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October 2020
Single Use Plastic Products: Series 1 Part 2
October 20, 2020 This is PART 2 of a two-part webinar series held over the course of October, with each part giving different examples of what national governments have done to address single-use plastic products pollution and results from Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies on the impacts of single-use plastic products and their alternatives. Collectively these webinars offer great content to help support governments in developing the right policies to address single-use plastic products pollution. Pick the series that works… Find out more »Single Use Plastic Products: Series 2 Part 2
October 27, 2020 This is PART 2 of a two-part webinar series held over the course of October, with each part giving different examples of what national governments have done to address single-use plastic products pollution and results from Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies on the impacts of single-use plastic products and their alternatives. Collectively these webinars offer great content to help support governments in developing the right policies to address single-use plastic products pollution. Pick the series that works… Find out more »November 2020
Webinar on the Life Cycle Thinking e-learning courses
November 3, 2020 Have you ever wanted to learn more about life cycle thinking, but don’t know where to start? Don’t have time or resources to enroll in a traditional training course? The Life Cycle Initiative’s free e-learning courses on Life Cycle Thinking could be perfect for you! With their modular structure, you can take them at your own pace and to suit your own interest area – be it policy, business or academic. They will give you a thorough…
Find out more »Webinar on the Life Cycle Thinking e-learning courses
November 4, 2020 Have you ever wanted to learn more about life cycle thinking, but don’t know where to start? Don’t have time or resources to enroll in a traditional training course? The Life Cycle Initiative’s free e-learning courses on Life Cycle Thinking could be perfect for you! With their modular structure, you can take them at your own pace and to suit your own interest area – be it policy, business or academic. They will give you a thorough…
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Webinar: DEVELOPING A NATIONAL LCA DATABASE: from guidance to practice
19 November, 13:00 – 14:30 CET. A lack of regionally representative data for Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) hampers the use of life cycle thinking in policy-making and environmental decision-making. In this webinar we will showcase the guidance on developing national LCA database roadmaps and learn from the experiences of countries that are successfully advancing their national LCA databases. Join us 19 November, 13:00 – 14:30 CET. Register here. You can already download the Roadmap Guideline report. For more information contact [email protected] or Philippa Notten [email protected] Find out more »December 2020
January 2021
Publication Launch: Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products and Organisations 2020
21 January 2021 Join us 21 January 2021 14:00 CET for the official launch of the “Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products and Organisations 2020”. Together with the project Chairs, the first companies to apply the new guidelines will share their experiences and discuss the associated benefits. Email us [email protected] to register for the event. We are looking forward to meeting you online! >> Download the publication
Find out more »Sustainable Development Goals: Why and how to contribute as a business
28 January 2021 2030 is getting closer and closer. To reach the goals the United Nations (UN) set in its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we have to cooperate on all levels, and we see more and more businesses that want to do their part. Join us Thursday 28 January to hear how companies are approaching the SDGs in their business practices. To cover the various time zones, the event will be held twice: 9:00-10:30h CET OR 15:30-17:00h CET (pick the…
Find out more »Sustainable Development Goals: Why and how to contribute as a business
28 January 2021 2030 is getting closer and closer. To reach the goals the United Nations (UN) set in its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), we have to cooperate on all levels, and we see more and more businesses that want to do their part. Join us Thursday 28 January to hear how companies are approaching the SDGs in their business practices. To cover the various time zones, the event will be held twice: 9:00-10:30h CET OR 15:30-17:00h CET (pick the…
Find out more »February 2021
UNEA5 side event: Addressing single-use plastic products pollution with a life cycle approach
19 February 2021 Interested in knowing how various countries deal with plastic pollution? Want to know how single-use plastic products fare against their alternatives from an environmental life cycle standpoint? Tune in to this virtual UNEA5 side event to get the facts first-hand, ahead of the fifth session of the UN Environment Assembly (UNEA5). This event responds to Resolution UNEP/EA.4/R.9 on “Addressing Single-use plastic products pollution” Date: Friday, 19 February 2021 Time: 14:00-15:30 EAT (UTC+3) To register: https://attendee.gotowebinar.com/register/1299553887714198032
Find out more »March 2021
Re-set for Ecobalance 2020
4-5 March 2021 EcoBalance is one of the longest established international conferences discussing methodologies and practices for sustainability. Due to COVID-19, the conference has been rescheduled. Ecobalance 2020 will now be held on-line 4-5 March 2021 in a hybrid format of on-line and on-demand talks. The call for papers has been extended. You have until 11 January 2021 to submit an abstract. Abstracts should be submitted here http://www.ecobalanceconference.org/ Any questions? Please email us [email protected]
Find out more »April 2021
Preventing Plastic Pollution: The Role of Environmental Agreements and Regional Bodies
April 23, 2021 Head of the Life Cycle Initiative Secretariat, Llorenç Milà i Canals, will speak about UNEP’s work on life cycle assessment of single-use plastic products and their alternatives in this event co-organised by the UNEP’s office in Tanzania with The FlipFlopi Project, British High Commission Dar es Salaam and Empower, also featuring IUCN’s application of our joint guidance to quantify plastic leakage and shape action accordingly. Date: Friday 23rd April, 14h-16h East Africa Time / 13-15h CEST. Register: https://bit.ly/3wP1AcT
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June 2021
USEtox near-field/far-field (eco-)toxicity’ Virtual Summer School
June 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 chemicals in consumer products, and will learn how to apply USEtox in life cycle assessment (LCA), chemical substitution and alternatives assessment (CAA), high-throughput risk screening…
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Environmental impacts of single-use nappies: webinar
23 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 their Life Cycle Assessments comparing single-use nappies and their alternatives, as well as the implications for policymakers. Chair: Guy Schanschieff MBE, Chair of the Nappy…
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as a tool to evaluate single-use plastics in South Africa
29.06.2021 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 need and the approach – Dr Takunda Chitaka, University of the Western Cape Building on SA’s LCA expertise: way forward for effective LCAs in response…
Find out more »July 2021
What does a life-cycle approach applied to address marine litter and plastic pollution look like?
12 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 context of plastic pollution. In this sense, a webinar on “What does a life-cycle approach applied to address marine litter and plastic pollution look like?”…
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