EU Green Week
webinar3 June @11.15-12.15 CEST UNEP will be providing perspectives on the use of life cycle information to support consumer choices and lifestyles next to our colleagues in the Joint Research Centre, who will be launching the Consumer Footprint Calculator Session title: 8.2 Walking tall and treading light – creating sustainable lifestyles with the environmental footprint...
USEtox near-field/far-field (eco-)toxicity’ Virtual Summer School
Virtual EventJune 7 - June 11 4th official ‘USEtox near-field/far-field (eco-)toxicity’ Virtual Summer School | 7-11 June 2021 | Organized as PhD course by the USEtox International Center hosted at DTU Management | Draft program attached | Registration open now Participants work on their own cases to characterize human and ecotoxicity impacts of chemical emissions and...
InTex launch: UNEP’s new textile project
webinar15 June 2021 11:00-12:00 CEST UNEP is supporting Sustainable Consumption and Production systems in the textiles sector by providing access to expertise and data on life cycle thinking, resource efficiency and circularity. The InTex project will officially be launched 15 June 2021 11:00-12:00 CEST. The project supports the uptake of eco-innovation and use of Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)...
Environmental impacts of single-use nappies: webinar
webinar23 June @ 12pm CEST In continuation of the Life Cycle Initiative’s work on single-use plastic products and their alternatives, the study on nappies has recently been published. Join our panel of experts as they present and discuss the findings from this study on the environmental impacts of single-use nappies. They will be discussing the results of...
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a tool to evaluate single-use plastics in South Africa
webinar29.06.2021 WEBINAR PROGRAMME Setting the scene: LCA and South Africa’s Extended Producer Responsibility legislation – Kgauta Mokoena, Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment. Why LCA and single-use plastic products?– Llorenç Milà i Canals, UNEP Using LCA to evaluate single-use plastic products and alternatives – Llorenç Milà i Canals, UNEP Integrating litter into LCAs: the...
What does a life-cycle approach applied to address marine litter and plastic pollution look like?
webinar12 July 2021 During the first pre-meeting of the informal “Ministerial Conference on Marine Litter and Plastic Pollution”, a request was made by Member States to UNEP and the Life Cycle Initiative (hosted by UNEP) to provide technical insights to the delegates on what does it mean to use a life cycle approach in the...
LCM 2021
5-8 September 2021 The LCM (Life Cycle Management) conference series is one of the world’s leading forums for environmental, economic and social sustainability. The 10th International Conference on Life Cycle Management will take place from 5th-8th September 2021 in Stuttgart, Germany. The conference will be organized under the following theme: Building a Sustainable Future Based...
79th Discussion Forum on LCA
18 November 2021 Collaboration within and beyond the LCA community: success stories, obstacles and solutions As collaborations are beneficial for the success of LCA, we encourage you to join us to have a lively discussion with members of the LCA community and experts from other disciplines who worked with LCA practitioners about: 1. Which are the...
Guidance on Social Life Cycle Assessment: Hybrid Event, Brussels & Online
Virtual Event7 December 2021 We are happy to announce a hybrid event on December 7th, 2021 at 13h30 CET at the Residence Palace in Brussels, as well as online, entitled “Implementing the New UNEP 2020 S-LCA Guidelines”. The event will be organized by the SLC Alliance, hosted by Mrs. Zakia Khattabi, the Belgian Minister of Climate, Environment, Sustainable Development...
Reuse Solutions to Beat Plastic Pollution: UNEA 5.2 side event
28 February 2022 With only 9% of global plastic waste being recycled, managing waste once it’s generated is not nearly enough. How can we scale waste prevention solutions focused on reuse? This session convenes leading stakeholders and voices for change, calling for urgent action and embedding reuse as a critical tool in the fight against...
SETAC Europe 32nd Annual Meeting
15-19 May 2022 The meeting will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark and Online. The abstract submission deadline has been extended to 25th March! More information and registration.
Multi-Stakeholder Dialogues: share your voice to end plastic pollution
29 May – 1 June 2022 You are invited to join the Multi-Stakeholder dialogues, which are part of the programme of the open-ended working group (OEWG), and organized by UNEP, the Life Cycle Initiative, the Global Partnership on Marine Litter (GPML) and the Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI). The dialogues are organized to engage and hear the voices of stakeholders...
SETAC Asia-Pacific 2022 Virtual Conference
5-8 September 2022 The SETAC 8th World Congress will now be held from 5-8 September 2022 virtually. Please save the date, and stay tuned for updates as we get closer to the meeting. More information.
8th International Conference of Social Life Cycle Assessment “Leave No One Behind”
5-8 September 2022 The International Conference of Social Life Cycle Assessment is the main event to present current methodological developments and best practices in social life cycle assessment (S-LCA). The 8th edition of the conference will take place in a hybrid format from 5-8 September 2022 in Aachen, Germany. The theme chosen for this edition...
Supermarket food packaging LCA Meta-study Launch
Virtual Event11 October 2022 This report is a life cycle assessment meta-analysis that draws recommendations for policymakers and LCA practitioners on the packaging solutions with the least environmental footprint for supermarket food. The launch of the advance copy of the report, occurs on 11 October 2022 , during the hybrid 13th International Conference on Life Cycle...
13th International Conference on LCA of Food
12-14 October 2022 Abstract submission for the 13th International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment of Food (LCA Foods 2022) is now open and will remain available until January 31st 2022. The conference will be held at the Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú, in Lima, Peru, October 12-14 2022. We are offering a hybrid conference in which...
EcoBalance 2022
30 October - 2 November, 2022 The International Conference on EcoBalance, organized by the Institute of Life Cycle Assessment, Japan (ILCAJ), has been held in Japan since 1994 as a biennial conference. Setting life cycle thinking as its core-concept, EcoBalance is recognized as one of the world's premier conferences for academic, industry, and government professionals....
Pathways to Sustainable Markets through credible, comparable life-cycle-based information
November 16, 2022 Join 'Pathways to Sustainable Markets through credible, comparable Lifecycle-based information' on November 16 during COP27. Register to watch our live stream How we construct our buildings and cities is an example of unsustainable consumption and production practices. The way we build and use our buildings must change if we are to reach...
The 30th CIRP Life Cycle Engineering Conference
May 15-17 2023 The 30th CIRP LCE Conference will be co-hosted by Rutgers University and the University of Maryland. The theme of the event ‘Enabling Absolute Sustainability and the Circular Economy using Data and Insight’, focuses on the opportunities provided by new technologies to enable a systems-level perspective needed to harmonize industrial systems, society, and...
Webinar “UNEP briefing on solutions to end plastic pollution: new report release”
webinarMay 17, 2023 at 3-4 pm CEST Join us on May 17, 2023 at 3-4 pm CEST to learn what are the economic and business models proposed by UNEP for systems change to end plastic pollution. In this webinar UNEP will present the key findings of its latest report on solutions to plastic pollution (launched...