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ISO 14040 & ISO 14044-Aligned LCA Consulting. Measure product impacts, identify hotspots, and improve sustainability with data-driven LCA.
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What is Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)?
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) measures a product’s environmental impacts across its life cycle, from raw materials and manufacturing to transportation, use and end-of-life.
Aligned with ISO 14040 and ISO 14044, LCA services help businesses identify environmental hotspots, improve products, reduce emissions and support sustainability reporting, EPD development and informed decision-making.
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Why Does Your Business Need an LCA?
How can we support you?
Contact usQuantify environmental impacts using a structured methodology.
Understand contributions from materials, energy and processes.
Evaluate impacts across relevant life cycle stages.
Build a credible environmental performance baseline.
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Our Life Cycle Assessment Services
Scoping & Goal Setting
Define exactly what the LCA will assess and establish a technically appropriate foundation for the study.
Goal & Scope
Define the intended application, study objective and key requirements.
System Boundary
Establish an appropriate cradle-to-gate, gate-to-gate or cradle-to-grave boundary.
Functional Unit
Define the quantified reference against which inputs, outputs and environmental impacts are assessed.
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Why Choose Growlity for Life Cycle Assessment Consulting?
1. ISO-Aligned LCA Approach
Our Life Cycle Assessment studies follow the principles and methodological requirements of ISO 14040 and ISO 14044.
- Clearly defined goal and scope
- Transparent system boundaries and assumptions
- Structured inventory and impact assessment
- Interpretation supported by underlying LCA results
2. Product-Specific LCA Modelling
Assessment based on relevant product data, manufacturing processes, materials, utilities, transportation and waste flows.
- Product-specific foreground data
- Relevant background inventory datasets
- Appropriate functional or declared unit
- Transparent modelling assumptions
3. Decision-Ready Environmental Insights
Go beyond impact numbers to understand environmental hotspots and improvement opportunities.
- Environmental hotspot identification
- Contribution analysis
- Scenario comparison where applicable
- Actionable interpretation of results
4. Support Beyond the LCA Study
Use LCA results to support EPD development and independent review or verification requirements.
- Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) support
- Product environmental performance assessment
- Product improvement studies
- Third-party review and verification support
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
Life Cycle Assessment is a standardized methodology for evaluating the environmental impacts of a product, process or service across defined stages of its life cycle. It considers inputs and outputs such as raw materials, energy, transportation, emissions and waste and translates them into environmental impact indicators.
ISO 14040 defines the principles and framework of Life Cycle Assessment, while ISO 14044 specifies requirements and guidelines for conducting an LCA, including goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, impact assessment, interpretation and reporting.
Data requirements depend on the product and system boundary. Typical information includes the bill of materials, raw material quantities, production data, electricity and fuel consumption, transportation, packaging, waste generation, water consumption and, for broader boundaries, distribution, use and end-of-life information.
A cradle-to-gate LCA evaluates impacts from raw material extraction through manufacturing until the product leaves the factory gate. A cradle-to-grave LCA extends the assessment to downstream stages such as distribution, use and end-of-life.
Yes. An LCA provides the quantitative environmental assessment underlying an EPD. For EPD development, the LCA must also follow the applicable Product Category Rules, programme instructions and relevant standards.
An LCA can assess multiple environmental impact categories, whereas a Product Carbon Footprint focuses specifically on greenhouse gas emissions expressed as carbon dioxide equivalents. The appropriate assessment depends on the intended purpose and reporting requirement.
The timeline depends on product complexity, system boundary, data availability, number of facilities or products, modelling requirements and whether independent review is required. A project timeline can be established after reviewing the product and available data.
Growlity can support the preparation of the LCA documentation and provide technical assistance during an independent review or verification process where required. Independent verification or critical review is performed by an appropriately qualified external reviewer.
LCA can be applied across manufacturing and product sectors, including chemicals, construction materials, metals, engineering products, renewable energy, textiles, packaging, consumer products and other industrial product systems.
Start by sharing basic details about your product, business objective and available production data. Our LCA experts will help you understand the requirements, define the appropriate scope and system boundary, and identify the data needed for the assessment. Not sure where to begin? Contact our LCA experts for an initial consultation and guidance on the right approach for your product.
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