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Sector
Construction, Consumer Goods, Manufacturing,
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Target group
SMEs, designers, consulting firms
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Application
By understanding what environmental impact your products make across the life cycle, you can also discover how to improve it. During this webinar you will learn more about LCA, its relationship to circular economy and how to use the Self Assessment tool to quickly and easily measure environmental impact.
Impact measurement, life cycle assessment & the LCA Self Assessment tool
In this Expert Café you will get an explanation and background information, from a scientific angle, about impact measurement in general and life cycle analysis (LCA) in particular. Which role can it play and which not? What developments are there within Europe and how are they implemented in the Netherlands?
During this webinar, the new Self Assessment tool was launched. This tool is intended for SMEs to quickly and easily gain insight into the circularity and environmental impact of product(s). The tool was realized by TNO, LBP | Sight and CIRCO, supported by the Circular Manufacturing Industry Implementation Program and is freely available to everyone.
More about the LCA tool
Speakers & Presentations
The Expert Café featured the following topics and speakers:
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The broader perspective Circular Economy and life cycle assessment (LCA)
- Jeannette Levels-Vermeer, environmental & sustainability consultant and owner of LBP|Sight & CIRCO Expert team
The LCA playing field and the (im)possibilities of the method
- Dr. René Kleijn, Associate Professor at the Center for Environmental Sciences (CML) Leiden University
Using the TNO tool for understanding the environmental impact of products
- MSc. Diana Bizarro, Senior Scientist Innovator LCA and Circular Economy at TNO
Getting started with the TNO tool using 2 product examples
- Gerwin Beukhof, environmental & sustainability consultant LBP|Sight & CIRCO Expert team
"By understanding what environmental impact your products make across the life cycle, you can also discover how to improve it. In the tool, for example, you can easily play with material choices and interventions to come up with new more sustainable product strategies."
- Jeannette Levels-Vermeer | CIRCO Expert Team
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