What were the main goals of the LCI study?
LCA has been a topic of growing interest to the steel and other industries. Several steel companies and associations have already independently carried out LCA studies, each different in purpose, system boundary and methodology. The Board of Directors therefore initiated a global ‘LCI on Steel Industry Products’, in order to avoid inconsistency and duplicated effort. One of the primary aims of the project was to build a database and develop a common worldwide methodology for cradle-to-gate steel product LCI’s across a representative sample of member companies. This database may subsequently form the basis for full LCA’s across broader boundaries and complete product life cycles. The purposes of the project were to: – Produce worldwide LCI data for steel industry products – Assist industry benchmarking and environmental improvement programmes – Provide a basis for carrying out impact assessments – Obtain life cycle information requested by customers – Support communication with industry
