Optimize Your Product Sustainability

At Sustainable Solutions Corporation (SSC), we understand the increasing importance of sustainability in business practices. Our Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Optimization services are designed to help organizations evaluate and improve the environmental impacts of their products throughout their life cycles.

“THE EPDS WE’VE PUBLISHED PROVIDE TRANSPARENT INFORMATION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS OF OUR CEILING PRODUCTS. THIS GIVES OUR CUSTOMERS THE CONFIDENCE THAT OUR PRODUCTS DELIVER ON THE PROMISES WE HAVE MADE.”

Dawn Chittick, CertainTeed Corporation

  • An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) provides transparent and verified information about the environmental performance of your products.

    Optimizing your EPD can significantly enhance your marketability and customer trust, as it communicates your commitment to sustainability.

  • Optimizing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is crucial for companies seeking to improve sustainability and lower environmental impact.

    This optimization aids regulatory compliance, sparks innovation, and boosts brand reputation. As consumers increasingly favor sustainable options, LCA optimization serves as a valuable market differentiator, enabling informed decisions for a sustainable future.

 

Life Cycle Assessment Optimized:

  • Calculates and compares environmental impacts of a new generation of a product or process.

  • Cradle-to-gate, cradle-to-gate with options, cradle-to-grave (match the boundary of the original study)

  • Develop study to ISO 14040/ISO 14044 standards.

  • Conduct a third-party critical review of optimization results.

EPD Optimized

  • Process of improving the environmental performance metrics of a product as reflected in its EPD.

  • Analyzing the LCA data to identify areas where impacts can be reduced, such as raw material extraction, production processes, or distribution methods.

  • Optimization may include selecting more sustainable materials, enhancing energy efficiency in manufacturing, or reducing waste generation throughout a product's life cycle.

 

Benefits of Optimization

 

Enhanced Sustainability

Stakeholder Engagement

Regulatory Compliance

Improved Market Positioning

 

Why Choose SSC?

SSC has over 23 years of experience and has developed and delivered valuable LCAs and EPDs based on international standards (ISO 14040/14044, ISO 14025, ISO 21930, and EN 15804) and market demands. SSC has a proven record of assisting companies to develop LCAs, EPDs, and sustainability programs, identify operational cost savings, develop marketing material, and provide sustainability training.

SSC is proud to support some of the world’s most sustainable companies by being their go-to partner for holistic sustainability strategies and individual initiatives throughout these programs. Furthermore, our staff includes LCA Certified Professionals (LCACPs). Achieving LCACP certification requires an LCA practitioner to demonstrate expertise in LCA practice and have a thorough understanding of the International Standards for Life Cycle Assessment, ISO 14040, and ISO 14044. Having an LCACP involved on your project will help ensure your model and assessment are conducted in accordance with International Standards.

 

Resources

From Assessment to Action: Integrating LCAS and epds

In this document, we provide:

  • The transformative approaches in Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)

  • The three types of LCA’s including Life Cycle Assessment Optimized and Comparative Life Cycle Assessments

  • A readiness assessment you should answer before engaging in an LCA study

  • Frequently Asked Questions

  • Glossary and key terms

 

KEY TERMS & DEFINITIONS

Definitions of key terms and acronyms.

Podcast Episode

Deep Dive Into LCA,EPD, and PCF

LCA FAQs

Answers to 10 frequently asked questions.

 

Webinars