4. Glossary

Life Cycle Analysis (LCA); Analyse du cycle de vie (ACV)

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a method for evaluating the overall environmental impact of a product or transformation (process). LCA enables us to assess the environmental impact attributable to the production of a product throughout its life cycle (raw materials, transport, transformation, use, end-of-life, etc.).

Life Cycle Cost (LCC); Analyse du coût du cycle de vie (ACCV)

Product life-cycle costing is the total cost of a product throughout its life, "from cradle to grave".

CMR compound; carcinogenic, mutagenic or toxic to reproduction compound

The acronym CMR comes from the regulations on chemical risk prevention and characterizes a chemical substance which, in the medium or long term, can induce carcinogenic,...