Organizational LCA: the new member of the LCA family—introducing the UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative guidance document

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One of the flagship projects included in the phase III of the UNEP and SETAC’s Life Cycle Initiative partnership is the so-called “LCA of organizations.” It was kicked off in mid-2013, and during the last 2 years, its nearly 70 participants have been drafting and validating the “Guidance on organizational life cycle assessment” (UNEP 2015). This editorial is the official announcement of the publication of this new UNEP/SETAC Life Cycle Initiative product and shortly presents it to the LCA community. Organizational LCA is a relevant and promising new member of the LCA family. Just like social LCA was promoted and supported by the publication of the Guidelines for Social LCA (UNEP/SETAC 2009), we expect that the guidance document now launched will serve making organizational LCA widely applied. …