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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.
LCM 2013 (the 6th International Conference on Life Cycle Management) was hosted by CPM – the Swedish Life Cycle Center. It was arranged in Gothenburg 2013, 25-28 August.
Type Admin project
Time period 2013-08-25 - 2013-08-28
Chapter in conference book Designing Sustainable Technologies, Products and Policies, pp 157-161, Springer. (8th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM), September 2017, Luxembourg City.) Find publication here…
Author Sara Palander, Lena Landström
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…
Two-day course in Applied life cycle thinking 2020, Gothenburg – ONLINE
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…
This project is a continuation of the project modelling of recycling that aimed to analyzing and debating how recycling should be modeled in life cycle assessment (LCA) and similar environmental assessments and…
Type Research project
Time period 2020-11-01 - 2021-01-31
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…
Summary ASSIST – Relay industrial supply chain sustainability data, is a feasibility study aimed to better understand companies’ current situation of and needs and potential ways forward of collecting life cycle data and…
Author Anna Hedlund Åström, KTH Royal Institute of Technology; Raul Carlsson, RISE Research Institutes of Sweden; Sara Palander, Swedish Life Cycle Center; Tomas Rydberg, IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute
Life Cycle Talks: How can social life cycle assessment address social sustainability? With Mathias Lindkvist
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 guest is Mathias Lindkvist, postdoctoral…
Two-day course in Applied life cycle thinking November 2022 – ONLINE
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…
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,…
Background While life cycle data is increasingly demanded, manual data collection is time-consuming. Supply chains are complex, all suppliers do not have competence or capacity to provide the data needed. Personal contacts to explain adds…
Type research project
Time period 2022-09-30 - 2024-12-09
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
Network Conference: The role of life cycle thinking in a circular economy
We welcome partners and invited guests to participate in the upcoming network conference arranged by Swedish Life Cycle Center and the project Swedish platform for the life cycle perspective (funded by Swedish Energy Agency) on Wednesday February 7, 2018 in Gothenburg.
More information about the LCM 2013 conference Official conference website …
Author Sara Palander, Swedish Life Cycle Center & Emma Rex, Swedish Life Cycle Center
Highlights Current life cycle assessments can incorrectly rank incineration over recycling. In the short term, products sent to incineration displace other waste flows. Investments in incinerator capacity are affected by gate fees and energy sales.
Author Tomas Ekvall (Chalmers and TERRA), Marie Gottfridsson (IVL), Johan Nilsson (IVL), Maja Nellström (IVL), Maria Rydberg (Swedish Life Cycle Center), Tomas Rydberg (IVL)
Life Cycle Talks: Is the distinction between attributional and consequential LCA useful? With Tomas Ekvall
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 Tomas Ekvall,…
Webinar #2: Innovative LCA tools: Exploring Premise, Activity Browser and Brightway
Welcome to the second webinar in the series “Innovative LCA tools: Exploring Premise, Activity Browser and Brightway”. Our speakers will share personal reflections, demonstrate streamlined workflows, and unveil the potential of innovative LCA tools…
Life Cycle Talks: Why do we need a life cycle perspective on negative emissions? With Cecilia Sundberg
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 Cecilia Sundberg,…
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 pursuit for win-wins has a long history. From an understanding of the relationship between environmental performance and economic activity, the need for environmentally sustainable business models has emerged. The purpose of this project is to grow the knowledge, capacity, and application of Business Model Life Cycle Assessment (BMLCA).
Type Research project
Time period 2023-09-01 - Ongoing
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
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
Two-day course in Applied life cycle thinking, at Chalmers University of Technology
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…
Seminarium i Almedalen – Elektromobilitet ur ett livscykelperspektiv
Under Almedalsveckan bjuder Swedish Life Cycle Center och in till ett seminarium på Hållbarhetsarenan. Med livscykeln som utgångspunkt kommer panelen att diskutera elfordonens framtid. Vissa hävdar att elfordon inte är miljövänliga, andra menar att de…
The aim of the group is to increase the collaboration between government agencies regarding the life cycle perspective and partners in Swedish Life Cycle Center by sharing experiences and knowledge building.
Type Working group
Time period 2015-11-20 - Ongoing
Background There are today several methods and frameworks to analyze and measure sustainable development. Common features of these methods and frameworks are that they require comprehensive investigations, involve subjective assessments, and lead to results that…
Type Research project
Time period 2016-04-18 - 2017-01-19
Environmentally sound energy production and use are central components in a sustainable society. Much could be gained by coordinating data management in order to provide open LCA-data that can be used by authorities, companies, and researchers to consistently and efficiently analyze environmental performance.
Type Research project
Time period 2015-09-01 - 2016-05-31
Swedish Life Cycle Center provides LCA data in the CPM LCA Database. It all started as a project engaging partners in CPM (former Swedish Life Cycle Center).
Time period 1996-01-01 - 2017-10-31
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
Monetary valuation of environmental impacts is increasingly used as a basis for decisions in environmental and sustainability issues. This project aims to develop a methodology to communicate environmental damage cost data.
Type Research project
Time period 2016-10-01 - 2018-06-30
The project intended to strengthen the long-term competitiveness of the manufacturing industry through a pro-active risk management. It considers both environmental aspects as well as economic value, early in the product development phase.
Type Research project
Time period 2013-11-01 - 2016-10-01
The life cycle perspective is crucial for companies and other organizations in order to reduce their environmental impact and to reach climate- and energy efficiency goals. With focus on successful life cycle activities that are already in place in Swedish organizations, this project aimed to spread the good examples.
Type Research project
Time period 2014-10-01 - 2016-12-31