Life cycle assessments

Packaging sustainability: Measure what matters

Sustainability is a worthy initiative, but it can mean different things to different people. Achieving sustainability goals requires informed decisions based on measurable data.

A Packaging Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) with BoldtSmith will accurately measure and effectively improve the environmental and human impact of your business. By evaluating the entire life cycle of your packaging materials, we provide actionable insights to help you choose sustainable packaging options that align with your commitment to sustainability and business objectives.

The LCA process

Our Packaging Consultants will evaluate the environmental impact throughout your product’s full life cycle, from raw material sourcing, through manufacturing, transportation, use, and end-of-life disposal or recycling. A comprehensive life cycle impact assessment ensures that every stage is considered when making sustainable packaging decisions.

Using our Net Green™ approach combined with your LCA outcomes, BoldtSmith offers a comprehensive view of your carbon footprint, providing key metrics that drive packaging decisions and optimize packaging systems.

Here are a few of the key data points we’ll unpack:

  • Fossil fuel usage: Measures the energy consumption throughout the entire life cycle of your product and packaging materials.
  • Global Warming Potential (GWP): Evaluates greenhouse gas emissions contributing to climate change and your overall carbon footprint.
  • Water consumption: Assesses water usage and potential scarcity impacts, ensuring your packaging solutions align with a circular economy.
  • Human health impact: Evaluates potential toxicity and exposure risks to humans, helping you make sustainable packaging design choices that protect both people and the planet.

Measure what matters

When sustainability meets strategy, businesses thrive. By leveraging data from life cycle impact assessments, companies can make sustainable choices and packaging programs that reduce waste, lower costs, and enhance brand reputation without experiencing product losses.

The key benefits of our LCA insights include helping businesses optimize packaging solutions, minimizing the impacts of products, and aligning with the evolving packaging industry standards and their environmental goals.

With BoldtSmith’s expertise in functional unit analysis and sustainable packaging options, you can confidently take the next step toward a circular economy while meeting both environmental and business objectives.

Increase profit with data-driven decision making.