EurActiv - Assessing the environmental impact of products throughout their whole lifecycle - from raw material extraction to transport, consumption and final disposal - is being touted as the new mantra in environmental policymaking and sustainable business decision-making...While International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) standards on Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) already exist, there is no commonly accepted guidance to complement them and ensure consistent life-cycle data or robust assessments.
The JRC's Institute for Environment and Sustainability is leading the European Platform on Life-Cycle Assessment , which aims to improve the credibility, acceptance and practice of LCA by business and public authorities, by providing reference data and recommending methods for LCA studies.
By 2011: EU expected to finalise a European Reference Life-Cycle Database (ELCD), an International Reference Life-Cycle Data System (ILCD), a Handbook of technical guidance documents for LCA and an ILCD Data Network.
Tuesday, December 15, 2009
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