 Research method to evaluate the

environmental impact associated with the

life of a product or service

 Environmental Foot prints and Carbon

Foot prints
 Insights in the environmental impact: You,
your clients or investors want insights in the
environmental impact of your products or
production process.
 Cost reduction: You aim to get insights in saving
options for energy and materials which are used in
the production process.
 Substantiate a strategic decision: You want
to make certain strategic decisions, which
need supporting information.
 Development of innovations: You want to
know the environmental advantages of certain
innovation ideas.

 Increase market value: You want to increase

market value, for instance by communication
about the sustainability of your products
 USE Review/V DATA Deliverabl Expected
erification es Duration
Screenin Internal Internal Company Presentati Approx 1 –
g LCA Review Specific on or 5 Months
report
External Independ Company Presentati Approx 3 –
Product ent Specific/ on or/and 5 Months
LCA External Supply report
Review Chain
Specific
Compara External Independ Company Presentati Approx 5
tive LCA ent Specific/ on or/and Months
External Supply report
Review Chain
Specific
 Cradle to Grave
 Cradle to Gate
 Cradle to Gate
 Gate to Gate
 Gate to Grave
 Gate to Grave
1. Goal and Scope :
 What is the reason for carrying out the
study?
 What is the indented application?
 What is the targeted audience of the
deliverables?
 What to analyze and how?
2. Inventory Analysis: Data Collection
 Collection of data
 Data modeling
 Result: Inventory table, an extensive list of
environmental interventions
3. Impact Assessment
 Determine the environmental impact of
reference flows for different impact
categories
 Translate inventory table into impact
indicator results

CH4 CO2 NO3 NH3 H20

etc
4. Interpretation
 Consistency check
 Completeness check
 Report/Presentation
 Self Assessment
 Product Development
 Product Improvement
 Strategic Planning
 Policy making/intervention
 LCA OF T-Shirt
 Preferably 100% cotton
 Klash Textile (Preferable brand “NEXT”)
 Software for Data Analysis: GaBi 8.0
 In the beginning we are focusing on
Gate to Gate