5.5 Calculate the environmental impact
Business Strategy And Product Management
Assess and compare full life cycle environmental impacts, including those of third-party services, to inform sustainable design decisions.
Success Criteria
- Life-cycle assessment:
Conduct a life cycle assessment (LCA) to understand the environmental impact of each functional unit – a defined measure of a product or service being assessed – including lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and other relevant environmental impacts across the full project lifecycle. - Competitor impact:
Evaluate the environmental impact of your project against comparable alternatives to inform decision-making targets. Determine whether the project’s additional value or sustainability benefits justify its environmental impacts. - Tooling impact:
Include the impact or estimated impact of any tooling or third-party solutions used at any stage in your pipeline. While not created by you, the emissions generated in production, maintenance, and use are also integral to your overall solution.