Thematic collections

Explore curated collections of knowledge and resources on life cycle assessment and sustainability. Each collection brings together relevant learning materials, publications, tools, and other resources around a specific theme. Whether you are looking for an introduction to the life cycle perspective or want to deepen your expertise in a particular area, these collections can help guide your learning.

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Browse our thematic collections to learn more about life cycle thinking.

Fundamentals of life cycle thinking

Discover the fundamentals of the life cycle perspective. This collection gathers introductory resources to help you understand life cycle thinking, life cycle assessment, and their use in sustainability work and decision-making.

Life cycle methodology

This collection brings together resources on a wide range of established and emerging life cycle approaches. Learn about the differences between attributional and consequential LCA, discover methods such as Sufficiency LCA and Business Model LCA, and explore ways to address challenges beyond climate change.

Environmental Footprint

Environmental Footprint methodology offers a standardized framework for measuring and understanding environmental impacts across the life cycle of products and organizations. This collection contains resources to explore environmental footprint methodology, applications and insights.