Stroll through any aisle in the grocery store today and it won’t take long to find products that claim to be sustainable. Some brands might profess how much energy was offset to make a product, while ...

Two analytic perspectives on environmental assessment dominate environmental policy and decision-making: risk analysis (RA) and life-cycle assessment (LCA). RA focuses on management of a toxicological ...

Life cycle assessment (LCA) and greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories are two key measurement tools being used to track an organization’s environmental impact. Is one more effective than the other? The ...

In our modem society, all products and services are based on the use of energy and material resources. While the products and services of stone-age hunter-gatherers or a primitive village economy may ...

International corporations in an increasingly globalized economy exert a major influence on the planet’s land use and resources through their product design and material sourcing decisions. Many ...

McGill engineering researchers have introduced an open-source model that makes it easier for experts and non-experts alike to ...

A recently released primer for the use of a life-cycle assessment approach to analyze the environmental impacts of buildings is considered a small but necessary step toward the ambitious goal of ...

OTTAWA, ON, Sept. 29, 2025 /PRNewswire/ - On October 8th, Claigan will host a webinar diving into the practical approaches for conducting a product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). The 2027 mandatory ...

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Sharmon Lebby is a writer and sustainable fashion stylist who studies and reports on the intersections of environmentalism, fashion, and BIPOC communities. The Life Cycle Assessment, or LCA, is a ...

We’re certified life-cycle assessment (LCA) professionals. The New York State Pollution Prevention Institute (NYSP2I) performs LCAs to help manufacturers, businesses, nonprofits, and municipalities ...