Value proposition

Promotes LC approaches to inform decisions of Governments & Businesses to speed up Sustainable Production & Consumption.

What is the Life Cycle Initiative?

The Life Cycle Initiative promotes Life Cycle knowledge, which reveals the unintended trade-offs between social, environmental, and economic impacts of circular approaches. This makes Life Cycle thinking essential for decision-making by governments and businesses to foster progress toward sustainable production and consumption patterns.
To achieve this, the initiative works to build international consensus and access to science-based life cycle knowledge and to improve the application of life cycle knowledge by private and public decision-makers with (policy) advice and capacity building. The Initiative is focusing its work on high-impact sectors like Textiles, Plastics, and Construction.

Interested in becoming a member or funder?

The Initiative has an open membership base, including institutional funders and members from governments, businesses, science and civil society, and individual members from science and civil society. More information about becoming a member: https://www.lifecycleinitiative.org/get-involved/become-a-member/

Why and when is the initiative launched?

The Life Cycle Initiative was launched in 2002 by UNEP and the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC), gathering experts and users from around the world to enable the global use of credible life cycle knowledge by private and public decision-makers.