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Life CyCLe EnginEEringwe support your sustainable business
Life Cycle Engineering (LCE) is an independent research & consulting company, delivering professional solutions for LCA, eco-design and environmental communication.The mission of Life Cycle Engineering is to provide consultancy and expert advices services to improve environmental, social and economic sustainability of companies and organisations. LCE supports private companies and business associations in the development of sustainability projects both at national and at international level.
Our main services consist in:• Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), including the development
of customised software solutions (on-line tool facilities)• Environmental communication, including Environmental
Product Declarations (EPD) and graphical design support• Environmental consultancy and Sustainability Strategy
support at 360 degrees• Ecodesign• Training courses
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TEA® is a web Tool designed toCOLLECT DATA by production sites and to
give back suitable assessments such as Environmental Product Declarations and CSR Reports for efficiency management and communication purposes.
inTrOduCing TeA® Tool for a life cycle-thinking environmental Analysis
DATA COLLECTION, systemmodel and specificperformance INDICATORSelaboration
Multi-sites companies,corporations, buSINESSassociations
Communication, reporting to shareholders (i.e. CSR),marketing by CERTIFIEDenvironmental declarations, efficiency control
Energy, environmental but also economic and social. TEA® includes a CuSTOMIzED DATAbASE for your specificBusiness/sector
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HOw TeA® wOrKs
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user PLAnTs
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Data collection by multi-sites companies (on-line questionnaires)
Analogical Model of the system
Elaboration of Indicators andReports
Communication, green marketing,positioning also by means ofsuitable certification
Customized environmental (LCA) Data Base by sector
DATA STORAGE
EFFICIENCY CONTROL, BENCHMARKING (costs optimisation)
To develop a customised version of TEA ≈ 6 months
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Plants Users
Single Report Group Report
Welcome back Administrator
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Administrator: CSR tool for data collection
USERS
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Luca RUINI Global HSE Director Barilla SpA [http://www.barillagroup.it/]“Thanks to TEA we save a lot of time every month to collect energy and environmental data by sites worldwide, to elaborate efficiency and productivity indicators. By using EPDs, marketing is really satisfied as well. Easy to use, recommended to multi-sites companies.”
Barilla is one of today’s top Italian food groups. Barilla leads in the global pasta business, the pasta sauces business in continental Europe, the bakery products business in Italy and the crispbread business in Scandinavia. The Group exports to more than 100 countries, delivering every year about 1,700,000 tons of food products, with the brands Barilla, Mulino Bianco, Voiello, Pavesi, Academia Barilla, Wasa, Harry’s (France and Russia), Misko (Greece), Filiz (Turkey), Yemina and Vesta (Mexico). www.barillagroup.com
CuSTOMER:
Barilla S.p.A. CSR/LCA/EPD Tool
PLANTS: 26
COuNTRIES:Italy, Sweden, France, uSA
FEATuRES/KPI:CSR reporting, including preliminary LCA indicators
OuTPuT: » CSR indicators at company and plant level » LCA impact indicators per kg of standard product
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ePdis used to support marketing actions
LCA/ePdis used to involve plants in actions to improve efficiency
The TeA®output can be used for communication immediately
Infographics made by LCE for Barilla based on TEA output
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“dossier prevention 2010”
“dossier prevention 2013”
The Italian National Packaging Consortium (CONAI) has the scope to recovery and recycling the packaging in Italy, coordinating the work of the six italian consortia of materials: steel (Ricrea), aluminium (Cial), paper and paperboard (Comieco), wood (Rilegno), plastics (Corepla), and glass (Coreve). With more than 1M member companies, CONAI is one of the largest systems in Europe. CONAI adopts TEA to evaluate the eco-compatibility of new packaging solutions of its member companies. CONAI promotes the adoption of eco-sustainable packaging at sourcewww.conai.org
CuSTOMER:
CONAI Eco-Design Tool
uSERS:CONAI member companies (associates) >1M
DEVELOPMENT:Evaluation of eco-design solutions
FEATuRES/KPI:Comprehensive DB by materials and processesPossibility to use plant (primary) data
OuTPuT:Variation of the three selected impact indicators (carbon, water, energy) former vs new solution
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The Bitumen Waterproofing Association (BWA) was created to provide an authoritative voice for the Bitumen roofing and waterproofing membrane manufacturing industry across Europe. The BWA is Europe’s central source of advice and information on all Bitumen membrane roofing and waterproofing matters, both to the industry and to its user groups. www.bwa-europe.com
CuSTOMER:
Bitumen Waterproofing Association(from 2015 EWA: European Waterproofing Association)LCA/EPD Tool
uSERS: BWA/EWA associates
PLANTS: +50
COuNTRIES:Austria, Italy, Spain, Germany, Belgium, Netherlands, Finland, Sweden, Denmark, Norway and France
FEATuRES/KPI: » Collection and data elaboration for the pan-European Environmental
Product Declaration (First certified EPD for a trade association) » Plant user R&D elaboration
OuTPuT: 24 footprint indexes based on the EN 15804 standard
Paul NEWMAN Chief Executive Bitumen Waterproofing Association [www.bwa-europe.com] “The BWA Platform that is based on TEA approach and logic is very useful to collect environmental life-cycle data among member companies and to maintain updated our Pan-European EPD document.”
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Guala Closures Group is world leader in the production of non-refillable closures for spirits and in the production of aluminium closures for spirits, wine, oil and vinegar, water and beverages, food and pharmaceuticals. It operates in 5 continents through 25 production plants and a sales network covering over 100 countries. The Group is also active in the design and manufacture of PET bottles. www.gualaclosures.com
CuSTOMER:
Guala Closures Group LCA/GHG/CSR Tool
PLANTS: 25
COuNTRIES:Italy, u.K., Spain, France, ukraine, Bulgaria, Poland, united States, Mexico, Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, China, India, Australia,New Zealand, South Africa
FEATuRES/KPI:Carbon footprint & GHG reporting
OuTPuT: » LCI data from 25 plants over 5 continents. » LCA for different closures
Roberto BOIdI Group Quality Assurance“The Guala Closures Group Platform that is based on TEA approach and logic is very useful to collect environmental life-cycle data among our plants World Wide and to maintain updated our LCA/GHG Reporting”
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Aquafil Group is the leader in Europe and the second largest global player in the Bulk Continuous Filaments sector, owing 40% of the European market share. Aquafil is also one of the world leading players in the production of synthetic fibers — from Nylon 6 to 6.6, from Dryarn® to the elastomeric fiber XLA- being the primary supplier to some of Europe’s leading manufacturers of clothing, underwear and sportswear. The Group has a presence in 8 countries on 3 continents with 15 plants employing more than 2400 people in Italy, Slovenia, Croatia, Germany, the united Kingdom, the united States, Thailand and China. www.aquafil.com/en
CuSTOMER:
AQUAFIL CSR Tool
uSERS:R&D, HSE Manager, quality assurance, plant manager
PLANTS:+13
COuNTRIES:Slovenia, Croatia, Italy, China, uSA, Thailand, Germany
OuTPuT: » CSR analysis » Environmental burden, including carbon footprint » KPI report for CSR analysis
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The Granarolo Group is one of the first Italian owned agro-industrial group in the country and the largest Italian milk supply chain directly owned by producers operating as a co-operative. Granarolo comprises a consortium of milk producers – Granlatte – which operates in the agricultural sector and collects raw milk – and a joint-stock company – Granarolo S.p.A. – which processes and sells the finished product, with 10 production sites throughout the country and 2 sites in France at the end of 2013. www.granarolo.com
CuSTOMER:
Granarolo EcoTOOL PACK
uSERS: R&D, HSE manager, marketing
PLANTS: +13
FEATuRES/KPI: » Extensive DB with materials and processes
OuTPuT: » LCA indicators to benchmark different solutions
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CuSTOMER:
Granarolo CSR/SAFETY at WORK
uSERS:HSE manager, plant manager
COuNTRIES:Italy
OuTPuT: » CSR analysis » KPI report for CSR analysis » Track accidents, near-accidents and
occupational diseases. » Report on safety at work .
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G.A. Operations is the operating company of the Giorgio Armani Group that industrializes and manufactures apparel, accessories, leather goods and home interiors for the brand names of the Group: Giorgio Armani, Emporio Armani, Armani Collezioni, Armani Jeans, Armani Junior, EA7, and Armani Casa. The company is headquartered in Modena and is located in 6 industrial hubs in northern Italy and 1 in Hong Kong. www.armani.com/wx
CuSTOMER:
ARMANI Suppliers’ Sustainability Engagement Tool
uSERS:Armani Suppliers (>500)
COuNTRIES:All over the world
DEVELOPMENT: » Map Suppliers » Self assessment questionnaire about
Environment, Social, Health&safety
OuTPuT: » Self assessment report » CSR analysis
GIORGIO ARMANI GA OPERATIONS
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Sanitser is a European project that aims to revise the production process in the Vitreous Sanitary Ware (VSW) ceramic sector by introducing relevant amounts of glass cullet waste from urban waste disposal in the ceramic blends formulations. The project focuses process innovations designed to a) provide a sustainable management, in terms of recovery of large amounts of glass cullet waste (soda lime glass: SLG), b)improve environmental performances of the ceramic sector by reducing CO2 emissions, c) enhance sustainability by energy saving and natural resources preservation.www.sanitser.eu
uSERS: Project’s CONSORTIuM
COuNTRIES: Italy, Europe
DEVELOPMENT: » Data elaboration for LCA LCC & SLCA studies » Impact indicators for EPD purposes » R&D simulations
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Aerpack B5-50 Bianco PROVA 1 PCN0265
I vassoi barriera AERpack nascono per essere utilizzati nel processo diconfezionamento in a tmosfera protettiva che assicura agli alimentiun’elevata shelf life. Aerpack System abbina i vassoi barriera AERpackal film di chiusura AERtop garantendo prestazioni eccellenti in terminidi impermeabilità, durata, tenuta, indeformabilità e trasparenza.
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Coopbox Group is leader in Italy and Europe in the production of food packaging and packaging systems for fresh products, with a wide range of products spanning from the basic tray in expanded polystyrene, to draining versions able to absorb liquids, to the most advanced gas barrier trays for modified atmosphere packaging.With a 130-million euro turnover, the Coopbox Group has factories, sales offices and subsidiaries in Italy, Spain, Slovakia and France. www.coopbox.it
CuSTOMER: COOPBOX LCA/EPD Tool
uSERS: R&D, Marketing
COuNTRIES: Italy, France, Spain, Slovakia
DEVELOPMENT: » LCA Reporting » R&D elaboration
OuTPuT:Product’ Carbon Footprint: » Worksheet Export for R&D elaboration
(single unit, comparison of multiple products) » PDF Template for marketing purposes
Claudio FORNACIARI COOPBOX Group R&D dpt“COOPBOX Carbon Footprint Tool based on TEA has become an important step in our new packaging development process and provides important infor-mation to improve existing packaging, in the view of reduction of the environmental footprint of our products and production processes”
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European General Galvanizers Association (EGGA) is the industry organisation for Europe’s general galvanizing sector, representing about 600 general galvanizing plats in Europe. EGGA monitors and responds to issues affecting the general galvanizing industry in Europe, in particular environmental, technical and regulatory matters. EGGA also provides a platform for coordination of marketing and other initiatives for the industry. www.egga.com
CuSTOMER:
EGGA LCA/EPD Tool
uSERS:50+ plants (EGGA associates)
COuNTRIES:European
DEVELOPMENT: » LCA Reporting » R&D elaboration
OuTPuT: » Pan European EPD
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AnsaldoBreda is one of the world leading suppliers of passenger trains for intercity, regional/commuter, and transit/metro applications with vertically integrated capabilities in car bodies, trucks/bogies (wheel sets) and propulsion systems. With current fleets operating in Washington DC, Atlanta, Boston, Cleveland, Los Angeles and San Francisco; AnsaldoBreda is also the largest modern day supplier of transit rail cars in the united States. www.ansaldobredainc.com
CuSTOMER:
AnsaldoBreda LCA/EPD/R&D Tool
uSERS:Designers, HSE manager, ISO 14001 manager, suppliers
COuNTRIES:Europe, uSA
OuTPuT: » Data elaboration for LCA studies » Impact indicators for EPD purposes » R&D simulations
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TeA® Added vALue
TEA® IS NOT SOMETHING NEW, IT IS SOMETHING EASIER
eFFiCienT » To collect data » This reduces costs and time » Accelerates the involvement of interested parties
reLiAbLe To support a credible communication, performance trends and benchmarking(i.e. avoid GREENWASHING)
MOdern use universal language through the web technology
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Life Cycle engineering supports your sustainable business
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