ALCAS PresidentJun 6, 20191 minEdge Environment Creates “Circularity Tool”Edge Environment have developed a simple circularity assessment tool to help suppliers and designers to better understand how their produ...
ALCAS PresidentJun 6, 20191 minWaste No Want Not: Reducing Food Loss & Waste in North America Through Life Cycle Based ApproachA new UN report examines ways in which life cycle thinking and LCA can be used to inform effective policymaking, aimed at reducing food l...
ALCAS PresidentJun 6, 20191 minCall for papers for International Social Life Cycle Assessment ForumThe International Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) Forum “The Circular Economy is about People” will take place in Pescara – Italy, ...
ALCAS PresidentJun 6, 20191 minNew UN Publication: The Business Case for Life Cycle ThinkingThe Life Cycle Initiative has launched a new publication, The Business Case for Life Cycle Thinking. The booklet is a compilation of stor...
ALCAS PresidentMay 28, 20191 minGeorgia farm offsets 100% of its grass fed beef’s carbon emissionsScientists at Quantis, an environmental research and design firm, conducted a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) on beef raised by Georgia based...
ALCAS PresidentMay 28, 20192 minLCA Surprises: Meal kits and coffee pods not as bad as you thinkSometimes LCA studies return results that seem counter intuitive. Two recent studies have done just that, with both meal kits and coffee...
ALCAS PresidentApr 25, 20191 minWebinar tackles how a vehicle’s CO2 footprint can be calculated over its life-cycleA webinar conducted by Martin Rothbart, Senior Product Manager Energy and Sustainability for AVL, shows how a vehicle’s CO2 footprint can...
ALCAS PresidentApr 25, 20191 minTool to find best CO2 capture & utilisation technologies secures fundingThe Global CO2 Initiative at the University of Michigan and EIT Climate-KIC, Europe’s main climate innovation initiative, announced that ...
ALCAS PresidentApr 25, 20191 minLCA tests sustainability of using insects for animal feedThe lack of protein sources in several parts of the world is triggering the search for locally produced and sustainable alternatives and ...
ALCAS PresidentApr 10, 20191 minGreen Star Future Focus consultation ready for your inputThe GBCA has released their Green Star for New Buildings consultation paper. Green Star has been a transformational force for the sustain...
ALCAS PresidentApr 1, 20191 minLCA Professional Needed in SwedenIf you are an LCA Professional with an interest in working overseas, this job may be for you. Chalmers University of Technology in Gothe...
ALCAS PresidentMar 12, 20191 minConcerns raised about evidence used to define sustainable dietsThere seems to be so much discourse about sustainable diets at the moment and ALCAS members will likely be caught up in the debate at som...
ALCAS PresidentMar 7, 20191 minCall for Papers for WRF 2019Life cycle thinking will be central in this year’s World Resources Forum (WRF 2019), which takes place in Geneva, from October 22-24, 201...
ALCAS PresidentMar 7, 20191 minQuantis and EA kicks off Global Plastic Leak ProjectAimed to develop a methodological guide for companies to locate, map and assess plastic leakage along their value chain in order to addre...
ALCAS PresidentMar 7, 20191 minLife Cycle Initiative launches contest to participate in LCM 2019 conferenceDo you want to attend the 9th International Conference on Life Cycle Management on 1-4 September 2019 in Poznan, Poland? Here's your chan...
ALCAS PresidentMar 7, 20191 minStakeholder consultation process opens for “Linking SDGs to LCA” initiativeUnder the initiative ‘Linking the UN Sustainable Development Goals to life cycle impact pathway frameworks’, LCA 2.-0 Consultants and PRé...
ALCAS PresidentMar 5, 20191 minLCA study shows how landscape plants can help reduce carbon footprintA study out of the University of Kentucky illustrates carbon footprint analyses using data from previous research that modeled nursery an...
ALCAS PresidentMar 4, 20191 minPackaging Under SiegeSustainability consulting firm thinkstep have recently published a white paper on packaging. The paper recognises that packaging, partic...
ALCAS PresidentMar 4, 20191 minLCA is glamorous!Data from a recent report on slowing down or sustainably accelerating fast fashion was put on display at a fashion show in London. "Dis...