We’re pleased to present the headlines of the January/February 2023 edition of the LC Net:

LC Net Focus

• Bring on 2023!
  Happy and healthy new year to the Life Cycle Community! We are excited to welcome 2023 with a renewed sense of purpose.

Announcements

• Call for Funding: a new project to develop consistent guidelines to model and consider Biogenic Carbon in LCA
• Call for crowd funding for GLAM survey
• Dr. James A. Fava retires after 45 Years in Sustainability

Project & Activity Updates

• More people learned about Life Cycle Thinking via our e-learning courses in 2022
• New content launched on SCP-HAT:“Guided user journey” & “SCP-HAT toolbox”
• Publication of the report “Supermarket Food Packaging LCA Meta-Analysis”
• USEtox: New communication material available
• How industry is applying USEtox in Sri Lanka
• GLAM: Finalization of the GLAM Global Life Cycle Impact Assessment Method

Life Cycle Community News

• Implementation of InTex Project
• Invitation: share relevant literature or become a reviewer for the new UNEP Textiles LCA Meta-study
• Call for Insights: Fashion Industry Target Consultation
• New Eco-innovation Electronics Supplement published
• Call for Abstracts: International Conference of Life Cycle Assessment in Latin America (CILCA) 2023
• World Resources Forum 2023 ‘Rethinking Value – Resources for Planetary Wellbeing’ – Call for Abstracts is open!
• ORIENTING project case studies progress

Life Cycle Community Calendar

• International Conference of Life Cycle Assessment in Latin America (CILCA) 2023
• World Resources Forum 2023 ‘Rethinking Value – Resources for Planetary Wellbeing’
• The 11th International Conference On Life Cycle Management
• 14th LCA Food International Conference

Life Cycle Job Announcements

• Internship opportunity with the Life Cycle Initiative: Apply by 26 January
• GLAD mapping coordinator in Life Cycle Initiative, UNEP
• Postdoctoral Appointee of Life Cycle Analysis in Argonne National Laboratory