Assess your products with a
life cycle assessment (LCA)
Nearly 3 out of 4 companies have integrated eco-design into their strategy. Yet only 21% apply it consistently across all products on the market.
A life cycle assessment (LCA) is the reference method to objectively evaluate the environmental impacts of a product or service. By measuring the pressures generated at each stage of the life cycle, the LCA helps you understand, prioritize, and reduce your impacts. It is a key tool to turn commitments into concrete eco-design decisions.
What is a life cycle assessment (LCA)?
- Raw material extraction
- Manufacturing
- Transport and distribution
- Use
- End-of-life (recycling, incineration, landfill)
The LCA considers at least 16 impact categories (ADEME), including climate, fossil and mineral resources, water, soil, biodiversity, air pollution, toxicity, and more. It is therefore a comprehensive and cross-cutting tool to guide your eco-design choices and limit impact transfers between categories (e.g., climate ↔ biodiversity).
Why conduct a product assessment?
- To meet regulatory requirements: CSRD requires companies to report on their main environmental impacts. LCA is a recognized and robust approach to achieve this.
- To identify innovation and cost reduction opportunities: LCA highlights the most impactful stages of your value chain, allowing you to:
- Reduce raw material consumption
- Optimize energy performance
- Design circular and more sustainable products
- To strengthen brand image and customer trust: increasingly, consumers favor brands that are transparent about their environmental performance. LCA provides a credible, verifiable, and differentiating proof of your commitments.
How is an LCA conducted?
- Scoping – define the assessment perimeter (product, service, or range) and map the value chain.
- Data collection – materials, processes, transport, use, end-of-life.
- Modeling – using recognized databases (Ecoinvent, IMPACTS® database from ADEME).
- Analysis – identify critical points across at least 16 indicators.
- Reporting – detailed report with eco-design recommendations.
Discover also our eco-design page to turn LCA results into concrete innovation levers.
Why choose Blooming for your LCA?
- Multi-sector expertise – industry, textile, food, digital.
- Regulatory alignment – ISO standards, CSRD.
- Support from assessment to implementation – guidance in eco-design.
FAQ
What is the difference between a simplified LCA and a full LCA?
A simplified LCA provides a quick overview to prioritize actions. A full LCA follows ISO 14040/44 standards, includes detailed modeling, and comparative scenarios.
How long does a product assessment take?
A simplified LCA takes approximately 2 months. A full LCA takes 3 to 4 months depending on the complexity and availability of data.
Which sectors use LCA?
All: industry, textiles, agri-food, digital, construction… Each sector has its specific challenges: biodiversity for agriculture, water for textiles, resources for electronics.
Is LCA mandatory?
No, but the CSRD requires the publication of environmental impacts. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the most recognized method for addressing this requirement.
Which tools should be used for an LCA?
Ecoinvent, ADEME’s IMPACTS® database, OpenLCA, SimaPro. At Blooming, we choose the tool best suited to your needs and your sector.
What is the difference between LCA and carbon footprint?
While carbon footprinting focuses on assessing the greenhouse gas emissions of a set of physical flows at the company level, LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) focuses on a specific product by evaluating its impacts on numerous other environmental indicators: climate, water, biodiversity, resources, human health, etc.