Ecomatters will attend the 12th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM), taking place from Tuesday 9th to Friday 12th September in Palermo, Italy. Recognised as one of the world’s leading forums on environmental, economic, and social sustainability, the conference focuses on practical solutions for integrating life cycle approaches into strategic and operational decision-making.

Alongside our partners at ARCHE Consulting, we will be contributing to a number of sessions.

Polymer Recycling and Life Cycle Assessment: An Overview of End-of-Life Allocation Approaches and Their Implications

11 September – 9:35 – 11:05, Session 2.05: Advancing Polymer Recycling: Methods & Policy for a Sustainable Transition

Maria Papavasileiou

In this session Maria will present our findings from an investigation into different End-of-Life allocation approaches within polymer recycling.

Experiences Applying the (Product) Environmental Footprint (PEF) Method and connecting to existing and upcoming European legislation and policy

11 September , 11:30 – 13:05, Session 2.12: Policy Coherence: Tools & best practices for an efficient & effective sustainable transition

Wouter van Kootwijk, Ecomatters

In this sessions Wouter will discuss key developments, challenges, benefits, drawbacks, and lessons from the practical implementations of the Environmental Footprint methods. These insights will be examined with the aim of supporting future-proof legislation and industry operations taking into account both existing and upcoming European legislation and policy.

Sustainability reporting and compliance within the EU: opportunities and challenges of LCA assessments in the copper, nickel, zinc and previous metals industry

11 September – 14:30 – 16:00 Session 2.15: Using LCAs for Industry Decision Making Part 1

Ligia da Silva Lima, ARCHE Consulting

Ecomatters and ARCHE Consulting are proud to be a silver-sponsor of this year’s edition of LCM. Throughout the conference, you will be able to find us at our exhibition booth on the 1st floor. We’d love to connect with you and further the conversation on sustainability and life-cycle thinking in policy and industry.