Quick wins vs. deep dives: choosing the right LCA tier for your business
(LCA Speed vs. LCA Service vs. LCA Improve)
Learn more Get in touchEmbarking on your sustainability journey through the use of Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) can seem daunting, but it doesn’t have to be a one-size-fits-all approach. At Unipart, we understand that businesses have varying needs, resources, and levels of sustainability maturity. We’ve developed a multi-tiered LCA offering designed to provide quick wins for immediate insights, or deep dives for comprehensive optimisation, offering you the flexibility to choose the right fit for your business.
Our LCA offering is structured into three distinct tiers:
- LCA Speed: remote, fast, and reliable carbon insights
- Best for: Businesses needing quick, accurate LCAs with minimal effort. This tier is ideal for initial assessments, benchmarking, or for companies with limited internal resources but a strong desire to quickly understand their product’s or process’s environmental hotspots.
- Key features: Fully remote, fast turnaround, and cost-effective. It provides foundational carbon insights to kickstart your sustainability journey.
- Outcome: Quick, accurate LCAs to inform initial decisions and identify immediate areas for improvement.
- LCA Service: expert-guided LCAs for greater accuracy & compliance
- Best for: Businesses requiring further support to improve LCA accuracy and application, especially those looking to refine assessments and set targets.
- Key features: On-site engagement, refined assessments, identification of key impact areas, and target-setting support. This tier offers a more hands-on approach, leveraging Unipart’s expertise to ensure robust data collection and analysis.
- Outcome: More precise LCA results, actionable insights for compliance and foundational support for key operational efficiency savings.
- LCA Improve: enhancing carbon insights for long-term impact
- Best for: Businesses looking to build on LCA results and explore potential reduction opportunities, driving significant, long-term sustainability impact. This is for organisations committed to embedding sustainability deep into their operations and supply chains.
- Key features: Insight into embodied carbon reduction, sustainability compliance execution via Unipart’s 6-Step Delivery Methodology, quick win implementation, and decarbonisation strategies. We will work closely with internal teams to help interpret findings, set realistic carbon reduction goals, and outline potential efficiency improvements based on the LCA results..
- Outcome: Sustainable operational improvements, measurable carbon reductions, enhanced resource efficiency, and a resilient supply chain ready for evolving demands. Companies implementing comprehensive sustainability improvements often see a 10-15% reduction in their environmental footprint within the first few years.
Choosing the right tier depends on your current sustainability maturity and strategic goals. Whether you need a rapid assessment to get started or a deep, integrated programme to transform your supply chain, Unipart’s LCA offering provides the flexibility and expertise to support your journey towards sustainable growth.
