Scientific Laboratory Supplies (SLS) and Grant Instruments have produced a case study which aims to bring greater transparency to product sustainability.
Rather than presenting an argument about the ways of determining product sustainability, ‘The Lifecycle Carbon Story of the EcoCool’ it aims to highlight some potentially important considerations when faced with a product sustainability question.
The case study considers what product sustainability should look like, and how this can be used to help identify any impact, risk, or opportunities (IRO) associated with a product and its supply chain. The question of sustainability is often focused on the use and end-of-life stages of a product, along with energy efficiency and waste.
SLS argues that a methodologically robust way to determine the complete environmental footprint of an individual product is through a life-cycle assessment (LCA0. The company encourages its supply chain and customers to improve levels of understanding of each product’s sustainability and presents the case study on the Ecocool refrigerated circulating bath as an example.
