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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.
Working Groups are the cornerstone of LCA-RSIN.
Working Groups are the cornerstone of LCA-RSIN.
They bring together experts from across industry, government, and academia to tackle key challenges and generate new research in the field of life cycle assessment and regulatory science.
There are currently five Working Groups, each co-led by sector specialists and supported by a dedicated team of researchers. Each group typically includes 8–10 selected members.
Our Working Groups are actively meeting and progressing their agendas. While membership is currently in place, opportunities do occasionally arise. If you're interested in contributing, please get in touch with the network to express your interest.
Led by Katy Armstrong (Unilever) and Marcus Henry (JLR)
Integrating Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) into regulatory decision-making in the UK will require robust data strategies. The Data Working Group will explore key challenges such as data availability, transparency, comparability, and quality, and will provide recommendations to DESNZ.
Led by Rosa Cuellar-Franca (University of Manchester) and Marcelle McManus (University of Bath)
This group aims to critically assess the policy landscape surrounding bio-based materials and circularity, identify key challenges and inconsistencies, and develop evidence-based recommendations to ensure policies support, rather than hinder, sustainable innovation.
Led by Stuart Coles (University of Warwick) and Nick Coleman (Tata Steel UK)
This group aims to understand the LCA methodology landscape and provide insights into how life cycle thinking and assessment can be used to develop policies, benchmarks or targets, and how those can support innovation.
Led by Keith James (WRAP) and Paul Hogg (Avalon Consulting)
This group aims to provide policymakers with greater confidence in using LCA to inform and evaluate policy, and to explore the potential for accrediting LCA practitioners. The group will then develop recommendations for government on how to proceed with accreditation if deemed desirable or necessary.
Led by Rachael Rothman (University of Sheffield) and Andy Rees (Welsh Government)
This group aims to explore the current skills gap in LCA as it relates to regulatory science in the UK. The group is examining what training and education in life cycle thinking, and in interpreting LCA results, is needed by policymakers, industry professionals, students, and innovators.
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