The Circle — Ecochain Roundtable Sessions
From footprint to product: how LCA insights drive real ecodesign
A small-group conversation for sustainability leads who want their LCA data to change what gets made, not just what gets reported.
You’ve done the work. The footprints are calculated, the hotspots identified, the reports delivered. But too often, that’s where it stops. The insights live in a PDF while the products stay exactly the same.
Turning LCA results into actual design decisions: Different materials, different suppliers, different products, is where sustainability stops being a compliance exercise and starts being a business advantage. It’s also where most organizations get stuck: designers don’t own the data, procurement doesn’t own the footprint, and nobody owns the gap between them.
This session is for the practitioners working in that gap.
What’s on the table
This is a roundtable, not a webinar: The conversation goes where you take it. You bring the questions you’re wrestling with; the group brings its experience. To give you a feel for the territory, here are the kinds of questions you might bring:
- “Which regulations should actually be driving my ecodesign agenda – ESPR, digital product passports, green claims rules – and which can wait?”
- “How good does my data foundation need to be before design teams can act on it? When is ‘good enough’ data better than waiting for perfect?”
- “How do I get data and real design collaboration from suppliers, without burning the relationship?”
- “How do I convince internal stakeholders that sustainable design is a brief, not a constraint?”
- “Can ecodesign protect us from greenwashing accusations, and how do I make our claims stand up to scrutiny?”
- “Honestly: why would we design more sustainable products at all? What’s the business case – consumer demand, tenders, competitive advantage?”
Recognize one of these? Bring it. Have a different one? Even better.
How it works
The Circle is Ecochain’s peer roundtable series: small, focused, and off the record. Every session is co-hosted by Ecochain, navigating real customer challenges. No endless sli, no recording — just practitioners comparing notes on what’s actually working.
🗓 Wednesday 30 July 2026 · 12:00–13:00 CEST · Google Meet · Max 20 seats
- 👥 Maximum 20 participants this is a conversation, not a webinar
- 💬 Community & networking Make connections with industry peers and talk honestly
Limited seats
Spots are limited to keep the conversation genuinely interactive. Once it’s full, it’s full.
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Part of The Circle — Ecochain’s ongoing series of peer roundtables for sustainability and LCA practitioners. [See all upcoming sessions.]
