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You're invited to take part in our 2025 Survey. Responses will help shape the future of life cycle assessment in UK regulatory science.
Life Cycle Assessment Regulatory Science and Innovation Network
LCA-RSIN is an Innovate UK-funded network, established in 2024, which aims to address challenges in life cycle assessment (LCA) and regulatory science.
LCA-RSIN is an Innovate UK-funded network, established in 2024, which aims to address challenges in life cycle assessment (LCA) and regulatory science.
We aim to:
Provide research-based evidence and insights to support policy towards Net Zero.
Bring together stakeholders to identify challenges, improve harmonisation, and develop a vision for the best use of LCA in policymaking.
Be a hub of knowledge exchange between policymakers, industry, and academia.
Provide a network-of-networks to support practitioners and advance the field.
We’re inviting members of the LCA-RSIN community, and anyone with an interest in LCA to take part in our 2025 Survey.
Your responses will help shape the future of life cycle assessment in UK regulatory science.
As part of the Innovate UK-funded implementation phase, the survey explores current challenges and opportunities in applying LCA to support or respond to policymaking. Insights gathered may inform reports, policy briefings, and academic outputs.
The survey is anonymous and takes around 20 minutes to complete.
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Events
Events
news and analysis
news and analysis
Working Groups
Working Groups
SPECIAL INTEREST GROUPS
Partners
Partners
LCA-RSIN is led by a diverse group of partner institutions: the Universities of Sheffield, Bath, Manchester, and Warwick, the National Composites Centre, Tata Steel UK, Unilever, and the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP).
Many other leading academic institutions and companies contribute to our Working Groups and Special Interest Groups.
POLICY ENGAGEMENT
POLICY ENGAGEMENT
As a network focused on regulatory science, engagement with policymakers is key to our success.
We have a dedicated Policy Lead and work closely with the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ), the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA), and the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), as well as other government departments and devolved administrations, to ensure our work directly informs and supports policy.
FUNDING
FUNDING
LCA-RSIN is funded by Innovate UK. We received Discovery Phase funding in 2024 and, following a successful application for Implementation Phase funding, were awarded this in December 2024. The Implementation Phase of the network launched in January 2025.
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