Life-cycle Assessment
Learn about how ROL measure and assess our products
Life-Cycle Assessment of ROL products
Measuring and analyzing the environmental performance of ROL products in their entire life cycle enables us to assess the impact for each stage, from sourcing of raw materials to products end-of-life. Performing Life-Cycle Assessments is a fundamental step to make more systematic and data-driven sustainable decisions when developing our products, enabling a greater care and mitigated impact on the environment.
Methodology for measuring & analyzing environmental performance of products
There are multiple methods, including self-made ones, employed by organization to communicate the environmental impact of their products. At ROL, we follow the international practices ISO 14040 & ISO 14044 for performing Life-Cycle Assessment. For ROL high-volume products, we improve the quality even further by having an independent third-party verifying the Life-Cycle Assessment, assuring compliance with ISO 14025 & ISO 21930 fulfilling the criteria for Environmental Product Declarations (EPD).
Product Stage
This stage measures the impact connected to the product composition, upstream transportation and manufacturing of the product.
Installation Stage
This stage measures the impact connected to the transport to the market and the installation of the product.
Use Stage
This stage measures the impact connected to the use of the product.
End-of-life Stage
This stage measures the impact connected to addressing the waste related to our products when reaching their end-of-life.
Comparability of Life-Cycle Assessment and Environmental
Product Declarations (EPD)
To compare Life-Cycle Assessment and/or Environmental Product Declarations, the system boundaries, scope, methodology, cut-off rules, content declaration and data-quality of the measures needs to be fully-aligned. If not these criteria is meet, the Life-Cycle Assessment and/or Environmental Product Declarations of ROL products cannot be compared with other.
This is of significant importance, especially as there are multiple methods, including self-made ones, employed by organizations to communicate the environmental performance of their products.
Access the LCA Summary Report and EPDs for ROL products here