of the working group is to enhance…

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…

On Thursday, November 23, 2023, the Swedish Life Cycle Center held its annual network conference. This year’s theme was “LCA Data & Methodology,” and a diverse group of over 70 participants representing academia, industry, research…

A formalized cooperation between government agencies and Swedish Life Cycle Center was set up during 2016, with regular meetings to share experience and build common knowledge. The aim of the group is to increase the…

Summer vacations are approaching, and Swedish Life Cycle Center wishes you all a joyful summer! It has been an intense semester with a lot of activities and a lot of learnings, networking and new ideas…

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…

Video Lecture: Thirty years of research on Life Cycle Assessment 26 years ago, Swedish Life Cycle Center started its journey. A journey built on a common need between academia, industry,…

Join us for the next Life Cycle Talks with Pernilla Cederstrand and Ellen Riise, Senior Sustainability Specialists at Essity Hygiene & Health. In their upcoming talk, Pernilla and Ellen will talk about how international standards…

A new standard (SS 14007:2019) aiming to guide organizations in determing and valuating their environment-related costs and profits for e.g. an investment or product development, has recently been published as a Swedish standard by SIS…

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 delighted to welcome ZeBeyond as the latest participant in the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s SME collaboration. Recognizing the growing demand for life cycle competence and understanding since 2021, we identified the need for…

As we wrap up 2023, the Swedish Life Cycle Center reflects on a year marked by significant developments and success. We welcomed new partners—Luleå University of Technology and Asker Healthcare, while expanding our SME collaboration…

Looking back on the operational period 2022–2024, the Swedish Life Cycle Center reflects on key activities, collaborations, and lessons learned that have contributed to the work in advancing the life cycle field. The recently completed…

First, we want to thank the organizers of LCM 2017 in Luxembourg last week! Thanks to Enrico Benetto (chair of the conference), Kilian Gericke and Jan Bollen (co-chairs of the conference) as well as your…

That was one of the topics discussed last Thursday on a full day arranged within the working group LCA & vehicles. 20 life cycle experts gathered in Stockholm to discuss the life cycle perspective connected…

Participants from the project Monetarisation were invited to the Swedish Energy Agency in Eskilstuna on March 11 to give a presentation of preliminary results of the project. Lina Isacs and Göran Finnveden from KTH, Linnea…

How can purchasers set requirements on suppliers with a life cycle perspective in mind? How can suppliers prepare for sustainability requirements from purchasers in public sector? Those were some of the questions that were initially…

The Summary Report for Stage 8 is published and summarizes three successful years within the center. I gives an overview of Swedish Life Cycle Center, and our impact and activities towards our vision Credible and applied…