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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): A Comprehensive View(LCA)

Beyond carbon: evaluating the complete environmental impact

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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is the most robust scientific methodology for quantifying a product's environmental impact. While Carbon Footprint focuses exclusively on climate impact, LCA allows us to evaluate multiple environmental dimensions simultaneously.

Cradle-to-gate

Cradle-to-Gate Approach

Our LCA model covers all stages under the company's control or influence:

Supplies Stage

From raw material extraction to manufacture your fertilizers and phytosanitary products.

Production Stage (Field)

Agricultural management, irrigation, fuel combustion and soil dynamics.

Processing Stage

Reception in packaging, chemical treatments, energy consumption and packaging manufacturing (cardboard, plastics, wood).

ReCiPe 2016 / EF 3.1

Beyond Carbon

Impact categories evaluated by our LCA (ReCiPe 2016 v1.03 midpoint H, with climate from IPCC AR6, plus primary energy from CED)

Eutrophication

Impact of nutrients (nitrogen and phosphorus) on local watercourses.

Terrestrial Acidification

Effect of atmospheric emissions on soil quality.

Land Use

Efficiency in soil resource use according to its occupation and transformation.

Toxicity

Assessment of chemical compounds impact on human health and ecosystems.

Climate Change

Carbon footprint and other greenhouse gases.

Other Impacts

Ozone depletion, photochemical smog formation, etc.

One assessment, many impacts

LCA goes beyond carbon

The same product leaves a different footprint in each impact category. LCA measures them all to avoid shifting the problem from one place to another.

HotspotEutrophication
1.92 × 10⁻³
Land Use
6.81 × 10⁻⁵
Terrestrial Acidification
1.90 × 10⁻⁵
Climate Change
1.74 × 10⁻⁵
Particulate Matter
7.24 × 10⁻⁶

Values normalized per ReCiPe 2016 H (RIVM) — logarithmic scale · 1 kg of agricultural product, cradle-to-gate · person·year equivalent

Life cycle inventory

Primary and Secondary Data

The precision of our LCA reports is based on the strategic combination of both sources

Primary Data

Your Real Data

Real information collected directly from your farms and processing plants.

  • Measured energy consumption
  • Real fertilizer application
  • Documented transport and logistics

Avoiding "Burden Shifting"

LCA is the only tool that guarantees sustainability strategies are real

It allows us to ensure that, for example, a change in packaging type to reduce plastic does not end up increasing carbon footprint due to transport weight, or that a reduction in fertilizer use does not generate soil erosion problems.

Why choose Emetrix's LCA approach?

360° comprehensive vision
Burden shifting prevention
Informed strategic decisions
Compliance with international standards
Data with complete traceability
Reports for external audits

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Discover all dimensions of your environmental impact with our LCA approach.

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