Assessing and communicating potential environmental benefits of the Circular Economy: A case study on ski core circularity

Ulrike Kirschnick¹, Sara Casale², Herbert Gruber², Roland Pomberger³, Ewald Fauster¹

1: Processing of composites and design for recycling, Technical University Leoben, Austria; 2: Head Sport GmbH, Austria; 3: Waste Processing Technology and Waste Management, Technical University Leoben, Austria

Joint application of Life Cycle and Criticality Assessments: A Case Study on Lithium-Ion Batteries

Dieuwertje Schrijvers¹, Emilie Guilvert¹, Anish Koyamparambath², Guido Sonnemann², Frédéric Lai³, Marion Devienne⁴, Philippe Osset⁴, Naeem Adibi¹

1: WeLOOP, France; 2: ISM-CyVi; 3: BRGM; 4: SCORELCA

Siemens approach for a Robust Eco Design: Insights and an outlook after five years of implementation

Johannes Auer, Karin Uebelhoer

Siemens AG, Germany

Circularity and Ferrer’s Packaging for Good Program

Sergi Arnau Castel¹, Beatriz Cuende Negra¹, Laura Batlle Bayer², Ilonka Zsolt Fradera¹

1: Grupo Ferrer Internacional, Spain; 2: Anthesis, Spain

Towards a novel circularity indicator for building flooring: A comparative analysis

Pouya Samani, Lisanne Heemskerk

Netherlands Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO)

Life Cycle Assessment of Retrofitting Switchgears in Medium and Low Voltage Applications

Mariana Gaspar Martinez, Tanvi Sharma, Amelie Fehm

Siemens AG, Germany

Sustainability and Performance through Life Cycle Innovation

Catarina Faria¹, Bruno Silva¹, Pedro Sá², Ângela Rodrigues^3,4, Gonçalo Valinho^3,4, Luís Capela^3,4, António Pontes^3,4, Luís Silva¹, Natália Ladeira¹, Bruna Machado¹

1: PIEP – Centre for Innovation in Polymer Engineering, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães; 2: Polisport, Av. Ferreira de Castro nº 818, 3720-024 Carregosa; 3: IPC – Institute for Polymers and Composites, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães; 4: DONE Lab – Advanced Manufacturing of Products and Tools, University of Minho, Campus de Azurém, 4800-058 Guimarães

Pre-emptive life cycle management for resource circulation applying a superstructure-based approach

Yasunori Kikuchi¹, Ayumi Yamaki¹, Aya Heiho^1,2, Shoma Fujii¹, Jun Nakatani¹, Ichiro Daigo¹, Chiharu Tokoro^1,3, Shisuke Murakami¹, Satoshi Ohara¹

1: The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: Tokyo City University, Japan; 3: Waseda University, Japan

Circularity in the tissue paper industry: a review of Life Cycle Assessment application to tissue paper products

Serena Fabbri^1,2, Monia Niero^1,2, Marco Frey^1,2, Francesca Albano^1,2

1: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Sustainability and Climate Interdisciplinary Center, via Santa Cecilia 24, Pisa, Italy; 2: Sant’Anna School of Advanced Studies, Institute of Management, SUM (Sustainability Management) Lab, Piazza Martiri della Libertà 24, Pisa, Italy

Decarbonizing the aviation sector: A detailed LCA model for exploration of methanol-based Sustainable Aviation Fuel production and its scaling up while decarbonizing other sectors

Karin Treyer, Christian Moretti

Paul Scherrer Institute, Switzerland

Pathways for the global chemical industry to climate neutrality

Ronja Hermanns¹, Oskar Vögler¹, Stefano Zehnder², Cassia Oliveira de Lima², James Wilson², Raoul Meys^1,3

1: Carbon Minds, Eupener Str. 165 50933 Cologne, Germany; 2: ICIS, 99 Bishopsgate,EC2M 3AL, London, UK; 3: Institute for Technical Thermodynamics, Schinkelstraße 8, 52062 Aachen, Germany

Nature-based solutions toward net-zero: surface albedo matters ! Demonstration on the case of carbon credits

Maëlys David^1,2, Kathryn Loog¹, Anne de Bortoli^1,3,4, François Saunier¹

1: CIRAIG, Ecole Polytechnique de Montréal; 2: Ecole de Technologie Supérieure de Montréal; 3: LVMT, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech; 4: Université du Québec à Montréal

Using Marginal Abatement Cost and carbon Curves to support decision making toward net zero emissions

Benjamin Canaguier¹, Jean-Pierre Schweitzer¹, Jeanne Briand², Baptiste Pécresse², Baptiste Sene², Svilen Iskrov²

1: Schneider Electric; 2: Accenture

How can Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDRs) contribute to achieving Net-Zero emissions

Hanne Lerche Raadal, Ingunn Saur Modahl

NORSUS, Norway

Environmental and resource use analysis of chemical sugar synthesis for biomanufacturing

Hiro Tabata^1,2, Satoshi Ohara¹, Yuichiro Kanematsu¹, Heng Yi Teah¹, Yasunori Kikuchi¹

1: The University of Tokyo; 2: The University of Osaka

A prospective environmental and economic analysis to pave the German hydrogen transformation path to 2030 and 2045

Mélanie Apitzsch-Delavault^1,2, Maike-Katharina Senk², Mario Schmidt²

1: Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany; 2: Pforzheim University, Germany

Lifecycle assessment of atmospheric and industrial carbon capture using heat pumps

Ankur Dnyaneshwar Gaikwad

Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany

A Stepwise Methodological Framework for Enhancing Comparability in Life Cycle Assessment of CO₂ Adsorption in Hard-to-Abate Industries

Yipeng YAO, Marie-Eve Duprez, Guy De Weireld

Thermodynamics and Mathematical Physics Unit, Faculty of Engineering, University of Mons, 20 Place du Parc, Mons, 7000, Belgium

Scaling-up life cycle thinking into corporate footprint strategy: The Electrolux Group strategy

Stefano Zuin¹, Vsevolod Dengin², Natalia Lopez Marin¹, Vincenzo Lariccia¹, Monica Celotto¹

1: Electrolux Italia; 2: AB Electrolux

Applying Matrix-Based Modeling for GHG Emission Forecasting and Corporate Decarbonization Strategy Evaluation: A Steel Manufacturing Case Study

Alessandro Marson^1,2, Alessandro Manzardo¹

1: University of Padova, Italy; 2: Bluegreen Ecoinnovations Srl SB

Proposal of scalable biodiversity footprint assessment framework for cosmetic products based on state-of-the-art methodologies

Jacques L'Haridon¹, Magdalena Czyrnek-Delêtre², Laurine Mourichou¹, Jad Zoghaïb¹, Anne-Claire Asselin³

1: L'Oréal Research & Innovation, Aulnay-sous-Bois, France; 2: I Care by BearingPoint, Paris, France; 3: Sayari, Paris, France

Consensus building for a European-wide harmonized life cycle assessment approach for a zero-emission road transport system: Results of the TranSensus LCA project

Takunda Yeukai Chitaka, Guido Sonnemann

University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, Bordeaux, France

ProScale and ProScale-E for chemical footprints in initial LCA in SSbD

Rosella Telaretti Leggieri, Pernilla Andersson, Ziye Zheng, Triranta Sircar, Maja Halling, Tomas Vilhelm Rydberg

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden

Technology based two-step allocation approach for complex, highly integrated systems like refineries

Jan Blömer, Ankur Gaikwad, Venkat Aryan, Daniel Maga

Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany

Improving Environmental Performance using a flexible LCA-based Decision-Matrix

Gerald Feichtinger, Wolfgang Posch

Chair of Economic and Business Management, Montanuniversitaet Leoben, Austria

Beyond Cradle-to-Gate: Embracing Full Life Cycle Assessment for comprehensive Eco-Design solutions

Sarah Badioli^1,2, Thibault Champion², Marielle Dargaud², Angélique Léonard¹

1: University of Liège, Belgium; 2: Saint-Gobain Research Provence, France

Current State of LCA/LCT in Food Public Procurement

CECILIA CASONATO¹, LAURA GARCIA HERRERO², ESTHER SANYE MENGUAL², GIULIA LISTORTI²

1: DISTAL - UNIBO, Italy; 2: EC - JRC, Italy

LCA of metals and minerals supply: a comprehensive analysis of global environmental impacts covering 54 elements

Frederic Lai¹, Stéphanie Muller¹, Audrey Philippe¹, Robert Istrate², Brenda Miranda Xicotencatl², Afsoon Mansouri Aski³, Aina Mas Fons^4,1, Juliana Segura-Salazar⁵, Jair Santillán Saldivar¹, Alex Cimprich⁶, Stephen Northey⁷, Lígia da Silva Lima⁸, Lieselot Boone⁸, Ryosuke Yokoi⁹, Kamrul Islam⁹, Ioanna Paschalidou¹⁰, Felipe Cerdas^11,12, Victor Balboa-Espinoza⁵, Anish Koyamparambath⁴, Diae Hennioui¹, Victoire Collignon¹, Aurélien Reys¹, Gyslain Ngadi Sakatadi¹³, Jo Dewulf⁸, Bernhard Steubing², Christoph Helbig³, Gaétan Lefebvre¹, Gian Andrea Blengini^14,13, Valeria Superti¹⁵, Masaharu Motoshita⁹, Guido Sonnemann⁴, Kwame Awuah-Offei¹⁰, Steven B. Young⁶, Shinsuke Murakami¹⁶, Antoine Beylot¹

1: BRGM, France; 2: Leiden University, Netherlands; 3: University of Bayreuth, Germany; 4: University of Bordeaux, France; 5: University of Queensland, Australia; 6: University of Waterloo, Canada; 7: University of Technology Sydney, Australia; 8: Ghent University, Belgium; 9: AIST, Japan; 10: Missouri University of Science & Technology, United States; 11: THWS, Germany; 12: Fraunhofer IST, Germany; 13: Politecnico di Torino, Italy; 14: University of Turin, Italy; 15: ecoinvent association, Switzerland; 16: University of Tokyo, Japan

Methodological framework for enhanced and parametric static and prospective mineral LCIs: A case study on copper and nickel in Canada

Marin Pellan¹, Anne de Bortoli^1,2, Guillaume Majeau-Bettez¹

1: CIRAIG, École Polytechnique de Montréal, P.O. Box 6079, Montréal, Québec H3C 3A7, Canada; 2: LVMT, École des Ponts ParisTech, Cité Descartes, 6-8 Avenue Blaise Pascal, 77420 Champs-sur-Marne, France

Towards harmonized carbon footprint and life cycle assessment calculation methods for metals

Markus Berger¹, Sabina Grund², Mark Mistry³, Ladji Tikana⁴, Josephine Robertson⁵

1: University of Twente, Netherlands, The; 2: International Zinc Association; 3: Nickel Institute; 4: Copper Aliance; 5: International Council on Mining and Metals

Land-Use-Related Biodiversity Loss Embedded in Global Mining Supply Chains

Yue Yu¹, Shuntian Wang¹, Livia Cabernard², Stephan Pfister¹

1: Ecological Systems Design, Institute of Environmental Engineering, ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland; 2: Sustainability Assessment of Food and Agricultural Systems, School of Management and School of Life Sciences, Technical University Munich, Freising, Germany

Life cycle assessment of metal recycling and its challenges

Afsoon Mansouri Aski, Christoph Helbig

University of Bayreuth, Germany

Control Variables for definition of Absolute Sustainability Boundaries for Mineral Resources

Katarzyna Maria Dudka^1,2, Michael Zwicky Hauschild^1,2, Mikolaj Owsianiak^2,1

1: Centre for Absolute Sustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; 2: Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

Sustainability in Critical Raw Materials for Energy Transition: Identification of Sustainability Indicators and Categories Through a Multivocal Literature Review

Francisco Encina, Christian Thies

Hamburg University of Technology, Germany

Moving on from existing models for life cycle inventories of tailings impoundments: case studies of a better method

Mike O'Kane¹, Johannes Drielsma²

1: Okane Consultants, Canada; 2: Drielsma Resources Europe, Netherlands

Key Environmental Hotspots and Sensitivity Analysis in Pilot-Scale Metal Recovery from Acid Wastewater

Ricardo Magdalena¹, Victor Ghys¹, Lieselot Boone¹, Lidia Fernández², Ana Guedes², Jo Dewulf¹

1: Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience engineering, Ghent University, 9000 Gent, Belgium; 2: Cetaqua Barcelona, Crta. Esplugues, 75, 08940 Cornellà de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain

Towards artificial intelligence enabled frameworks to improve critical review control and EPD verification process

Javier Martin Echazarreta¹, Claudia Peña²

1: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Industrial, Argentine Republic; 2: PINDA LCT SpA

How Schneider Electric aims at Streamlining Product-Level EPD through Tool Verification and Data Governance

William Lepercq, Benjamin Canaguier, Manel Sansa

Schneider Electric

Streamlining the verification process to enable more specific product footprints

Sophie Kieselbach, Alexander Forell

Makersite, Germany

Verification of AI based dynamic mapping – challenges, cases and potential guidelines.

Marten Stock¹, Matthias Schulz²

1: iPoint Systems GmbH, Germany; 2: Schulz Sustainability Consulting, Germany

Framework for Verification of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) in Light of New Regulatory Requirements

Robert Spang

ECO Platform

Holcim’s journey to transparent environmental communication via scalable verification processes

Andrea Charrier, Fulei Zhou, Asfand Yar Munir, Inès Aeply, Nikolaos Vlasopoulos, Vasiliki Aravani

Holcim Innovation Center, France

Ontologies and knowledge graph for semi-automated verification of GHG assessments

Daniel Josef Lachat¹, Alexander Kirsten¹, Joana Morgado¹, Jan Grau², Kimberley Garcia², Didier Beloin-Saint-Pierre¹

1: EMPA, Switzerland; 2: University of St. Gallen, Institute of Computer Science, Switzerland

Corporate Data in PCF Calculations: Methodological Challenges and Opportunities

Lisa Rasmusson, Elias Hallack, Mats Berglund, Annica Isebäck

AB SKF, Sweden

Prospectool, a novel software platform that leverages prospective Life Cycle Assessment LCA to guide eco-design

Tom van Schaijk, Roel Degens, Gustavo Ezequiel Martinez, Gabriela Espadas Aldana, Javier Yélamo Mayorga, Giuseppe Cardellini

VITO, Belgium

Trenchless Technologies for modern and sustainable infrastructures

Stefan Schmitz¹, Alexandra Kalnev¹, Monu George Varghese², Zaid Hashash²

1: TRACTO-TECHNIK GmbH & Co. KG, Germany; 2: INaB RWTH Aachen University

Hard-coupling MFA and LCA to assess the sustainability of plastics circularity in Germany's building and infrastructure sector

Thomas Gibon¹, Sarah Schmidt², David Laner²

1: SUSTAIN research unit, Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), 5 avenue des Hauts-Fourneaux, 4362 Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; 2: Research Center for Resource Management and Solid Waste Engineering, Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Kassel, Mönchebergstraße 7, 34125 Kassel, Germany

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in the Decommissioning of the Oil & Gas Industry: Impacts on Reverse Logistics and Recycling of Flexible Pipelines in Brazil

Lucas Caldas¹, Isabela Oliveira¹, Ana Carolina Angelo², Marcelo Igor Souza¹

1: Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; 2: Universidade Federal Fluminense, Brazil

Tackling PVC Challenges: Multi-Criteria Evaluation of Sustainable PCR-PE Electrical Pipes

Bruna Machado¹, Gustavo Kampa¹, Natália Ladeira¹, Luís Silva², Catarina Dias², Bruno Silva¹, Catarina Basto-Silva¹

1: PIEP-Centre for Innovation in Polymer Engineering, Portugal; 2: Sirplaste - Urbanização Industrial da Santeira, Portugal

Plastic pipes for a sustainable infrastructure

Andreas Redmann, Markus Hartmann

Kunststoffrohrverband e.V. (KRV), Germany

Wastewater Pipe Restoration: Which is Ecologically Superior – Replacement in Open Cut or Cured-in-Place?

Jan Blömer, Daniel Maga

Fraunhofer UMSICHT, Germany

Boycotting Congolese cobalt to improve social sustainability? Insights from a newly developed poverty reduction potential method

Rickard Arvidsson¹, Julia Brunke¹, Anders Nordelöf^1,2

1: Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden; 2: Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute

A Social Life Cycle Assessment Framework for Zero-tailpipe Emissions Vehicles: A Recommended Approach

Davis Jose, Rose Mankaa, Marzia Traverso

INaB RWTH Aachen, Germany

Social LCA decision support for the safety and sustainability of nanomaterials

Jaakko Siltaloppi, Olga Dziubaniuk, Aki Jääskeläinen, Sikri Karhukorpi, Vilma Laaksonen

Tampere University, Finland

Socio-economic hotspots in the healthcare sector– A tailored social LCA (S-LCA) framework for healthcare devices

Sonia Valdivia

WRFA, Switzerland

Integrating Life Cycle Working Environment Methodology (LCWE) for Compliance with the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD)

Sharon Stauffert¹, Korbinian Czirwitzky¹, Sun Hea Hong¹, Rafael Horn², Matthias Fischer³

1: Department of Life Cycle Engineering (GaBi), Institute for Acoustics and Building Physics (IABP), University of Stuttgart, Germany; 2: Department of Life Cycle Engineering (GaBi), Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics (IBP), Stuttgart, Germany; 3: Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP

Addressing racial discrimination in Social Life Cycle Assessment: Indicators and reference scales

Isabel Susan Wolf, Lindsey Roche, Stella Unruh, Matthias Finkbeiner

Technische Universität Berlin, Chair of Sustainable Engineering (SEE)

Mapping Social Priorities: Engaging Stakeholders in Social Life Cycle Assessment

Sarah Wünscher¹, Martina Zimek¹, Julia Voglhuber-Höller², Clemens Wolf², Carolin Tetyczka³, Claudia Mair-Bauernfeind¹

1: Department of Environmental Systems Sciences, University of Graz, Merangasse 18, 8010 Graz, Austria; 2: BioNanoNet Forschungsgesellschaft mbH, Kaiser-Josef-Platz 9, 8010 Graz, Austria; 3: Research Center Pharmaceutical Engineering GmbH, Inffeldgasse 13, 8010 Graz, Austria

Prospective Pathways: A Social Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Investigating the Potential of Green Hydrogen Production in South Africa

Taahira Goga, Valentina Russo

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), South Africa

Social sustainability in the motorcycle industry – a life-cycle perspective on the motorcycle supply chain

Melanie Arzberger

BMW Group, Germany

“FutureCarProduction – A Life Cycle Engineering approach for sustainable Car body development”

Viktoria Rohwer

Fraunhofer IST, Germany

Comparative assessment of mineral resources dissipation, criticality and depletion methods in LCA for the automotive industry: A case study

Jair Santillán Saldivar¹, Gladys Moreac-Njeim², Lauran Van Oers³, Takunda Chitaka^4,5, Anish Koyamparambath^4,5, Guido Sonnemann^4,5, Davis Jose⁶, Antoine Beylot¹

1: BRGM, BP 36009 45060 Orléans Cedex 2, France; 2: RENAULT SAS, 122 bis Avenue du General Leclerc, 92100 Boulogne Billancourt, France; 3: Institute of Environmental Sciences (CML), Leiden University, Einsteinweg 2, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands; 4: Université de Bordeaux, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France; 5: CNRS, ISM, UMR 5255, F-33400 Talence, France; 6: Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, 52074 Aachen, Germany

Life Cycle Assessment by Powertrain Using Big Data for the Optimization of Environmental Impact by Country

Keisuke Sano¹, Tamaki Ozawa¹, Sayaka Kakiuchi², Norihiro Itsubo²

1: Toyota Motor Corperation, Japan; 2: Waseda University, Japan

Reducing Environmental Impacts in Electric Mobility through Next-Generation Battery Technologies

Abhishek Khairnar, Dr. Denise Ott, Levin Winzinger, Daniel Habermeier

EurA AG, Germany

Life Cycle Assessment of Waste Transportation Scenarios: A Case Study in Austrian Winter Sport Industry

Majid Tabatabaei, Ulrike Kirschnick, Ewald Fauster

Montanuniversität Leoben, Austria

Life-Cycle Assessment of Municipal Mobility in the Czech Republic - Focus on FCEV

Jiri Stefanica¹, Marek Carbol², Ales Paulu³, Jan Fiser⁴

1: UJV Rez, a. s., Czech Republic; 2: Transport Research Centre, Czech Republic; 3: University of Chemistry and Technology Prague, Czech Republic; 4: Brno University of Technology, Czech Republic

Sustainable Mobility in Lahti: Assessing Biodiversity Impacts of Commuting by Developing Transport-Specific Factors

Mukesh Basnet, Miika Marttila, Ville Uusitalo

LUT University, Finland

Well-to-Wheel greenhouse gas emissions of battery electric vehicles considering temporal variability: A South Korean case study

Juha Lee, Inyoung Ko, Wonjae Choi

Ewha womans university, Korea, Republic of

Life cycle assessment of production and recycling of materials in e-motor used in transport for passenger cars

Jannatul Ferdouse, Simone Ehrenberger

German Aerospace Center (DLR), Institute of Vehicle Concepts, Pfaffenwaldring 38 – 40, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany

Paving the way for the first product environmental footprint category rules for hydrogen systems: product categorisation and next steps

Khaoula Ben Hnich¹, Sumanth .K.R Maddula^1,2, Claudio Carbone³, Alessandro Agostini³, Tarik Nawaya⁴, Olga Bereketidou⁵, Raphaël Brière⁶, Simone Maranghi⁷, Alessandra Zamagni⁷, Till M. Bachmann⁸, Davide Beretta⁸, Giorgia Galvini⁹, Diego Iribarren¹

1: IMDEA Energy, Spain; 2: Rey Juan Carlos University, Spain; 3: ENEA, Italy; 4: Hexagon Purus, Germany; 5: ADVENT, Greece; 6: ENGIE, France; 7: Ecoinnovazione, Italy; 8: EIFER, Germany; 9: ISINNOVA, Italy

The role of LCA in policy for enabling Sustainable Consumption and Production : A case study of South Africa

Valentina Russo, Kolobe Chaba, Taahira Goga, William Stafford, Anton Nahman

Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, 11 Jan Celliers Street Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa

Recalibrating the Circular Economy Transition in carbon intensive industry sectors: Informing EU policies with life-cycle based assessment

Anna M. Walker, Paola F. Albizzati, Leonidas Milios, Pablo Piñero Mira, Davide Tonini

Joint Research Centre of the European Commission (JRC), Spain

The EU environmental policy landscape in a nutschell

An De Schryver, Luca Zampori

PRé sustainability, Netherlands, The

Integrating Risk, Performance, and Sustainability: Life-Cycle Assessment as a Cornerstone for Safe and Sustainable by Design Lubricants

Jonas Hoffmann, Andreas Ciroth

GreenDelta, Germany

Anticipating Carbon Footprint Regulations for Aggregates: A New CO2-Calculator for Compliance and Strategic Insights

Léa Fischer, Koji Negishi, Renaud De Montaignac

ORIS Materials Intelligence, France

Footprint Semantics: Communicating LCA Results, Avoiding False Precision

Gregory A. Norris¹, Joel Mertens², Jeremy Lardeau², Ajay Gupta¹

1: MIT, United States of America; 2: Cascale

A white paper on the comparability of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for diverse stakeholders.

Katrin Müller¹, Elina Iakimova¹, Johannes Auer²

1: Siemens SA, Portugal; 2: Siemens AG, Germany

Implementing Eco-Efficiency in State Enterprises: A Step Toward Sustainability

Athiwatr Jirajariyavech¹, Ruthairat Wisansuwannakon¹, Wanwisa Thanungkano¹, Woranee Mungkalasiri², Jitti Mungkalasiri¹

1: National Metal and Materials Technology Center, NSTDA, Thailand; 2: Faculty of Engineering, Thammasat University, Thailand

Application of LCA for Pharmaceuticals: Lessons from a Ten Year Programme in AstraZeneca

Aoife Calnan¹, Hugh Whetherly¹, Donald Reid¹, Michael Collins¹, Simon Aumônier², Andy Whiting³, Chloë Smithers³

1: ERM, United Kingdom; 2: Aumônier Consulting, United Kingdom; 3: AstraZeneca, United Kingdom

An LCA of knee reconstruction surgery

Scott McAlister^1,2, Forbes McGain^1,3, Kasun Kasun Wickramarachchi³

1: University of Melbourne, Australia; 2: University of Sydney, Australia; 3: Western Health, Melbourne, Australia

Environmental impact of a population-based cancer screening programme

Lieselot Boone¹, Jo Dewulf¹, Bente Verhaegen², Janne Dhondt², Hyemin Lee¹, Katrien Vanthomme², Lisa Van Wilder^1,2, Margot Cooreman-Algoed¹, Delphine De Smedt²

1: Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Faculty of Bioscience Engineering, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 2: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium

A comparative environmental sustainability assessment of different schizophrenia treatment options

Lotte Neckebroeck¹, Lieselot Boone¹, Lisa Van Wilder^1,2, Delphine De Smedt², Wouter De Soete³, Bert Verstappen³, Amr Makady³, Bert Heirman³, Jo Dewulf¹

1: Department of Green Chemistry and Technology, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 2: Department of Public Health and Primary Care, Ghent University, Ghent, Belgium; 3: Johnson&Johnson Innovative Medicine, Beerse, Belgium

The need to make surgical placement practices more circular for dental implants: Results from a Life Cycle Assessment study

Sylvain Maladière¹, Takunda Yeukai Chitaka², Philippe Loubet², Guido Sonnemann², Frédéric Cuisinier^1,3,4

1: Dental faculty, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France; 2: University of Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux INP, ISM, UMR 5255, 33400 Talence, France; 3: LBN, University of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France; 4: CSERD, UHC of Montpellier, 34090 Montpellier, France

Integrating ecodesign at a supplier for the biopharmaceutical industry

Alexander Kaluza, Jannis Schliesing

Sartorius Lab Instruments GmbH & Co. KG, Germany

Scaling Innovation in Scope 3 Reporting: Supplier-Specific Data for Purchased Goods

Aoife Calnan¹, Doyin Oladele¹, Saori Galley¹, Simon Aumônier², John Basbagill³, Hugh Whetherly¹, Jessica Vieira³

1: ERM, UK; 2: Aumônier Consulting, UK; 3: Takeda, USA

Diagnosing sustainability: A bottom-up organizational life cycle assessment of a maximum-care university hospital in Germany

Lukas Messmann¹, Johannes Zobel¹, Felix Assies¹, Sandra Köhler¹, Alex Cimprich², Steven B. Young², Renate Linné³, Andrea Thorenz¹, Axel Tuma¹, Miriam Köhler¹

1: University of Augsburg, Germany; 2: University of Waterloo, Canada; 3: University Hospital Augsburg, Germany

Life Cycle Assessment of Blood Glucose Measurement: Self-monitoring vs. Continuous Monitoring

Aida Hosseinian, Annika Johansson, Jaakko Karvonen, Ari Nissinen, Atte Pitkänen, Laura Sokka

Finnish Environmental Institute (SYKE), Finland

Application of the new PCF Guideline of Together for Sustainability (TfS) in various examples

Peter Rudolf Hans Saling, Nicola Paczkowski, Alessandro Pistillo, Anahi Grosse-Sommer, Richard van Gelder, Jenny Reuber

BASF SE, Germany

Full biogenic carbon balancing is feasible – A TfS use case for biobased acrylonitrile

Tim Langhorst, Leif Rohrbach, Ronja Hermanns, Arne Kätelhön, Raoul Meys

Carbon Minds GmbH, Germany

Framework for Quantifying Use-phase Emissions for Aerospace Intermediate Products using Life Cycle Principles

Snehal Sushant Chavan¹, Lewis R Hutchinson², Anju Baroth¹, Avantika Shastri¹, Steven L Riley², Laura Clendenin³

1: Eaton India Innovation Center, India; 2: Eaton Limited, Titchfield, UK; 3: Eaton Corporation USA

Toward an increasing standardization of LCA data reporting: the experience of aluminium’s industry

Benedetta Nucci¹, Sanaa Zinbi¹, Francesca Reale², Alessandra Zamagni², Gioia Garavini²

1: European Aluminium, Belgium; 2: Ecoinnovazione, Italy

Implementation of an IT solution for Portfolio-wide PCF calculation at a Multi-national Chemical company

Ananda Sekar², Zohra Salhi¹, Shaikh Rasool², Muhammed Zeeshan Anwar², Suvayan Guha Ray², Drishya Chandran², Abdulaziz Ahmed², Amit Khandelwal¹, Maike Horlacher¹, Yannick Bernard¹, Martijn Gipmans¹

1: Sphera Solutions GmbH, Germany; 2: SABIC, Saudi Arabia

Supporting reproducible and standardized product carbon footprints by stricter guidelines and certification under ISCC CFC

Jana Gerta Backes¹, Patrick Ober², Stefan Gärtner¹, Stefan Majer³

1: Meo Carbon Solutions GmbH; 2: ISCC System GmbH; 3: DBFZ GmbH

Evaluating the applicability of the current dissipation-based life cycle impact assessment methods for addressing carbon resource

Thulangi Gayathma Balasuriya^1,2, Stig Irving Olsen^1,2, Michael Zwicky Hauschild^2,1, Mikołaj Owsianiak^1,2

1: Section for Quantitative Sustainability Assessment, Department of Environmental and Resource Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark; 2: Centre for Absolute Sustainability, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark

Challenging the sustainability of packaging designs: Life cycle assessment of paper vs. plastic fruit trays in the context of a circular economy

Hannah Köhler, Rosalie von Behr, Alena Maria Spies, Kathrin Greiff

RWTH Aachen, Germany

Environmental Impact and Fire Risk Assessment for Lithium-ion Battery

Ibuki Ando¹, Aya heiho², Norihiro Itsubo¹

1: Waseda University, Japan; 2: Tokyo City University, Japan

Life Cycle Environmental Impacts of Alternative Recycling Processes for Textiles

Caterina Barbiero¹, Gemma Cervantes², Anna Mazzi¹

1: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, via Marzolo 9, 35131 Padova, Italy; 2: Department of Chemical Engineering, Universitat Politecnica de Catalunya, C/Colom 1, 08222 Terrassa (Barcelona), Spain

Integrating Life Cycle Assessment into decision-making tools for reuse & digital innovations in WEEE management

Guillaume Audrain, Laurène Cuénot

ecosystem, France

Clear communication on the environmental benefits of animal feed products

Koldo Saez de Bikuna², Giulia Maggiora², Simone Degl'Innocenti¹

1: Dalma Mangimi S.p.A, Italy; 2: Quantis International SA

Circularity – not so straightforward: A review of methodological choices in LCA for circular renovations of buildings

Shibeal Mc Cann^1,2, Blanca Corona², Lisanne Havinga¹, Qi Han¹

1: Eindhoven University of Technology; 2: Utrecht University

Life Cycle Assessment of Hybrid Copper Smelting

Ayano Suzuki¹, Kai Tatemoto², Hironori Orikasa¹, Norihiro Itsubo¹

1: Waseda University, Japan; 2: JX Advanced Metals Corporation, Japan

Challenges in assessing potential long-term effects of metals releases from mine tailings in LCA

Stéphanie Muller¹, Yamini Gopalapillai², Johannes Drielsma³, Douglas Pino Hererra¹

1: BRGM, France; 2: International Copper Association; 3: Drielsma Resources Europe

Data and modelling challenges along the supply chain for aluminium in Europe at the onset of the LCI Environmental Footprint 4.0 database

Benedetta Nucci², Sanaa Zinbi², Fabio Bruschi¹, Pieter Ravaglia¹, Papon Roy¹, Patience Musila¹

1: PRé Sustainability, Netherlands, The; 2: European Aluminium, Belgium

Life Cycle Assessment of an electronic pump: focus on mineral and metallic resources

Marco Jabara, Alessandro Manzardo

University of Padua, Italy

Building a High-Quality Database: The Critical Review Process

Fernando Arce Bastias, Danilo Granato, Pia Wiche

EcoEd, Libertad 269, Of. 904, Viña del Mar, Chile

Social Sustainability and Energy Communities

Aida Sanes, Beatriz Amante

Universidad Politecnica de Cataluña

Life Cycle Assessment of Nitrile Medical Examination Gloves: A Multi-Variant Study Across Central Medicare Sdn Bhd’s Manufacturing Facilities

Thian Hong Ng¹, Yuszaili bin Sayoti², Loan Terrien³

1: HARPS Global Pte Ltd, Malaysia; 2: Central Medicare Sdn Bhd; 3: Materia Nova

Disposables and reusables in the hospital sector: The warm jackets project at Oslo University Hospital.

Lina Plataniti, Cecilia Askham

NORSUS, Norway

Reusing non-sterile medical items through different disinfection methods: a comparative Life Cycle Assessment with single-use alternatives in a Belgian hospital

Sophie Huysveld¹, Camille Masselis¹, Katrien Vanderwee², Liesbet Demarré², Evelien Kieckens², Veerle Duprez², Norbert Fraeyman^2,3, Jo Dewulf¹

1: Research Group Sustainable Systems Engineering (STEN), Ghent University, Belgium; 2: Ghent University Hospital; 3: Faculty of Medicine and Healthcare, Ghent University

LCA as an essential tool for process development: bio-based carbon fiber production - from research to industry

Leif Rohrbach, Tim Langhorst, Raoul Meys

Carbon Minds, Germany

Probabilistic Multi-perspective Application Selection for Safe and Sustainable-by-Design: A Case Study on Biochar

Akshat Sudheshwar, Zhaniya Mukhamadiyeva, Nadia Malinverno, Claudia Som, Roland Hischier, Bernd Nowack

Empa – Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, Technology and Society Laboratory, Ler-chenfeldstrasse 5, 9014 St. Gallen, Switzerland

Early-stage evaluation of environmental sustainability of PHA production from food waste using life cycle assessment

Shamraiz Ahmad¹, Floriana Coppola¹, Diana Araújo^2,3, Filomena Freitas^2,3, Maria A.M. Reis^2,3, Serena Righi^1,4

1: Interdepartmental Research Centre for Environmental Sciences, University of Bologna, Via S. Alberto, n. 163, 48123, Ravenna, Italy; 2: Associate Laboratory i4HB, Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; 3: UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, Department of Chemistry, School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal; 4: Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Bologna, Viale Berti Pichat 6/2, 40127 Bologna, Italy

Applying Life Cycle Assessment to the Production of Sustainable Backfilling and Subfoundation Materials from Local Mineral Wastes in Wallonia, Belgium

Nadine Riiashi, Angélique Leonard

University of Liege, Belgium

Accelerated carbonation of Municipal Solid Waste Incineration Bottom Ash (MSWI-BA) for sustainable low-cement concrete: a Life Cycle Assessment approach

Pablo de la Reta¹, Imad Eddine Kanjo¹, Luc Courard¹, Séverine Marquis², Angélique Léonard¹

1: Université de Liège, Belgium; 2: Centre de Terre et Pierre, Belgium

Refinements to Land Use Change (LUC) assessments and its augmentation by use of Satellite imagery data for a case study on bio-based feedstocks for plastics .

Suvayan Guha Ray, Pooja RV, Ananda Sekar

SABIC, India

From Waste to Value: Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Recycled Plastics in a Circular Economy

Rebeca Venâncio¹, Ana Carolina Godoy Albino¹, Victor Goveia Batista Silva², Clarissa Kollar²

1: Eco+ Foundation, Brazil; 2: BASF SA Brazil

Substituting Fossil-Derived Plastics with Biomass-and-Waste-Derived Alternatives for Carbon Reduction: A Flow Analysis of Japan

Kota Chida¹, Heng Yi Teah², Yuichiro Kanematsu², Yasunori Kikuchi^1,2,3

1: The University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: Presidential Endowed Chair for “Platinum Society”, The University of Tokyo, Japan; 3: Institute for Future Initiatives, The University of Tokyo, Japan

Circular Economy in Furniture: Assessing the Environmental Performance of Waste Based Boards

Inês Costa¹, Bruno Silva¹, Miguel Vasconcelos¹, Vanessa Oliveira¹, Adriana Duarte², Isabel Carvalho³, Luís Silva⁴, Catarina Basto-Silva¹

1: PIEP - Centre for Innovation in Polymer Engineering, Portugal; 2: IKEA Industry Portugal, 4595-282 Penamaior, Portugal; 3: SEDACOR, Rua Nova do Lameiro, 184, 4535-475 S. Paio de Oleiros, Portugal; 4: Sirplaste – Sociedade Industrial de Recuperados de Plásticos Sa, 2480-410 Porto de Mós, Portugal

Integrating life cycle data into system dynamics models for a dynamic prospective assessment: Benefits for polystyrene chemical recycling

Meike Islamoglu, Simon Benninghoff, Philip Biessey, Manfred Renner

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

From Waste-to-Resource: How Collection Methods and Sorting Performance shape Plastic Waste Management Impacts

Remy M. Richie, Steef V. Hanssen, Koen J.J. Kuipers, Mark A.J. Huijbregts

Radboud University Nijmegen, Netherlands, The

Separate or curbside collection? Identifying the path to high-quality plastics recycling with LCA

Lukas Zeilerbauer¹, Karin Fazeni-Fraisl¹, Johanna Langwieser^2,3, Christian Paulik³, Jörg Fischer⁴

1: Energieinstitut an der Johannes Kepler Universität Linz, Austria; 2: Competence Center CHASE GmbH; 3: Institute for Chemical Technology of Organic Materials, Johannes Kepler University Linz; 4: Institute of Polymeric Materials and Testing, Johannes Kepler University Linz

Reducing marine litter and microplastics from fishing industry – a case example from SEARCULAR project

Katri Behm¹, Noora Harju¹, Mona Arnold¹, Daniel Maga², Christina Galafton²

1: VTT, Finland; 2: Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Sustainability Assessment in the Buddie-pack project

Stuart Walker¹, Rachael Rothman¹, Alex Newman¹, Maryam Hoseini¹, Justine Gloz², Damien Giraud², Ewen Rondon²

1: University of Sheffield, United Kingdom; 2: IPC, France

Environmental Ashby chart for various applications of cellulose nanofibers

Junxi Liu¹, Ichiro Daigo^1,2

1: Research Center for Advanced Science and Technology, the University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: UTokyo LCA Center for Future Strategy

Sustainability of different plastic packagings: Combined circularity and life cycle assessment for multiple R-strategies

Annalisa Nolte, Milad Goudarzi, Kathrin Greiff

RWTH Aachen, Germany

Quantifying the Performance of Circular Economy Strategies for E-Motors: Reuse, Repair, and Recycling

Fatemeh Taheri, Karel Van Acker

KU Leuven, Belgium

Life Cycle Assessment of E-Methanol Production from Dates

Renston Jake Fernandes¹, Mohammad Raghib Shakeel¹, Ducduy Nguyen², Hong G. Im¹, James W. G. Turner¹

1: CLEAN ENERGY RESEARCH PLATFORM (CERP), KING ABDULLAH UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, THUWAL, SAUDI ARABIA 23955 6900; 2: DEPARTMENT OF MARINE TECHNOLOGY (IMT), NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (NTNU), JONSVANNSVEIEN 82, 7050 TRONDHEIM, NORWAY

Prospective LCA for Automotive Materials based on Interviews with the Japanese Materials Industries

Wataru Kawabe, Norihiro Itsubo

Waseda University, Japan

Advancing recycling pathway decision-making for critical raw materials

Martijn Thomas Kamps, Susanne van Berkum, Ivan Vera, Felipe Blanco Rocha

TNO, Netherlands, The

Life Cycle Assessment and Levelized Cost of Storage of Secondary- and Primary-use LFP Batteries for Energy Storage Systems

Wenxin Yang¹, Xinyuan Wang², Prof. Dr. Maximilian Schüler³

1: University of California, Berkeley; 2: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign; 3: Technische Hochschule Lübeck

Eco-design and LCA of emerging European photovoltaic technologies

Sabela Teixeira Taboada, Angélique Léonard

Université de Liège, Belgium

Sustainability assessment of biogas and ethanol production pathways from winemaking residues: a comparative LCA study

Mara Teresa Silva¹, Vitor Manuel Barroso¹, Ana Catarina Faria²

1: Fraunhofer Portugal AWAM - Research Center for Advanced Water, Energy and Resource Management, Évora, Portugal; 2: Fraunhofer Portugal AWAM - Research Center for Advanced Water, Energy and Resource Management, Vila Real, Portugal

Applying the Regulatory Carbon Footprint Framework for Batteries: Insights from Renault’s case study

Noura RAHBANI¹, Emilie Guilvert¹, Nadia CHIBANI², Yanlong ZHOU², Quentin NOGAREDE³, Naeem ADIBI¹

1: WeLOOP, France; 2: Ampère, France; 3: Renault Group, France

From Concept to Circularity: Utilizing Data Integration and Life Cycle Assessment to Enhance Automotive Sustainability

Ann-Kathrin Briem¹, Sun Hea Hong², Shaoran Geng², Marie Schwahn³, Christina Fischer⁴

1: Fraunhofer Institute for Building Physics IBP; 2: University of Stuttgart, Institute for Acoustics and Building Physics IABP; 3: Fraunhofer Institute for Industrial Engineering IAO; 4: Schaeffler Technologies AG & Co. KG

LCA as a tool for creating a circularity roadmap for Finnish semiconductor industry

Noora Harju, Hanna Pihkola, Mona Arnold

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

Modular circular system models for the assessment of R-strategy combinations: Example of footwear products

Meike Islamoglu, Sebastian Schawe, Philip Biessey, Manfred Renner

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Towards a standardization of the physical durability assessment of clothing: lessons from the DURHABI project

Gaelle Courage¹, Romain Benkirane², Laurie Navarro¹, Carole Aubry Meneveau¹

1: Institut Français Textile Habillement (IFTH), France; 2: Univ. Lille, ENSAIT, ULR 2461 - GEMTEX - Génie et Matériaux Textiles, F-59000 Lille, France

Investigation on the use of LCA to assess business models in a circular economy context

Emilia Filippi, Monia Niero, Filippo Corsini, Marco Frey

Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa (Italy)

Time-aware life cycle inventories for electricity consumption

Sabina Bednářová, Thomas Gibon, Enrico Benetto

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg

Serious Energy System Gaming

Joern Hartung¹, Ingo Bernsdorf¹, Lisa Schmidtfall²

1: Siemens AG, Germany; 2: RWTH Aachen

Prediction and assessment methods for sustainable solar energy systems within our planetary boundaries: How reliable are they?

Natalia Cano-Londoño, Rebecca Saive, Tim Bekius, Laura Franco-García

University of Twente, Netherlands.

Harnessing Life Cycle Assessment to Enhance Competitiveness in Steel Industry: Challenges and Opportunities in Transitioning to Renewable Energy

Natalia Susanto Salim, Jessica Hanafi, Gloria FJ Kartikasari, Vivian Bong

Life Cycle Indonesia

Exploring LCA electricity modelling paradigms in Europe: combining the location-based and market-based approaches?

Anne Bouter¹, Romain Besseau¹, Thomas Gibon²

1: European Commission Joint Research Centre; 2: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology

Considering risk-related impacts of the hydrogen industry in a life-cycle perspective: a systematic review

François-Xavier Dezert^1,2, Guillaume Batôt¹, Myriam Merad²

1: IFP Energies nouvelles, 1-4 avenue de Bois Préau, 92852 Rueil Malmaison; 2: UMR LAMSADE, CNRS, Paris Dauphine University, PSL*

Sustainable Power-to-X Development in South Africa

William Herbert Lee Stafford^1,2, Kolobe Chaba¹, Valentina Russo¹, Taahira Goga¹, Luanita Snyman-van der Walt¹, Greg Schreiner¹, Anton Nahman¹

1: Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIR, South Africa; 2: Department of Chemical Engineering, Stellenbosch University, Stellenbosch 7600, South Africa

Comparative Analysis of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and RED III Methodologies for GHG Emissions in the Ammonia Value Chain

Jure Gramc¹, Domen Hojkar¹, Albert Porta², Mitja Mori¹

1: University of Ljubljana, Slovenia; 2: Gea Energia Crio S.L.

Lifecycle management based on regional demonstration; Case study of thermal energy storage system with adsorbent utilizing low-temperature waste heat

Yoshiaki Kawakami, Takamasa Oyama, Haruyuki Kamata, Masayuki Tanino

Takasago Thermal Engineering Co.,Ltd., Japan

Consequential LCA of alternative technological pathways for nitrogen recovery from municipal wastewater

Jade Müller-Carneiro¹, Lilla Simon², Ana Cordeiro¹, Bart Saerens³, Lennert Dockx³, Morten Birkved², Fausto Freire¹

1: University of Coimbra; 2: University of Southern Denmark; 3: Aquafin NV

A critical Life Cycle Assessment approach for informed decision-making on bio-based material integration in Electrical and Electronic Equipment

Gabrielle LEGRAND, Noé SIONNEAU, Virginie RENAVANT

Schneider Electric, France

Facilitating dynamic LCA and carbon footprint – precalculated datasets of an updated temporal database (DyPLCA) with a focus on wood-based products

Thomas Schaubroeck¹, Alya Bolowich¹, Tomás Navarrete Gutiérrez¹, Laurent Chion¹, Thomas Gibon¹, Kira Lancz², Massimo Pizzol², Tamara Coello³, Eduardo Entrena-Barbero⁴, Ligia Tiruta-Barna⁵, Enrico Benetto¹

1: Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology (LIST), Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg; 2: Department of Sustainability and Planning, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark; 3: CESEFOR, Soria, Spain; 4: Contactica, Madrid, Spain; 5: TBI, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, Toulouse, France

Environmental and Economic Assessment of Conventional and New Generation Olefin Production Routes in Modern Refineries

Semra Bakkaloglu¹, Aurora Cavaliere², Andrea Paulillo², Massimiliano Materazzi², Nilay Shah¹

1: Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, United Kingdom; 2: Department of Chemical Engineering, University College London, United Kingdom

Competitiveness analysis to develop a marginal mix for consequential LCA: A Seaweed Case Study

Ravalnath Vijay Shikhare, Massimo Pizzol, Ning An

Aalborg University, Denmark

From residual biomass to bio-based products and molecules at country scale: where to focus for high impact in a jungle of possibilities.

Nicolas Lienart¹, Thibaut Lecompte², Lorie Hamelin¹

1: TBI, Université de Toulouse, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, Toulouse, France; 2: IRDL, Université Bretagne Sud, Lorient, France

Assessing the biogenic carbon dynamics of wood-based products

Marle de Jong, Alejandra Rondon Villabona, Anna Duden, Blanca Corona, Floortje van der Hilst, Martin Junginger, Li Shen

Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

Life-cycle assessment of Ferromanganese production using biocarbon as reductant and carbon capture and storage

Marvin Werra¹, Vedant Ballal¹, Teymur Gogiyev¹, Marcos Watanabe¹, Øyvind Skreiberg², Francesco Cherubini¹

1: Norwegian University of Science and Technology; 2: SINTEF Energy Research

Analysis of changes in industrial structure by the shift from fossil resources to bio-derived resources

Yuko Oshita¹, Shunichi Hienuki², Daisuke Nishijima³, Kayoko Shironitta⁴, Syunsuke Okamoto⁵, Yuichiro Kanematsu¹, Yasunori Kikuchi¹

1: the University of Tokyo, Japan; 2: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry; 3: Fukushima University; 4: Fukuoka Woman University; 5: Onomichi City University

Green Public Procurement: A Decision Support Tool for Quantifying Environmental Impacts of Asphalt Mixture Projects

Shaffie Ibrahim JUMA, David Hernando, Ben Moins, Wim Van den bergh

University of Antwerp - SuPAR, Belgium

Circularity in road construction: environmental benefits of asphalt and gravel recycling

Zhaniya Mukhamadiyeva¹, Rainer Zuest², Philip Buergisser³, Roland Hischier¹

1: Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology (EMPA), Switzerland; 2: Züst Engineering AG, Switzerland; 3: Tiefbauamt des Kantons Basel-Landschaft, Switzerland

Greening road construction: have we been doing it all wrong? A retrospective on key life cycle insights

Anne Cécile de Bortoli^1,2, François Saunier¹

1: CIRAIG, PolyMTL, Canada; 2: LVMT, Ecole des Ponts ParisTech

Data variability in EPDs of construction products

Bojana Petrovic, Mehrdad Ghorbani Mooselu, Hanne Lerche Raadal

Norwegian Institute for Sustainability Research (NORSUS)

Linking Road Surface Quality and Fuel Consumption: The Role of the International Roughness Index in GHG Emissions Reduction

Michael R. Gruber, Bernhard Hofko

TU Wien, Institute of Transportation, Austria

Towards Sustainable Road Construction: Benchmarking Carbon Emissions and Incorporating Environmental Performance Metrics in Road Construction Procurement

Nicolás Héctor Carreño Gómez¹, Pamela Haverkamp²

1: VINCI Construction Shared Services GmbH, Germany; 2: Institute of Sustainability in Civil Engineering, RWTH Aachen University, Germany

CO2 Traceability: Enabling Data Sharing and Value Creation in the Value Chain

Elias Hallack, Lisa Rasmusson, Mats Berglund, Annica Iseback

AB SKF, Sweden

An IT-Architecture for LCA, PCF and EPD supplier data collection, modelling and calculation

Friedrich Andreas Halstenberg, Andreas Ciroth, Ashrakat Hamed

GreenDelta, Germany

Unlocking synergies between PCF and EPD-Reporting - industry's path to a sustainable future or mere fantasy?

Florian Ansgar Jaeger¹, Benjamin Canaguier², Johannes Wunderlich¹, Manel Sansa², Matt Seiler²

1: Siemens AG; 2: Schneider Electric

Enabling PCF Calculation in Supply Chains at Scale

Martina Prox

iPoint-Systems gmbh, Germany

Streamlining EPD Data Exchange: A Collaborative approach between manufacturer and general contractor for enhanced LCA comparison and transparency

Bertrand Touzet¹, William Lepercq², Antonin Falluel Morel¹, Gabriel Miche De Malleray²

1: Eiffage, France; 2: Schneider Electric, France

Integrating Traceability Tools in LCA: A Pathway to Precise and Real-Time Primary Data Utilisation

Robert Pell, Andy Elmsley, Bertie O'Brien, Emma Lowe

Minviro, United Kingdom

TACK: A best-practice example of collaborative tools for associations

Margarida Gama¹, Abdessamad El Bahraoui¹, Pablo Englebienne², Janik Bollé³

1: Sphera, Germany; 2: Afera, The Netherlands; 3: IVK, Germany

Transforming Environmental Product Declarations through Digitalization and Scalability

Gaspard Phillis, trond Edvardsen, Mie Vold, Terje Tinbod, Ole Magnus Kolas Iversen

LCA.no AS, Norway

From Ideas to Action: Exploring the Automation of Life Cycle Assessment at ZEISS

Felix Maximilian Piontek, Ronja Kuhn, Michael Rodewald

Carl Zeiss AG, Germany

Social Product Declaration (SPD) and Social Product Declaration-Product Category Rules (SPD-PCR) for cotton products

Mario Alessi², Shammas Saleem², Heinz Zeller¹, Antonio Covais²

1: Hugo Boss; 2: Circular s.r.l

Analysing the climate impacts of selected SME fashion business models in Europe

Essi Paronen, Eveliina Hylkilä, Silvia Forin, Annu Markkula

VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, Finland

End-of-life label to support makers’ decision to measure circularity in the textile industry.

Kryssian Romeiro Cascione¹, Veeriah Jegatheesan³, Lúcio Cardozo Filho², José Augusto de Oliveira¹

1: Universidade Estadual Paulista - UNESP, Brazil; 2: Universidade Estadual de Maringá - UEM, Brazil; 3: Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology - RMIT, Australia

From Garment to Wardrobe: Rethinking the Functional Unit in Life Cycle Assessment of Apparel.

Veerle Vermeyen^1,2,4, Luc Alearts^1,4, Ernst Worrell², Karel Van Acker^1,3,4

1: Sustainability Assessments of Material Life Cycles, Department of Materials Engineering, KU Leuven, Belgium.; 2: Copernicus Institute of Sustainable Development, Utrecht University, Netherlands.; 3: Centre for Economics and Corporate Sustainability, Faculty of Economics and Business, KU Leuven, Belgium; 4: Flanders Make@KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

Reweaving the Waste Hierarchy: Europe’s Textile Challenge

Matilda Lidfeldt, Maja Nellström, Amanda Martvall, Gustav Sandin, Simone Andersson

IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute, Sweden

Integrating Durability in LCA for Textile and Apparel Products: Enhancing Quality Representation for Effective Communication

Agata Costanzo^1,2, Marco Frey¹, Monia Niero¹

1: Interdisciplinary Center on Sustainability and Climate, Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna, Pisa, Italy; 2: Department of Industrial Engineering, University of Padova, Padova, Italy

Net-zero chemical recycling routes for flexible polyurethane foams

Eleonora Bargiacchi, Luca Bosetti, Inès Lanfranconi-Schmid, Martin Pillich, André Bardow

Energy & Process Systems Engineering, ETH Zürich, 8092 Zürich, Switzerland

Life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of waste plastic used in automobile production according to recycling methods

Jaeyeon Ahn, Wonjae Choi

Ewha womans university, Republic of Korea

Rethinking life cycle assessment with recycled polylactic acid - Harnessing Waste Streams as Feedstock for Biobased plastics Production

Maelenn Ravard¹, Ana Morao², Eleni Moutousidi²

1: TotalEnergies Corbion, The Netherlands; 2: Corbion, The Netherlands

Life cycle assessment of a preindustrial chemical recycling process for chemical feedstock production

Darius Steegborn, Philip Biessey

Ruhr University Bochum, Germany

Including impacts from littering in LCA: a case study of to-go cups

Christina Galafton¹, Vaibhav Budhiraja², Sarah Stevens³, Branka Mušič⁴, Daniel Maga¹

1: Fraunhofer Institute for Environmental, Safety and Energy Technology UMSICHT, Oberhausen, Germany; 2: National Institute of Chemistry (Kemijski inštitut), Ljubljana, Slovenia; 3: Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway; 4: Slovenian National Building and Civil Engineering Institute, Ljubljana, Slovenia

Evaluating the relative contribution of polymers and chemical additives in the environmental profile of plastic items.

Solène Lecointre¹, Jérôme Lavoie², Anne-Marie Boulay³, Cécile Bulle⁴

1: CentraleSupélec/AgroParisTech; 2: CIRAIG, ESG UQAM, Canada; 3: Chemical Engineering Department, CIRAIG, Polytechnique Montreal, Montreal, Canada; 4: CIRAIG, Canada, Stratégie et RSE CA, Canada

onlineLCA: a bridge between expert and user friendly LCA

Julia Cilleruelo Palomero, Francois Le Rall, Andreas Ciroth

GreenDelta GmbH, Germany

Unlocking the Potential of Life Cycle Data for Optimal Sustainable Systems Design via PULPO

Fabian Lechtenberg, Gonzalo Guillén Gosálbez

Institute for Chemical and Bioengineering, Department of Chemistry and Applied Biosciences, ETH Zürich, Switzerland

A Path to Sustainable Products: Tracking Carbon Intensity with on-line Digital LCA

Paulo Cesar de Campos Barbosa, Montserrat Motas Carbonell, Gilvan Anderson Gadioli Fischer, Ricardo Guasselli Torres, Fabio dos Santos Liporace, Helbert Ronei Paiva Teixeira, Marcelo Cardoso Marques, Sidney Comandulli

Petrobras, Brazil

Bridging the Gap: Developing a LCA methodology and tool for Industrial Services at Siemens

Amelie Fehm, Mariana Gaspar Martinez, Carina Echtler, Alexander Bayer

Siemens AG, Germany

Combined use of information technology and life cycle thinking tools to assess the performance of healthcare waste management options

Filomena Ardolino¹, Francesco Parrillo¹, Michele Monaco¹, Chiara Raucci¹, Martina Bellopede¹, Carlo di Domenico², Umberto Arena¹

1: University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy; 2: Microambiente Srl

Applications of artificial intelligence algorithms and approaches in the life cycle sustainability assessment field: a topic modelling investigation based on large language models

Antonino Marvuglia, Simone Zorzan, Enrico Benetto

Luxembourg Institute of Science and Technology, Luxembourg

Identifying the most sustainable road bridge design

Martina Serra¹, Yunus Harmanci², Amirhossein Mohammadi³, Roland Hischier¹, René Steiger²

1: Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Technology & Society Laboratory, Switzerland; 2: Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Structural Engineering Research La-boratory; 3: ISISE, Department of Civil Engineering, University of Minho, Portugal

Life Cycle Assessment of Using Copper Slag as an Aggregate Replacement in Asphalt Mixtures for Single Surface Treatment

Danilo Bianchi Granato, Pia Wiche

EcoEd, Chile

Preliminary cradle-to-gate life cycle assessment of bio-based materials as fossil-based bitumen alternatives based on the Dutch Environmental Cost Indicator (ECI) scoring system

Christian Gerald Daniel, Blanca Corona, Ric Hoefnagels, Martin Junginger

Universiteit Utrecht, Netherlands, The

Implementing Life Cycle Management of road pavements in Europe

Gabriela Buttitta¹, Ana Carrion², Joao Santos³, Salvatore Biancardo⁴, Davide Lo Presti¹

1: University of Palermo, Italy; 2: University of Granada, Spain; 3: University of Twente, The Netherlands; 4: University of Naples Federico II, Italy

Data collection tool for cradle-to-gate Life Cycle Sustainability Assessment for asphalt mixtures using alternative paving materials

Thomas Mattinzioli¹, Gabriella Buttitta², Joao Do Santos⁵, Pamela Haverkamp⁴, Emmanuel Chailleux³, Davide Lo Presti², Ana Jiménez del Barco Carrión¹

1: University of Granada, Spain; 2: University of Palermo, Italy; 3: University Gustave Eiffel, France; 4: RWTH Aachen University; 5: Twente University

Innovative Bio-Based Method for Sustainable Road Rehabilitation: Advancing Circular Economy Principles

Mehrdad Ghorbani Mooselu¹, Mafalda Silva¹, Tonje Norheim²

1: NORSUS, Norway; 2: Carbon Crusher Norge AS, Norway

A Methodological Approach to Monitor Outcomes of Sustainability Certification Schemes and Labels in the Bio-based Sector

Maulidia Khairani, Li Shen, Martin Junginger

Utrecht University, Netherlands

ALIGNED: A field-tested framework for the LCA of bio-based products

Massimo Pizzol¹, Agneta Ghose¹, Søren Løkke¹, Kíra Lancz¹, Mathias Gustavsen¹, Marcos Djun Barbosa Watanabe², Nariê Rinke Dias de Souza², Francesco Cherubini², Damien Arbault³, Lorie Hamelin³, Maxim Tschulkow⁴, Jurjen Spekreijse⁵, Patrick Reumerman⁵

1: Aalborg University; 2: Norwegian University of Science and Technology; 3: Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Toulouse; 4: University of Antwerp; 5: Biomass Technology Group

Advancing the Residue-Based Bioeconomy: Life Cycle Assessment of Emerging Feedstock-Technology Combinations

Vanessa Zeller, Almut Güldemund

TU Darmstadt, Germany

Is sustainability assessment fundamentally biased towards fossil-based materials?

Stuart Walker, Rachael Rothman, Maryam Hoseini

University of Sheffield, United Kingdom

Time-explicit Climate Change Impact Assessment using the ALIGNED methodological framework

Damien Arbault, Lorie Hamelin

Toulouse Biotechnology Institute, CNRS, INRAE, INSA, Toulouse, France

Valorization of Carded Wool for Sustainable Composites in 3D Printing Applications

Giusi Midolo¹, Joel Kaspar², Roland Hischier³, Enrico Tosoratti², Daniel Werner², Carlo Ingrao⁴, Francesca Valenti⁵

1: University of Catania, Department of Agriculture, Food and Environment, via S. Sofia 100, 95123, Catania, Italy; 2: Inspire AG, Innovation Center for Additive Manufacturing Switzerland, Fürstenlandstrasse 122, St. Gallen CH-9014, Switzerland; 3: Empa, Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014, St. Gallen, Switzerland; 4: University of Bari Aldo Moro, Department of Economics, Management and Business Law, Largo Abbazia Santa Scolastica 53, 70124, Bari, Italy; 5: Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna, Department of Agricultural and Food Sciences, Viale Giuseppe Fanin 50, 40127, Bologna, Italy

Considerations on the Role of Interregional Collaboration in Bio-Derived Resources Implementation: A Case Study of Cellulose Nanofiber Technology

Kayoko Shironitta¹, Yuko Oshita², Shunichi Hienuki³, Yuichiro Kanematsu², Yasunori Kikuchi²

1: Fukuoka Women's University, Japan; 2: The University of Tokyo, Japan; 3: Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry, Japan

Life Cycle Assessment of Bio-Based Global Value Chains: A Case Study of a novel Bagasse-Based Polyurethane Foam Between Australia and Germany

Can Soenmez¹, Sebastian Spierling¹, Leonie Barner², Hans-Josef Endres¹

1: Institute of Plastics and Circular Economy, Leibniz University Hanover, Germany; 2: School of Chemistry and Physics, Faculty of Science, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia

Sustainability Challenges in Pharmaceutical Packaging: A Life Cycle Analysis Approach

Samara Costa¹, Hector Nunes¹, Beatriz Sampaio¹, Tânia Simões², Bruno Silva¹, Cátia Zoraida¹, Catarina Basto-Silva¹

1: PIEP – Innovation Centre in Polymer Engineering, Portugal; 2: Neutroplast - Indústria de Embalagens Plásticas S.A.

AI-enabled tool providing eco-design principles to manufacturing SMEs

Sebastien Zinck¹, Antreas Afantitis², Olivier Parisot¹, Ankit Arora¹, Duan Hua¹, Michael Saidani¹

1: LIST, Luxembourg; 2: NovaMechanics Ltd, Cyprus

Energy recovery from winery wastewater by aqueous phase reforming: A dual approach integrating environmental and economic prospectives

Giulia Farnocchia¹, Carlos E. Gomez-Camacho², Giuseppe Pipitone¹, Roland Hischier², Raffaele Pirone¹, Samir Bensaid¹

1: Politecnico di Torino, Dipartimento di Scienza Applicata e Tecnologia, Corso Duca Degli Abruzzi 24, 10129, Torino,Italy; 2: Technology & Society Laboratory, Empa-Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, Lerchenfeldstrasse 5, 9014, St. Gallen, Switzerland

Optimization of Import Cherry Distribution Strategies in Cross-Border Supply Chains Using Digital Twins: A Life Cycle Assessment Approach

Junzhang Wu¹, Yifeng Zou², Alessandro Manzardo¹

1: University of Padova, Italy; 2: Guangzhou University, China

Proposal of a Maturity Model for Circular Bioeconomy (M2BEC) in small and medium-sized companies

Yovana M.B. Saavedra^1,2, Daiane Vitória da Silva^2,3, Carla Rodrigues⁴, Fausto Freire⁴, Diogo Aparecido Lopes Silva^2,3

1: Natural Sciences Center in the Federal University of São Carlos-UFSCar/Lagoa do Sino.; 2: The Graduate Program in Production Engineering at campus UFSCar/ Sorocaba .(PPGEP-So); 3: The Graduate program in Planning and Use of Renewable Resources - PPGPUR UFSCar/Sorocaba.; 4: Univ Coimbra, ADAI, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Ecology Center.

Sustainability Assessment of Agricultural Crops Solar Dryers: A Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of Metallic vs. Wooden Structured Solar dryers

Ashiraf Hussein Abeid, Felichesmi Lyakurwa, Eliaza Mkuna

Mzumbe University, Tanzania

Carbon Pricing in Canteens: Driving Change or Just Numbers?

Matthias Stucki, Dimitri Chryssolouris, Annette Jenny

Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW, Switzerland

Developing Practical LCA Methodologies for Emerging Technologies: Challenges and Approaches

Katsuyuki Nakano¹, Ichiro Daigo², Yasunori Kikuchi²

1: Ritsumeikan University, Japan; 2: The University of Tokyo, Japan

Development of a Versatile Framework for Circular Economy Strategies for Plastic Products in SMEs

Meret Jürgens, Marina Mudersbach, Hans-Josef Endres

Institute for Plastics and Circular Economy, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany

The analysis of the effects of modernization of the energy system in a food enterprise, carried out to reduce the impact on the environment

Patrycja Walichnowska¹, Zbigniew Kłos², Andrzej Tomporowski³

1: Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, Poland; 2: Institute of Machines and Motor Vehicles, Faculty of Transport Engineering, Poznan University of Technology, 60-965 Poznan, Poland; 3: Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, Bydgoszcz University of Science and Technology, al. Prof. S. Kaliskiego 7, 85-796 Bydgoszcz, Poland

Life Cyle Sustainability assessment of a novel chemical recycling technology for conversion of waste to olefins

Massimiliano Materazzi, Aurora Cavaliere, Andrea Paulillo, Paola Lettieri

University College London, United Kingdom

Integrating Process simulation and Life Cycle Assessment: A Case study on Polyethylene Gasification for Hydrogen, Hydrocarbons, and Methanol Production

Alessandro Salvi, Andrea Locaspi, Matteo Pelucchi, Giovanni Dotelli

Politecnico di Milano, Italy

A life cycle management approach to assess environmental performance of a waste-to-hydrogen strategy

Umberto Arena¹, Francesco Parrillo¹, Simone Malvezzi², Lorenzo Privitera², Filomena Ardolino¹

1: University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Italy; 2: A2A Ambiente S.p.A – A2A Group

The role of energy recovery from residual waste in modern MSW management systems

Lidia Lombardi

Università degli Studi Niccolò Cusano, Italy

Economic Viability and Environmental Performance of Waste-to-Hydrogen Production: An Integrated Assessment of Gasification Pathways with Carbon Capture and Storage

Suviti Chari, Alex Sebastiani, Andrea Paulillo, Massimiliano Materazzi

University College London, United Kingdom

Development of a parametrised scale-up model for prospective life cycle assessment of an emerging pyrolysis-based technology, namely TCR®: from laboratory to industrial scale

Sayara Saliyeva¹, Arnab Mukherjee^1,2, Katharina Reh¹, Matthias Franke¹

1: Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt, Sicherheits- und Energietechnik UMSICHT, 92237 Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany; 2: Brandenburg University of Technology, Cottbus-Senftenberg, Germany

Sustainability performance assessment in municipal solid waste management: evidence from Italy

Gabriella Arcese, Maria Giovina Pasca, Lidia Lombardi

Niccolò Cusano University, Italy

Life Cycle Assessment of Innovative Disposal Methods for Creosote-Treated Waste Wood

Mateusz Sydow¹, Katarzyna Klejnowska², Patrycja Kwaśniewska-Sip¹, Wojciech Cichy¹

1: Łukasiewicz Research Network - Poznań Institute of Technology, Poland; 2: Łukasiewicz Research Network - Institute of Non-Ferrous Metals, Poland

Transforming Waste: A Path to Sustainable Innovation

Marcella Volta¹, Katie Livesey¹, Peter Shonfield¹, James Tipper¹, Doyin Oladele¹, Gali Feldboy², Tato Bigio²

1: ERM; 2: Manufacturing company