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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…

Apologies for the somewhat long gap since my last Scientific Directions update – the SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium blasted everything else off the second half of my 2024 agenda that wasn’t rusted on. And…

Its great scientific news that we can welcome Luleå University of Technology (LTU) as a new academic partner in the Center. We welcome Tomas Zobel and Linn Berglund to the Board and if you are…

Latest news on the coming Swedish Life Cycle Center/SETAC conference Planning for the 26th LCA Symposium of SETAC Europe continues apace.  Since my last update we have now populated a talented and diverse scientific program…

News from the Scientific Director Greg Peters This is the first of several brief scientific news updates which I will write as the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s Scientific Director, the aim of which is…

News from the Scientific director Greg Peters Here is the latest Update from the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s Scientific Director. If you would like to draw attention to some progress which researchers your…

News from the Scientific Director Greg Peters Here is the latest Update from the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s Scientific Director, focusing this time on a few publications that have appeared online since the last…

News from the Scientific director Greg Peters Its time for my last Scientific Directions update for 2022 and as an expat Aussie my thoughts turn to migratory scientific behaviours during this dark Scandinavian season.  Here…

In this first update for 2023 we have one big news story: SETAC is coming to Sweden! The Swedish Life Cycle Center is proud to announce it will host the 26th SETAC Europe LCA Symposium.

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…

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…

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…

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…

After twelve years at the Swedish Life Cycle Center, Sara Palander, will leave her position as a Director of the Center. Sara has during her leadership built and managed the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s operations…

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…

Abstract submissions for sessions at the upcoming SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium are open. Submit your abstract to showcase your work, share insights and engage in meaningful discussions centred around life cycle assessment (LCA).

Entering a new three-year phase, Stage 11, Swedish Life Cycle Center takes an important step forward in advancing life cycle assessment (LCA) research and application. With a renewed focus, the center is dedicated to turning…

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.

Welcome to an autumn full of activities! The interest in Swedish Life Cycle Center is increasing and 19 participants took part in the open information meeting about the Center that was held on…

Swedish Life Cycle Center announces its new partnership with Tetra Pak, a global leader in food processing and packaging solutions. With over 23,000 employees, Tetra Pak helps provide safe and nutritious food to hundreds of…

What a great start to 2024 we have had! We were overwhelmed by the interest in submitting sessions proposals to SETAC Europe’s 26th LCA symposium – receiving over 60 proposals. The programme committee did a…

It is all about creating the best conditions for people to collaborate within. Swedish Life Cycle Center provides an environment for our partners and others to network and drive the life cycle field forward. Our…

On Thursday 24 November 2022, the Swedish Life Cycle Center organized its first non-digital network conference after the Covid-19 pandemic. The conference was titled “Life Cycle Thinking in Policy and Legislation” and brought together over…

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…

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…

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…

We are approaching Spring and we are looking back at an eventful start to 2023. We have said thank you and goodbye to Sara Palander the Center’s Director for the past 12 years and we…

SETAC Annual meeting is a 5-day event featuring a variety of training, networking and learning opportunities and this year it took place in Rome on May 13-17. Tomas Rydberg (IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute and…

Luleå University of Technology is currently experiencing significant growth and is widely recognized for its world-leading expertise across various research fields. The university is actively shaping the future through innovative education and groundbreaking research results.

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…

The project Integration of environment and economy in product development gives opportunity for innovations (IMP) has intended to strengthen the long-term competitiveness of the manufacturing industry through a pro-active risk management considering environmental and sustainability…

Today’s Board meeting and Steering group meeting concerned among other things partner fee, the new Operational plan and reporting on activities. On top of that the Board approved two new partner applications! More information about…

The method for modeling material recycling can have a decisive impact on the environmental assessment of products with a high content of recycled material or material that is recycled after use. How recycling should be…

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.

​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…

In September 2018 a new project started, led by Michael Martin at IVL, aiming to develop more sustainable food consumption through procurement with a life cycle perspective. The overall aim of this project is to…

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…

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…

n October 25-26 the concluding program conference for the Swedish Energy Agency and f3 collaborative research program Renewable transportation fuels and systems was held at SLU in Uppsala. More than 100 participants joined the conference,…

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…

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…

  The Annual Report 2018 is published and summarizes an exciting year! The organizational move from Gothenburg Centre for Sustainable Development (GMV) to Technology Management and Economics (TME) at Chalmers has raised new opportunities, where closer…

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…

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…

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…

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 technical secretariat for Swedish Life Cycle Center has just moved into new offices at the department of Technology Management and Economics, Chalmers. Please, come visit us at Vera Sandbergs Allé 8! Carl…

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…

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 SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium, held 21–23 October in Gothenburg, Sweden, brought together over 500 experts and practitioners in life cycle assessment (LCA). The symposium fostered meaningful discussions about key issues and opportunities within…

2024 was a year of significant milestones for the Swedish Life Cycle Center. From hosting the SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium in Gothenburg, which brought together over 500 participants, to concluding Stage 10 of our…

The SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium, held in Gothenburg on 21–23 October 2024, brought together over 500 experts and practitioners to explore key topics in life cycle assessment (LCA). Here, you can find key contributions…

Christmas greetings! 2022 is coming to an end, the first year out of three of the Swedish Life Cycle Center’s stage 10. During the year we have had the opportunity to welcome two new partners…