Past Events

29-31 August Recent member of the Life Cycle Initiative, the Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation (FSLCI) is hosting the  Life cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC), in August at Berlin. The conference explores the use of  a systems perspective with respect to the 17 sustainable development goals when discussing sustainable innovation.Both, innovative approaches and methods to address sustainability challenges as well as innovative products and services will be discussed to help transition towards a more sustainable world. Applications are still…

10-12 September 2018 “Social LCA : People and Places for Partnership” – 6th International Conference on Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA) The University “G. d’Annunzio” of Pescara-Chieti, in collaboration with Ecoinnovazione srl,  a spin-off of ENEA, is organising the 6th International Conference on Social Life Cycle Assessment (S-LCA). The conference will be held in Pescara, Italy, on 10-12 September 2018. The overarching theme of the conference is “Social LCA : People and Places for Partnership”. Coinciding with the conference, the Life Cycle Initiative will…

Oct 4-5, 2018. VII Encuentro Argentino de Ciclo de Vida VI Encuentro de la Red Argentina de Huella Hídrica ENARCIV2018 En esta edición 2018, se convoca a investigadores, estudiantes, empresas, asociaciones profesionales y no gubernamentales, organismos gubernamentales, y profesionales en general a participar del evento, a través de la presentación de trabajos y de la asistencia al encuentro para analizar y discutir experiencias sobre el Análisis de Ciclo de Vida (ACV) y sus herramientas asociadas. La reunión incluirá un programa…

24-26 October 2018 The 2018 RICV Seminar will be held in the city of Tegucigalpa, from 24 to 26 of October.  The Seminar is being organized by the Honduran Life Cycle Network main co-founders: the National Council for Sustainable Development (CONADES), CICOMER and LAC Footprint Initiative. The Seminar is being supported and co-organized with the RICV,  the support and collaboration of the Life Cycle Initiative and UN Environment with the dissemination of this Seminar and other international organizations. Honduras is…

29-31 October The Third Latin American Congress of Ecodesign (EcodAl) , which will take place in October at Puebla de Zaragoza Mexico. Speakers from all over the continent and from the Spanish-speaking community, will show us the advances in Ecodesign, Life Cycle and Sustainable Design. Specific details on themes, registration etc to be released soon.

28-29 January 2019 UN Environment is conducting a workshop which aims to create a common understanding of key impact drivers and intervention strategies for a sustainable textile value chain on a policy, business, consumer and financing level. The workshop will convene in the UN Environment in Paris, bringing together participants form different sectors and regions of the world. This workshop is by invitation only; the outcome of the workshop will be communicated in future newsletters.

31 Jan – 1 Feb 2019 After the successful 1st workshop in February 2018, the consultation workshop on a systemic approach to marine plastics will go into its second round. Based on the foundation of the first workshop, which identified key environmental hotspots and intervention points along the value chain, the 2nd workshop will go into a deeper discussion of recommended actions to address the identified hotspots. This workshop is by invitation only, the outcome of the workshop will be communicated in…

11-15 March 2019 The Life Cycle Initiative is preparing for the fourth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA4) that will take place in Nairobi in March 2019 and will focus on “innovative solutions for environmental challenges and sustainable consumption and production”. This year, one key focus area will be life-cycle approaches to resource efficiency, energy, chemicals and waste management. Since it was created in the Rio+20 conference back in 2012, the UNEA has continued to be the world’s highest-level decision-making body on…