Network conference | Let’s meet and talk LCA about Environmental Footprints

Welcome to a network conference about the European Environmental Footprint process and updates from the Swedish Life Cycle Center. 

The day will start with a vegetarian mingle lunch and continue with an initial part on updates from the center, the project Swedish platform for life cycle perspective and presentations from our newest partners Scania on their life cycle work. The main focus for the afternoon will be on the Environmental Footprint transition phase – from methodological discussions to benefits and obstacles for the application and policy development.

There will be room for group discussions around the Environmental Footprints and the aim is to both give you an overview of the transition phase and give you the time to reflect and discuss.

Imola Bedo, Policy Officer European Commission (on link) Imola Bedo is part of the Environmental Footprint team at the European Commission. She will talk about the main objectives for developing Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) and what goals that could be achieved with PEF.

Gustav Sandin Albertsson, EPD International and IVL Gustav Sandin Albertsson is a part of EPD International Secretariat and he will talk about EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) and its relation to PEF.

Cecilia Mattsson, Swedish Environmental Protection Agency Cecilia Mattsson works at the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency and is part of the Nordic Environmental Footprint Group. She will talk about Environmental Footprint transition phase from a Swedish perspective.

Erik Nellström, Scania Erik Nellström works as a Product Property Manager at Scania. He will, together with Dora Burul, present how Scania works with life cycle thinking and LCA.

Dora Burul, Scania Dora Burul works as a development engineer, sustainability at Scania. She will, together with Erik Nellström, present how Scania works with life cycle thinking and LCA.

Anna Woodhouse, RISE Anna Woodhouse works as a researcher at RISE and she will present a study of the Nordic Agrifood sector and its attitudes to PEF.

Register no later than February 17 (Registration below). 

Questions? Welcome to contact lifecyclecenter@chalmers.se

If you are new to EF you can read more about it here and if you are interested in knowing how the center is part of the process you can find information about that here.

This network conference is arranged by Swedish Life Cycle Center and the project Swedish platform for the life cycle perspective, funded by the Swedish Energy Agency and partners.

Welcome!