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