Product Carbon
Footprint and Life
Cycle Assessment
Training
Content
Overview 3
Your benefits after completing the workshop 4
Profile of participants 5
Organization 6
Workshop content 7
5.1 Learning objectives
5.2 Schedule
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Overview The workshop aims to teach the fundamentals of PCF calculations (Product
Carbon Footprints) and LCAs (Life Cycle Assessment) according to the ISO
Standards 14040, 14044 and 14067. The training course is primarily focusing on
companies in the chemical and plastics industry who have little to no experience
in these environmental topics and want to understand the basic questions of
“why, how and what” in relation to environmental assessments of their products.
Furthermore, the workshop covers simple case studies and exercises so the
participants can apply their knowledge in the real-world corporate environment
after the completion of the training.
The participants learn the following topics:
Why is it important to calculate
PCFs and conducts LCAs?
How can PCFs and LCAs become
useful for your business?
What is needed to calculate PCFs,
including basic knowledge about ISO 14067?
Application of the knowledge in
real-world, simplified, case-studies.
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UNDERSTAND UNDERSTAND APPLY THE BASIC
THE BUSINESS THE BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF PCF
VALUES BEHIND REQUIREMENTS CALCULATIONS IN A
PCFs AND LCAs FOR PCF SIMPLIFIED REAL-WORLD
CALCULATIONS CASE STUDY
Your benefits
after completing OPPORTUNITY TO
the workshop CONTEXTUALIZE YOUR
COMPANY-SPECIFIC
SITUATION IN A 1-ON-1
WORKSHOP
MEETING AND DISCUSS
CERTIFICATE
NEXT STEPS FOR PCF
CALCULATIONS
VALUABLE GUIDANCE ON THE NEXT
PEER-TO-PEER STEPS TO SUPPORT
EXCHANGE YOUR ORGANIZATION IN
PCF CALCULATIONS 4
Profile of
participants
This workshop is relevant for you if you are working in the chemical
or plastics industry as a professional who plays an integral role in
understanding, implementing, and making decisions related to PCFs
and LCAs of your products.
The following areas of activity are considered particularly relevant:
– Sustainability
– Purchasing
– Supply Chain Management
– Research & Development (R&D)
– Innovation
Furthermore, professionals from the following departments can be
considered as relevant, if they aim to get a deeper understanding of
environmental assessments:
– Marketing
– Information Technology (IT)
– Production
– Sales and Management
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Organization WHAT?
→ Workshop: 16-hours in-person workshop
→ Contextualization: 60-minute virtual meeting with consultant /
trainer during weeks after the workshop
→ Language: English (discussion can be in German if desired by all
participants).
Slides and Materials will be in English.
WHERE?
Rotonda Business Club
Salierring 32, 50677 Cologne
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information on dates and pricing.
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Workshop
content
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
The participants will be enabled to1
→ Understand and internalize the business values behind PCFs and LCA.
→ Understand and internalize the basic requirements for LCA PCF calculations according to ISO 14040/14044/14067.
– Goals and Scope definition
– Life cycle inventory
– Life cycle impact assessment – focus on product carbon footprints.
– Interpretation of results
→ Design and perform a simple LCA/PCF study, including and evaluating the validity of specific steps, the quality and reliability.
→ Understand and internalize the next steps to implement PCF calculations within your company.
1This corresponds to: Viere et al (2020). Teaching life cycle assessment in higher education. Available under:
https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s11367-020-01844-3.pdf
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TIME DAY 1 DAY 2 DAY 3
Morning Arrival and get together LCI & LCIA & Interpretation Case Study
09 am to 12 pm Recap: Recap:
What have we done so far What have we done so far
Theory of mathematical structure of LCA
Life cycle inventory
→ Data collection Conducting an industry related LCA case study:
→ Data needs and quality
→ Primary data Example studies: Recycling, Food, Petrol,
→ Supplier data Transport, Energy
– Secondary data
– Software tool overview Summary and defining the next steps for
→ Excursus: cm.chemicals data contextualization, i.e., 60-minutes virtual
meetings after course.
12pm to 1pm We invite you to finger food, drinks and an Lunch break Optional lunch (Preregistration needed)
exchange about PCFs and LCA – Get together.
Afternoon Introduction & Goal and Scope LCI & LCIA & Interpretation
01 pm to 05 pm Introduction – Why and how? → Allocation Departure
→ Business values, application areas and use- → Waste and recycling outlook
cases → Life cycle impact assessment
→ Relevance of trust, transparency, and → Global warming potentials or what the
consistency PCF is all about
→ Interpretation and reporting
Goal & Scope definition – Interpreting PCF results
→ Goal Definition – Reporting requirements for PCFs
→ Functional/Declared unit (ISO 14067)
→ System boundaries → Compliance with other Together for
→ Important nomenclature Sustainability standards
→ Short summary
Optional: We invite you to a local brewery in Cologne.
Visit a typical Preregistration needed.
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German brewery
in Cologne
If you want to learn more
about the Product Carbon
Footprint and Life Cycle
Assessment Training,
please get in contact with
Mara Boitz
GLOBAL ACCOUNT
MANAGER
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