Life Cycle Assessment for Beginners 🌱
Learn the basics of life cycle assessment and why it matters for sustainable decision-making.

The Underswell w/Derek Sabori
8.0K views • Jun 8, 2022

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What is life cycle assessment and why should you care?
In this video, we take a look at the basics of life cycle assessment and explore the importance of thinking about products and materials in terms of their entire life cycles. We also discuss some of the benefits of using life cycle assessment in your everyday life.
and yes, there's a special guest that Derek didn't introduce, but still makes a grand entrance starting at 5:15... Did you catch it!?
00:00 Introduction
00:20 The Value Chain
01:41 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Data
03:45 LCA Data Of Levi's Jeans
06:26 The Four Schemes Of LCA
08:33 Conclusion
⭐️ Grab our FREE guide on the 35 must-know sustainability concepts in the apparel industry here: https://www.theunderswell.com/35mustknows
Are you an apparel industry professional, or an aspiring one, looking to engrain sustainability knowledge and resources into your resume or into your current work?
⭐️ Schedule a FREE call here: https://calendly.com/dereksabori/30-minute-discussion-meeting-open-topic-clone
I’m Derek Sabori, an apparel industry veteran with more than 26 years of experience. I’m the former VP of Sustainability for Volcom, a former Sustainable Fashion college instructor, and a co-founding brand builder turned sustainability consultant and coach to brands.
Learn more at ⤵️
➡ Levi’s LCA - https://www.levistrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Full-LCA-Results-Deck-FINAL.pdf
➡ Definition - https://www.eea.europa.eu/help/glossary/eea-glossary/life-cycle-assessment
➡ Textile Exchange - Organic Cotton LCA - https://textileexchange.org/textile-exchange-stands-behind-lca-of-organic-cotton-2/
➡ Wool LCA - https://iwto.org/sustainability/life-cycle-assessment/
➡ Newsletter - https://www.theunderswell.com/mwfclub
➡ LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14081184/
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#sustainability #apparel #sustainablefashion #theunderswell #coaching #keeplearning
In this video, we take a look at the basics of life cycle assessment and explore the importance of thinking about products and materials in terms of their entire life cycles. We also discuss some of the benefits of using life cycle assessment in your everyday life.
and yes, there's a special guest that Derek didn't introduce, but still makes a grand entrance starting at 5:15... Did you catch it!?
00:00 Introduction
00:20 The Value Chain
01:41 Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Data
03:45 LCA Data Of Levi's Jeans
06:26 The Four Schemes Of LCA
08:33 Conclusion
⭐️ Grab our FREE guide on the 35 must-know sustainability concepts in the apparel industry here: https://www.theunderswell.com/35mustknows
Are you an apparel industry professional, or an aspiring one, looking to engrain sustainability knowledge and resources into your resume or into your current work?
⭐️ Schedule a FREE call here: https://calendly.com/dereksabori/30-minute-discussion-meeting-open-topic-clone
I’m Derek Sabori, an apparel industry veteran with more than 26 years of experience. I’m the former VP of Sustainability for Volcom, a former Sustainable Fashion college instructor, and a co-founding brand builder turned sustainability consultant and coach to brands.
Learn more at ⤵️
➡ Levi’s LCA - https://www.levistrauss.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Full-LCA-Results-Deck-FINAL.pdf
➡ Definition - https://www.eea.europa.eu/help/glossary/eea-glossary/life-cycle-assessment
➡ Textile Exchange - Organic Cotton LCA - https://textileexchange.org/textile-exchange-stands-behind-lca-of-organic-cotton-2/
➡ Wool LCA - https://iwto.org/sustainability/life-cycle-assessment/
➡ Newsletter - https://www.theunderswell.com/mwfclub
➡ LinkedIn Group - https://www.linkedin.com/groups/14081184/
Follow The Underswell ⤵️
➡ https://www.facebook.com/theunderswell
➡ https://www.instagram.com/theunderswell/
Follow Derek Sabori ⤵️
➡ https://www.instagram.com/derekasabori/
#sustainability #apparel #sustainablefashion #theunderswell #coaching #keeplearning
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