Breakfast webinar: LCA for Business Decisions

How to Measure and Communicate the Environmental Impact of Your Products

LCA is rapidly becoming a regulatory and market requirement; understanding it early gives companies a competitive edge and helps avoid greenwashing risks.

Welcome to the second breakfast webinar (in English) of BioTechDemoDesign project.

Register by 5.5.2026

Registration

This webinar is most relevant for:

• SMEs and startups in food, packaging, biomaterials, or bio-based industries in the Kymenlaakso region who want to reduce their environmental footprint or respond to green procurement requirements
• Product developers and R&D managers who make decisions about materials, processes, or suppliers and want data to back sustainability claims
• Sustainability and quality managers facing regulatory pressure (e.g., EU Green Deal, product environmental footprint rules)
• Entrepreneurs and business owners exploring how to market their products as sustainable with credible, science-based evidence
• Students and educators in environmental science, engineering, food technology, or business sustainability who want a practical, real-world introduction to LCA beyond the classroom, whether to strengthen their academic knowledge, support thesis or project work, or prepare for careers where LCA is increasingly required

You should attend because LCA is rapidly becoming a regulatory and market requirement; understanding it early gives companies a competitive edge and helps avoid greenwashing risks.

What will you learn?

• What LCA is and the 4 key phases (goal and scope, inventory, impact assessment, interpretation) in plain, non-technical language
• How LCA results are used in business decisions, product redesign, supplier choice, and eco-labelling.
• Common misconceptions about LCA (it’s not just carbon footprint!)
• When and why a company should invest in an LCA study
• The difference between a full LCA and a simplified/screening LCA, and which one your business actually needs.

What will you get from participating?

• A practical understanding of LCA that you can apply to your own products or processes
• ISO 14040 framework to identify the biggest environmental hotspots in your value chain
• Awareness of EU sustainability reporting trends and how LCA connects to them
• A 1-hour investment that could save months of confusion when engaging with LCA consultants or sustainability certifications

Speaker

Okba Guedri, Junior Researcher, LUT University

PhD Researcher in Green Chemical Technology and Sustainable Food Systems. Specializing in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) for bio-based products and sustainable food processing, with hands-on experience applying ISO 14040/44-compliant LCAs across food, packaging, and biorefinery systems.

Questions? Please contact:

okba.guedri@lut.fi
tiina.savallampi@xamk.fi

Event is organized by BioTechDemoDesign – Sustainable technology and biobased innovations project. Project is co-funded by European Union, Regional Council of Kymenlaakso.