LCA/EPD
A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is an evaluation of a product’s potential environmental impacts throughout its entire life cycle with respect to a wide range of environmental parameters such as climate, water environment, and health.
An Environmental Product Declaration is a communication tool that contains LCA results as well as information about the product and the methodological choices that underpin the LCA work. The purpose of an Environmental Product Declaration is – in line with LCA – to support market-driven environmental improvements. An EPD must be third-party verified.
Gabriel has published LCA results (called LCA Summary Reports) on selected designs and is preparing the first EPDs for third party verification. The list of textiles with available LCA Summary Reports can be found here.