Carbon-Zero’s experienced team is here to guide you through an in-depth carbon assessment at the product level, supporting your commitment to delivering sustainable products.
Product Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) evaluates the environmental impact of a product throughout its entire lifecycle—whether it’s from production to delivery (cradle to gate), production to waste disposal (cradle to grave), or ideally, production to recycling (cradle to cradle).
By examining every stage of your product, from design and materials selection to sourcing, manufacturing, product use, and end-of-life disposal, the LCA will provide detailed insights into carbon emissions. This enables you to identify opportunities for improvements that can reduce the environmental impact of your product while meeting the growing demand for more sustainable solutions in the market.
For more detailed information on the Life Cycle Assessment process– download our Life Cycle Assessment Information Page from our Knowledge Hub.
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Environmental Product Declaration
From a completed Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), transparently reports on the objective, comparable, and third-party verified data, on a product’s environmental performance throughout its lifecycle.
The EPD outlines the product’s environmental impacts, which can be assessed from various perspectives, such as Cradle to Gate, Cradle to Practical Completion, Cradle to Grave, or Cradle to Cradle. The specific scope of the declaration depends on the product, its use, and the potential for full recyclability of its materials.
The EPD evaluates the full value chain of the product, offering a comprehensive environmental impact assessment that covers aspects like ozone depletion, water consumption, and acidification. Once compiled, the report undergoes independent verification before being registered in an EPD Library for public access.
Your product’s EPD can then be benchmarked against similar products, allowing you to compare its environmental impact with others in the market.
For more in depth information on a Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) – download our Life Cycle Information Page from our Knowledge Hub.
Or to discuss further book your free 30 minute (no obligation) consultation now.
Product Carbon Footprint (PCF)
A PCF is a more basic Life Cycle Assessment of a product, considering only the carbon emissions from the life cycle, and none of the other environmental emissions or impacts looked at in an LCA.
It presents the same opportunities to consider all of the elements in its Life Cycle elements and the carbon emissions from each stage of its life, from the Design, Materials, Manufacturing Processes & Recyclability etc.
The benefit of a PCF will be:
An improved product design, reducing carbon emissions in its life cycle, which can be compared against its original design and that of a competing product to determine the carbon benefits from the more sustainable product.
From its lower embodied carbon and more often greater benefits from extended life (less replacement costs for product and installation) and perhaps recyclability.
For more in depth information on a Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) – download our Life Cycle Information Page from our Knowledge Hub.
Or to discuss further book your free 30 minute (no obligation) consultation now.