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Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA)

Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment (LCSA) is a developing method for evaluating all environmental, social and economic negative impacts and benefits in decision-making processes towards more sustainable products throughout their life cycle.

Themes

Job requirements and qualifications
Autonomy
Human toxicity
Human toxicity indirect (emissions)
Climate change
Smog
Physical hazards
Acidification
Ecotoxicity
Eutrophication
Ozone depletion
Physical habitat quality (inc. biodiversity)
Water quantity
Land use
Product quantity and quality
Industrial requirements
Labour in lifecycle
Social equity
Non-renewable resources (inc. energy)
Labour rights

Geographical scale

Local
Global
Regional

Assessment type

Quantitative

Spatial focus of impact

General

Life Cycle

Cradle to gate
Cradle to grave

Technical Stage

Development
Commercial

Model data

Default values

Open Access and method

Yes

English available

Yes