Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Gain a holistic understanding of your impact footprint throughout your product or service's life cycle, across boundaries. We leverage our expertise and technology to deliver comprehensive Life Cycle Assessment studies compliant with industry standards.

Life Cycle AssessmentLCA is not just a Number,
We enable Green Manufacturing.

Life Cycle Assessment : What is it?

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a robust, data-driven methodology for evaluating the environmental and social impacts of a product or service throughout its entire lifecycle.
This approach provides a comprehensive understanding of the product's footprint and potential areas for improvement.
The standardized nature of LCA methodology guarantees consistency and transparency in our assessments, allowing for informed decision-making.
By analyzing each stage of the product's life cycle, we can identify opportunities to optimize resource utilization and enhance overall product performance in a sustainable manner.

How do you use LCAs?

Typical LCA Boundaries

Cradle to Gate: from resource extraction (cradle) to the factory gate (before the product is transported to the consumer).
Cradle to Grave: from resource extraction (cradle) to the disposal phase (grave).
Cradle to Cradle: from resource extraction (cradle) to the recycling of the product into new raw materials (another cradle).
Grave to Grave: focusing on the disposal or end-of-life phase of a product to another disposal phase.

Frameworks for LCA

ISO 14040:2006 : This standard outlines the general principles and framework for conducting LCA studies.
It covers the key stages of LCA (goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, impact assessment, and interpretation) and provides guidance on conducting a comprehensive and transparent LCA.

ISO 14044:2006 : This standard builds upon ISO 14040 by providing detailed requirements and guidelines for each stage of the LCA process. It specifies how to conduct inventory analysis, select impact categories and characterization models, and interpret the results of the study.

Overview of Process Flow : Life Cycle Assessment

Define Goal & Scope

Conduct Inventory Analysis

Impact Assessment

Interpretation

Define Goal & Scope

Defining the Goal
Setting the Scope
Defining the Functional Unit
Defining the System Boundaries
Establishing Data Quality Requirements
Critical Review Process

Conduct Inventory Analysis

Data collection & treatment
Refining system boundaries
Calculation
Validation of data
Relating data to the specific system
Allocating impacts to the systems

Impact Assessment

Category definition
Classification
Characterization factors
Valuation/weighting of each

Interpretation

Identification of significant environmental issues
Evaluation
Conclusions & recommendations

Defining the Goal
Setting the Scope
Defining the Functional Unit
Defining the System Boundaries
Establishing Data Quality Requirements
Critical Review Process

Data collection & treatment
Refining system boundaries
Calculation
Validation of data
Relating data to the specific system
Allocating impacts to the systems

Category definition
Classification
Characterization factors
Valuation/weighting of each

Identification of significant environmental issues
Evaluation
Conclusions & recommendations

Social Life Cycle Assessment - SLCA

SLCA helps organizations manage social risks in their supply chains, enabling issue assessment, prioritization, mitigation, targeting, and reporting in line with best practices and upcoming legislation. The main impact assessment factors include but are not limited to:

Poverty
Fair pay
Forced Labour
Migration
Child Labour

Work/life balance
Social benefits
Indigenous rights
Sexual harassment
Discrimination

Health and safety
Corruption
Access to resources
Fair trading relationships
Consumer privacy

Responsible communication
Skill development
Marketing at children
Education
Employment

Life Cycle AssessmentOur Tool for LCA: SimaPro v9.0

Ease of Use

More user-friendly interface and better usability

Database Integration

Extensive built-in library of Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) data

Reporting

Flexible and customizable reporting capabilities
implementation.

Relevance

Global & Regional (Indian databases available)

Features

Extensive databases and life cycle inventory data
Advanced modeling capabilities
Integration with other sustainability tools
Robust reporting features
Extensive databases and data quality
Advanced features and functionalities
Strong support and training options
Industry-specific solutions

Database for S-LCA

We are well equipped for conducting Social LCAs as well through SHDB (Social Hotspot Database) which provide the ability to use the risk information together with a supply chain model in Sima Pro to calculate a social footprint, measure positive impacts and identify hotspots.

Sustainable Climate PlanningRegulations

National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC)

National Mission for a Green India (GIM)

National Clean Air Program

Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)

Water Management Guidelines (CPCB)

Strategy Towards Sustainability

Integrated Audit
Services

Sustainable Climate Planning Solutions

Corporate Sustainability Solutions

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Nature Based
Solution

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)