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70 4. Life cycle sustainability assessment: An ongoing journey

FIG. 4.9 Structure for the Tiered approach (Neugebauer et al., 2015).

A preeminent purpose of the Life Cycle Initiative is to encourage a life cycle thinking ap-
proach and knowhow also in the UN 2030 agenda actions in order to achieve sustainable de-
velopment global goals in a faster and more efficient way. Fig. 4.10 shows the Theory of
Change for the Life Cycle Initiative, linking its key deliverables with the expected impact
as defined by the initiative vision, which can be considered as a fundamental example for
LCSA methodology development.
The Life Cycle Initiative 2017–22 strategy document suggests technical advice to improve
the applicability of methodologies for specific applications, to orient scientific research and

FIG. 4.10 Theory of Change of the Life Cycle Initiative (Life Cycle Initiative 2017–22 Strategy document, UN).