Most activities involve the use of land – even the ones you might not expect. Take plastics, for instance – even if your feedstocks include no biological inputs, the energy mix used in production and logistics may rely on biofuels, which are cultivated on cropland or forest land. This is why land use change is such a crucial part of any accurate sustainability assessment.

• Applicable to all crops and land types (forest land, range land, built land) in all regions in the world
• Avoids arbitrary allocation/amortization of transformation impacts
• Follows a cause and effect relationships consistent with consequential LCA methodology
• Accounts for both direct and indirect land use changes
• Enables identification of opportunities for conservation projects and ecosystem restoration initiatives
• Focuses on the future consequences caused by land demand, rather than historical changes