Ongoing project
When your customers start asking for LCA data, here’s what the right answer looks like.
The Challenge
For a US specialty chemicals company, LCA data has become a procurement criterion, and without internal capability, every customer ask was reactive. The missing piece was a structured, annual LCA programme that could keep pace as requirements evolved.
Project Objectives
01
Complete a full LCA for the 2024 data year using a methodology adapted for specialty fats and oils chemistry.
02
Establish an annual LCA cadence so customer sustainability requirements are met proactively, not reactively, year after year.
03
Build internal LCA capability so the team can manage and explain the methodology rather than depending entirely on external delivery.
Nexio Projects' solutions
01
Annual LCA programme
Three consecutive annual Life Cycle Assessments (2024–2026) on a consistent, sector-appropriate methodology and fixed system boundaries, giving the company a three-year trend rather than a one-off baseline and customer-ready disclosure data with historical context.
02
LCA Helix Training
Dedicated training programme delivered to the internal sustainability team on LCA methodology, system boundaries and emission factor selection. The internal team now understands the numbers, can answer customer questions with confidence and manages more of the annual process independently.
Key Outcomes
The client has a climate programme that continues to cater for ongoing customer LCA data requirements, as well as growing supply chain sustainability expectations from brand owner partners that follow scientific methodology.
Customer sustainability requirements met proactively
LCA data available for supply chain questionnaires, sustainability assessments and procurement reviews from major brand owner customers. No longer a reactive scramble. A planned annual deliverable.
Internal LCA capability established
LCA Helix Training delivered to the sustainability team in 2025. The team understands the methodology, can field customer questions and manages more of the process with each passing cycle. External dependency reduces as internal knowledge grows.
Competitive position in sustainable supply chains strengthened
In a supply chain where sustainability data is a procurement criterion, a three-year auditable LCA record is a differentiator. The companies that invested early in annual LCA programmes are ahead of the ones that are still deciding whether to start.
