Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA): How Is It Different From LCA?

Environmental Impact Assessments (short EIA, sometimes also EA) is the assessment of a project’s environmental impact. It is conducted ex-ante, so before the project is concluded. This sounds similar to a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) – which is defined as: A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an analysis of the impact one object has on the world around it. […]
How To Calculate And Compare Product Environmental Footprints With Mobius

What’s the environmental footprint of your product? If you have ever asked yourself this question, you are not alone. The demand for sustainable products is constantly rising. How do you measure a product’s environmental footprint? A product footprint is measured via the scientific method Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). An LCA calculates the impact a product […]
Environmental Cost Indicator: ECI Overview

The Environmental Cost Indicator (short ECI) is a single-score indicator expressed in Euro. It unites all relevant environmental impacts into a single score of environmental costs, representing the environmental shadow price of a product or project. Generally, most of the emissions of a product are not created at a production facility, but along the supply chain. This […]
How the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) Can Help Businesses

The Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) are a blueprint for the prosperity of our planet and the people on it. The agenda addresses 17 urging Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) related to inequality, climate, peace, justice, prosperity, and environmental degradation. Every part of society – state, industry, academia, and civil society – has to collaborate to achieve these goals […]