Introduction to Sustainability and LCA

Maximize your company’s product portfolio through Product Sustainability with Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Training

Revenues from sustainable products or services are growing up to six times faster than ‘normal’ equivalents according to new research from IRRCi

For leading organizations, embedding sustainability into product design and evaluating product footprints through LCA is driving business value through:

• Cost Reduction – via Optimized material, energy & resource use
• Reduced Risk – via Regulatory compliance & risk mitigation from materials of concern
• Brand Enhancement – via Increase appeal to customers, investors & employees

To succeed sustainably start here…

Whether you are new to product sustainability, interested in how other companies approach LCA, or looking to build your expertise, Sphera’s one day training provides a fun and collaborative environment with a network of your peers. Leave with confidence that you can apply LCA within your role to build business value for your company. Learn tips and techniques from our experts which will save you time, effort and improve the quality of your LCA projects.

Who should attend?

Research & development experts, product managers, environmental engineers, innovation managers, and academics that are new to the concept and method of LCA.

At the end of the training you will:

• Understand how LCA can help you achieve your business objectives.
• Be able to communicate the business value of sustainability and life cycle assessment.
• Have a solid understanding of LCA – a methodology to assess the environmental performance of a product throughout its life cycle including production, use and disposal.
• Understand the process steps for successfully completing an LCA – i.e. goal and scope, life cycle inventory, data collection and quality check, life cycle impact assessment, results interpretation, reporting and third party review.

Certified by ACLCA

Certified by the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA):

The “Introduction to Sustainability & LCA” course is a registered ACLCA course. The course is pre-approved to qualify for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for Certified Life Cycle Assessment Practitioners (LCACP).

GaBi Jump Start Training

Accelerate product sustainability initiatives with GaBi Jump Start Training

GaBi transforms data into sustainability metrics that support decision-making and enable companies to quickly implement high impact sustainability initiatives.

To succeed sustainably start here…

Join an ever expanding group of fellow GaBi practitioners to exchange ideas and experiences in a fun and collaborative training environment. Quickly and efficiently learn GaBi’s core functionalities, understand the extensive database at your fingertips, and gain confidence in your ability to build models to support life cycle assessment and business decisions. Learn tips and techniques from our experts which will save you time, effort and improve the quality of your LCA projects.

Who should attend?

New or potential users of the GaBi software

Prerequisites

Product sustainability with LCA training or equivalent skill level (understanding of LCA methodology and basic terminology)

At the end of the training you will:

• Understand GaBi’s modular and intuitive process-based approach to modeling the life cycle of a product from cradle-to-grave.
• Have confidence to build a simple product model to evaluate life cycle impacts in various impact categories (e.g., carbon, water, energy, emissions, waste, etc.)
• Have confidence to build simple scenarios using existing parameters.
• Be familiar with common life cycle impact assessment methods (e.g. CML, ReCiPe, TRACI, ILCD recommendations/PEF impacts)
• Understand how GaBi’s dashboards can be used to quickly analyze results.
• Have an awareness of the full GaBi Software Suite and the functionalities available for intermediate and advanced GaBi users.

Certified by ACLCA

Certified by the American Center for Life Cycle Assessment (ACLCA):

The “GaBi Jump Start Training” course is a registered ACLCA course. The course is pre-approved to qualify for Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for Certified Life Cycle Assessment Practitioners (LCACP).