What is the role of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) in PCF?

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a standardized methodology for quantifying the environmental impacts of a product across its entire lifecycle — from raw material extraction and manufacturing to use phase and end-of-life treatment. By evaluating each stage of the value chain, LCA provides a comprehensive understanding of how different processes contribute to overall environmental impact, including carbon emissions.

A Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) is a focused subset of LCA that concentrates exclusively on greenhouse gas emissions, rather than broader environmental impact categories such as water use, toxicity, or land depletion. While LCA uses a multi-impact perspective, PCF isolates the carbon component to support climate-related decision-making, decarbonization efforts, and emissions reporting in line with ISO 14067 and the GHG Protocol.

Sustamize integrates LCA-based methodologies to ensure accurate, lifecycle-driven PCF calculations. By combining the structured logic of LCA with continuously updated, verified CO₂e emission factors, sustamize enables companies to model product emissions transparently, identify hotspots, and optimize sustainability performance across all lifecycle stages.

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