Life Cycle Assessment and Embodied Carbon Services

Environmental Impact, Carbon Footprint & Life Cycle Assessment

We help organisations understand the environmental impacts of products, buildings and services across their full life cycle. Through life cycle assessments (LCAs), carbon footprint assessments and embodied carbon assessments, we quantify emissions and resource use from raw material extraction through to end-of-life.

We also support the development of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), helping organisations communicate environmental performance and identify opportunities to reduce emissions across the value chain.

Our Approach to Life Cycle Assessment

We deliver assessments ranging from high-level screening studies through to fully ISO-compliant life cycle assessments and verified Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). Depending on project objectives, assessments can include scenario modelling, additional environmental impact categories and third-party verification, while also supporting reporting, procurement and regulatory requirements.

Why Undertake a Life Cycle Assessment?

A Life Cycle Assessment provides a science-based approach to understanding environmental impacts across the full life cycle of a product, building or service. An LCA can help organisations:

• Identify carbon and environmental hotspots across the value chain.
• Understand trade-offs between materials, processes and design decisions.
• Support product development and improve environmental performance.
• Provide evidence for sustainability claims and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
• Meet customer, procurement and reporting requirements.
• Inform decarbonisation and sustainability strategies.
• Support informed, data-driven decision-making.

Supports Scope 3 Reporting

Life Cycle Assessments are valuable tools for understanding and quantifying Scope 3 emissions across value chains. They help organisations assess upstream and downstream impacts, including raw materials, manufacturing, transport, product use and end-of-life treatment. This approach supports accurate Scope 3 inventories and climate reporting requirements, including AASB S2 disclosures.

Responding to Policy and Market Expectations

Organisations are facing increasing pressure to understand and disclose the environmental impacts of their products and services. This is being driven by initiatives such as the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR), sustainable procurement requirements and climate disclosure obligations.

Life cycle assessments provide the evidence needed to respond to these requirements with confidence. In Australia, they support Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), procurement decisions and transparent reporting aligned with emerging domestic and international frameworks.

Decarbonisation Readiness

Carbon footprint assessments provide the foundation for effective decarbonisation by quantifying emissions across products, assets and portfolios. This enables organisations to identify and prioritise reduction opportunities, set meaningful targets and develop credible transition plans.

Eco-Design Enablement

Life Cycle Assessment provides the evidence needed to integrate eco-design principles into product development. By identifying environmental hotspots across the product life cycle, we help organisations understand where the greatest impacts occur and where improvements can be made. The result is more informed product design and lower embodied carbon across the value chain.