Social LCA: what for?

Social LCA: what for?

Social LCA can be used by companies to:

  • present their strategy on social responsibility based on their legal obligations as well as their activities beyond that, in particular in comparison with competitors;
  • increase competitiveness and create a market pool for socially sustainable products
  • assess their risk along the value chains
  • create a better cooperation and consolidate partnership with suppliers;

Public authorities can use social LCA:

  • to provide a tool to measure the social requirements of public procurement directives;
  • as a requirement to measure social impact of innovation in tenders for European projects (h2020, COSME, etc)
  • to level the playing field and award socially and environmentally sustainable products.