Melbourne environmental consultancy, Lifecycles Lab has launched a program to assist organisations and startups carve clear pathways to constructing sustainable merchandise.
The consultancy does life-cycle assessments (LCA) and shares strategies for analysing the impacts of services and products.
Evaluation outcomes assist firms maximise environmental innovation, minimise unfavorable penalties, and decide the easiest way to show and promote their environmental credentials.
The half-day hackathons are held each fortnight in Collingwood, Victoria and prices $3,500 for 2 folks from the identical firm.
Lifecycles Lab’s shopper base consists of Woolworths, the Victorian and Australian governments, Telstra, Diageo, and Origin Vitality.
Founder Tim Grant mentioned most eco-conscious companies don’t interact LCA consultancies early because of the price and time concerned, but 80% of all product-related environmental impacts are decided in the course of the design section.
“Lifecycles Lab exists to deliver environmental evaluation to early improvement. Fairly than relying on intestine really feel and a google search, we put concepts beneath the blow torch to see how the numbers stack up,” he mentioned.
“So many seemingly inconsequential choices on the early stage can lock in some undesirable environmental baggage.”
This system consists of an hour of pre-workshop session, six hours of coaching and workshopping, entry to LCA practitioner, software program, knowledge for the Lab Day, and a abstract report on preliminary findings.
With elevated scrutiny of firms’ local weather credentials within the startup area, Grant mentioned Lifecycle provides a quick and inexpensive resolution to kick-start companies.
“The LCA hackathon offers a approach to bridge the hole between motivation and know-how,” he mentioned.
“It basically helps entrepreneurs discover the place their services or products sits by way of environmental efficiency, figuring out key alternatives, key assets, and pathways to verification as nicely as an illustration of environmental bona fides.”