Tools

DANTES

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.

Funded by 50% by the EU LIFE-Environment programme
Type Research project
Time period 2002-09-01 - 2005-08-31

Case studies Knowledge Building Methods Research Tools

Tuesday, 23 October, 2018

8 tools for sustainable decisions

Since the 90’s, Life cycle assessments has been used by companies to measure the environmental impacts of their products and services and to better know where to focus their improvements. The method has been famous…

environmental footprint life cycle assessment production & consumption Tools

Over the years several tools and systems have been developed within Swedish Life Cycle Center (former CPM). Explore some of them here.

Monday, 11 April, 2016

Choosing a monetary value of greenhouse gases in assessment tools (Journal Article)

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…

Report no
Author Lena Isacs, Göran Finnveden, Lisbeth Dahllöf, Cecilia Håkansson, Linnea Petersson, Bengt Steen, Lennart Swanström, Anna Wikström

Article Monetary valuation

Monday, 09 July, 2001

A state-of-the-art study of the: Environmental information supplied to the actors of the Swedish pulp and paper industry and the tools used to provide it

Report no 2001:06
Author Svending, Ola

Communication Data

Friday, 09 November, 2018

“Nordic countries are not front runners for green products anymore”

The pilot phase of the large environmental footprint initiative (PEF & OEF), by the European Commission, is completed and many of us are wondering ”What happens now?”. A few remaining PEF pilots are being finalized…

environmental footprint

Biodiversity & land use

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.

Funded by Swedish Energy Agency, partly
Type Working group
Time period 2012-01-01 - Ongoing

Biodiversity & Land Use Methods Tools

Supply chains – TOSCA

Towards sustainable supply chains through a common approach for company strategic work and daily operations. The LIFE TOSCA project has provided the means for companies and industrial sectors to improve their environmental performance by addressing…

Funded by EU LIFE + Environment programme
Type Research project
Time period 2009-01-01 - 2011-12-31

Life Cycle Management Tools

Friday, 17 August, 2018

One seat left in popular PhD course of LCA

In a few weeks the first students of the PhD course “Advances in life cycle assessment” will enter the lecture hall in Gothenburg. The interest for the course, which will be given for the first…

KNOWLEDGE BUILDING life cycle assessment