Life Cycle Assessment for Products, Processes and Services April 12, 2011

The life cycle approach has become the major tool of businesses and governments in improving the sustainability of products, processes and services. Businesses like 3M, Alcan, HP, Procter & Gamble, Unilever and others are using Life Cycle Assessment to reduce product costs, increase market share and mitigate climate and energy risk.

Essentially, LCA can help companies gain legitimate entry into the burgeoning "green marketplace" through eco-labels and declarations. Over 18% of companies are using LCA to support business strategy and R&D. In excess of 11% of companies are using LCA for branding products through labeling or product declarations to address a green market that will double from $1.37 trillion a year in 2010 to $2.74 trillion by 2020.

As a Life Cycle Assessment Project Manager or Sustainability Consultant - you need to have a broad understanding of LCA concepts, inventory, impact assessment, data quality management, post impact calculations, modeling, software, statistics and the ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 standards.

Life Cycle Assessment is one of today's fastest growing professional fields with certification from the American Centre for Life Cycle Assessment through an exam process.

In this program you will:

•Gain the knowledge and skills to manage a LCA project for your product, process or service.
•Learn about LCA Software.
•Access important LCA Resources.
•Acquire knowledge applicable to the American Centre for Life Cycle Assessment Certification Exam.
BONUS:
•Register now and receive a complimentary copy of "The Hitchhiker's Guide to Life Cycle Assessement" by Henrikke Baumann and Anne-Marie Tillman.
•Gain Access to the Sustainability Learning Centre's Community of Practice, a depository of course materials, connections and learning Forums.

Official Website: http://www.sustainabilitylearningcentre.com/Public-Courses/lifecycleassessmentforproductsprocessesaservices.html