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Lifecycles at EcoBalance 2024: Expanding Sustainability Beyond Carbon
Lifecycles at EcoBalance 2024 in Sendai, Japan. Key takeaways on plastics circularity, avoided emissions, LCA database developments and agricultural supply chains.
Lifecycles launch PIQET 5.0, a revolutionary sustainable packaging tool
PIQET 5.0 — ISO 14044 compliant reporting, organisation packaging footprint tracking, advanced recycling assessment and new environmental indicators for packaging LCA.
LCA Food Conference, Barcelona
Lifecycles at LCA Food 2024 — data transparency, scalability in agri-food supply chains, technology innovations and harmonisation of LCI databases.
What's in the budget for sustainable agriculture?
Australia's 2024 budget allocates $63.8M for sustainable agriculture — GHG reduction technologies, measurement and the LCAgMetrics project with AgriFutures.
Incorporating Ecosystem Services in LCIA – Recommendations from GLAM3
GLAM3 proposes six midpoint and four endpoint categories for ecosystem services in life cycle impact assessment — SOC deficit, erosion, groundwater and more.
Improving electricity data in AusLCI
Updates to Australian electricity data in AusLCI v1.43 — WA grid split, Residual Mix Factor, market-based vs location-based accounting and future marginal energy.
Lifecycles contributes to updated ecoinvent LCI data for Australia's Agriculture
Lifecycles contributed five new Australian agricultural products to ecoinvent v3.10 — barley, maize, oat, rapeseed and wheat with state-level regional models.
LCAgMetrics: A major initiative to uplift the Australian farm-to-retail agriculture industry
AgriFutures and Lifecycles launch LCAgMetrics — a $4M project to update AusLCI with farm-to-retail sustainability data for Australian agriculture.
Paul-Antoine Bontinck featured in 'Closing The E-Loop'
Lifecycles' Paul-Antoine Bontinck explains how life cycle assessment and stock flow analysis can improve e-waste management and support a circular economy.
Tim’s reflections on GLAM project - UN Environment Programme
Tim Grant reflects on the GLAM project with UNEP — developing globally harmonised life cycle impact assessment methods with 40 world-leading scientists.
Australian Water Awards - Best Water E-journal Paper
Lifecycles and Yarra Valley Water win Best Water E-Journal Paper for circular economy options research in Yarra Valley Water's 2030 strategy.
Marguerite Renouf returns to Lifecycles after 10 years
Dr Marguerite Renouf returns to Lifecycles as Head of Strategic Business Development, bringing expertise in agriculture systems, biobased production and eco-design.