Embodied carbon is a term that up until now has generally been poorly understood, and its importance has been severely underestimated. This is starting to...
Archive for category: Life Cycle Assessment
Why use LCA for sustainability? A Q&A with Stone and Wood Brewing Co
Last year, James Perrin, Sustainability Manager at fellow BCorp Stone & Wood Brewing Co, approached Edge to undertake a life cycle assessment (LCA) of their iconic Pacific Ale beer. We asked him why he wanted an LCA, what he learned, and what’s next on S&W’s sustainability journey.
Introducing the Building Products Information Rating
At Edge, we have spent years speaking to clients and attending events where that situation was highlighted as something holding back the industry. So we decided that, rather than wait for someone else to do so, we’d solve it by developing the BPI Rating platform.
A steelmaker, a scientist and a carbon trader walk into a bar…
No, it’s not a joke, it’s the networking drinks at the Australian LCA Conference. Folk with an interest in the circular economy and life cycle...
The Sustainable Development Goals – How to go from aligning icons to driving impact.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) set by the United Nations General Assembly are a blueprint for the world to achieve sustainable development and have received...
The WHY and the HOW of a Social LCA
Edge has been pioneering the use of Social LCA to help our clients address risk and compliance. Here’s a little snapshot of what It’s all...
Is Sustainability a Big Deal for Building Product Manufacturers?
Sustainability can be a bit of a cursed term here in Australia. The mere mention of climate change can, as we saw only last week,...
Taste the Bug
With a growing population, heading towards 9 billion people by 2050, we need to produce food more efficiently and at a lower cost to the...
Upcycle Ale – Celebrating Our 10th Anniversary by Turning Waste Bread into Beer
This year is Edge’s 10th anniversary, and few months back I was wondering to myself what we could do to celebrate that would align with...
New momentum for EPDs
At Edge we’ve been long-standing advocates for Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) in the building products sector. We see EPDs, and the underpinning Life Cycle Analysis...