Single Use Plastic Products: Series 1 Part 2
Virtual EventOctober 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...
Single Use Plastic Products: Series 2 Part 2
Virtual EventOctober 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...
Webinar on the Life Cycle Thinking e-learning courses
Virtual EventNovember 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...
Webinar on the Life Cycle Thinking e-learning courses
Virtual EventNovember 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...
Webinar: DEVELOPING A NATIONAL LCA DATABASE: from guidance to practice
webinar19 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...
Colloque « Science, Innovation et Société » de l’ANRT
Virtual EventDecember 10, 2020 Colloque « Science, Innovation et Société » de l’ANRT, en partenariat avec la chaire ELSA-PACT et la Cité de l’Economie et des Métiers de Demain CEMD 10 décembre 2020, 9h00 - 16h30 L’ANALYSE DE CYCLE DE VIE (ACV), UN OUTIL AU SERVICE DES STRATÉGIES ENVIRONNEMENTALES. QUELLE RECHERCHE, QUELLE INNOVATION, QUELS USAGES ?...
Publication Launch: Guidelines for Social Life Cycle Assessment of Products and Organisations 2020
Virtual Event21 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 marzia.traverso@inab.rwth-aachen.de to register for the event. We are looking forward to meeting you online! >> Download the publication
Sustainable Development Goals: Why and how to contribute as a business
Virtual Event28 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...
Sustainable Development Goals: Why and how to contribute as a business
Virtual Event28 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...
UNEA5 side event: Addressing single-use plastic products pollution with a life cycle approach
Virtual Event19 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...
Re-set for Ecobalance 2020
Virtual Event4-5 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...
Preventing Plastic Pollution: The Role of Environmental Agreements and Regional Bodies
Virtual EventApril 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...
CILCA 2021 I IX International Conference on Life Cycle Assessment in Latin America – “Think long term and act immediately”
31 May - 4 June 2021 CILCA 2021 proposes a space to address these new challenges with its traditional life cycle approach, accepting face-to-face and virtual participation in all its instances. In this way, we hope to provide an adaptable solution to the current pandemic of COVID-19 and the diversity of circumstances that can affect...
EU Green Week 2021
Virtual EventJune 11, 2021 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 tool...
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...