Acronyms
There is a fairly high level of technical jargon in Life Cycle Assessment. Some key terms and their related acronyms in this context are listed here.
Table 3 Terms & Acronyms
| LCA |
Life Cycle Assessment |
| LCIA |
Life Cycle Impact Assessment |
| LCI |
Life Cycle Inventory (alternately known as Inventory Analysis) |
| EIOA |
Economic Input Output Analysis |
| PAS 2050 |
Publicly Available Specification on embodied greenhouse gas emission quantification and labelling within consumer products |
| FMCG |
Fast Moving Consumer Goods (e.g. food products) |
| GHG |
Green House Gas |
| LCM |
Life Cycle Management |
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