Life Cycle Assessment（LCA）Basic Method and Recent Trends

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  • Inaba Atsushi
    President, Japan Life Cycle Assessment Facilitation Centre （LCAF）

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  • ライフサイクルアセスメント（LCA）の基礎と動向

Abstract

Recently, the calculation of greenhouse gas （GHG） emissions of products and organizations using life cycle assessment （LCA） has paid attention in the direction to realize “carbon neutrality”. The International Standards （ISO） for LCA of products （ISO 14040：2006 and ISO 14044：2006） are the method to assess diverse environmental impacts of products, but it has been refined with the publication of the ISO Carbon Footprint （CFP） （ISO 14067：2018）, which assesses only the impacts of GHG emissions. In addition, there are ISOs for LCA and CFP for companies and other organizations. Furthermore, Scope 3 standard published by the GHG Protocol is used by many companies as a calculation method for CFP of organizations. This paper explains the basic method of LCA presented in ISO14040：2006 and ISO14044：2006 and the differences between these ISOs and ISO14067：2007 for CFP and other methods including Scope 3 standards for organizations.

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  • JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL

    JAPAN TAPPI JOURNAL 77 (8), 664-671, 2023

    JAPAN TECHNICAL ASSOCIATION OF THE PULP AND PAPER INDUSTRY

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