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The UK LCA Network produces a range of resources, including research outputs from our dedicated working groups, webinars organised by our special interest groups, recordings from our conferences, and much more. These resources are available to view and download below.

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Working Group 4: The The Need for Certification of Practitioners and Verifiers of Life Cycle Assessment

Working Group 4's final report on accreditation of LCA practitioners and verifiers in the UK. This paper includes the group's recommendation to introduce certification, and the reasoning for this, and also discusses the potential options available for certification, and the next steps needed to work toward a UK certification scheme.

Lead Authors Paul Hogg
Contributing Authors Sarah Gray
Organisation Avalon Consulting, WRAP
2026 View PDF (opens in a new tab)
Presentation Video 2026 Annual Event

Food Systems and Land Use Change: Methodological Challenges with Real-World Impacts

This presentation explores challenges in LCA of food systems, focusing on direct and indirect land use change (DLUC and ILUC). It highlights methodological challenges, uncertainties, and data gaps, and discusses implications for decision‑making, reporting, and improving transparency, robustness, and comparability.

Lead Authors Ximena Schmidt Rivera
Organisation Emission Insights Ltd, ClearPrint
2026 View Video (opens in a new tab)
Presentation Video 2026 Annual Event

DESNZ and the role of LCA in building a market for low carbon products

A summary of the key findings and next steps from the DESNZ technical consultation on growing the market for low carbon products and the accompanying DESNZ-commissioned research project, delivered by Frazer-Nash Consultancy, exploring the quality of LCA data for steel, cement, and concrete.

Lead Authors Vinesh Vegad, Sarah Parkinson, Camilla de Ste Croix
Organisation Frazer-Nash Consultancy, DESNZ
2026 View Video (opens in a new tab)
Presentation Video 2026 Annual Event

The role of LCA at Defra

Luke explores the way sustainability assessments have been used in different areas of Defra and how these use-cases illustrate the complexities of evidence-based environmental policy making. These include the impacts of imported vs home-grown food, comparing different agricultural systems, considering how we manage organic wastes in the future, and the benefits of extending the use-time of key products.

Lead Authors Luke Ridley
Organisation Defra
2026 View Video (opens in a new tab)
Presentation Video 2026 Annual Event

Applications of LCA in the Foundation Industries

This session explores how Tata Steel’s sustainability team applies LCA and life cycle thinking to evaluate the environmental impacts of its products and processes. BuildZero also talks about its work, including research into pathways to a future where the material needs of the UK’s building stock can be met with zero new raw material extraction, zero carbon & zero waste.

Lead Authors Nick Coleman, Jacob Salt, Hadi Arbabi
Organisation Tata Steel UK, BuildZero
2026 View Video (opens in a new tab)
Presentation Video 2026 Annual Event

Applications of LCA in Industry

This talk explores how Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is applied in different ways in industry, including for corporate reporting, B2B communications, and innovation. Showcasing examples of where LCA has been used effectively across Croda and Unilever; highlighting that context dictates the levels of harmonisation required and that numbers don't always tell the whole story!

Lead Authors Sarah Davidson, Katy Armstrong
Organisation Croda, Unilever
2026 View Video (opens in a new tab)