What is the sustainable production and recycling of metal materials?
With the current requirement for social change, such as carbon neutrality, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which evaluates the environmental impact of products and services, is becoming increasingly important. However, conventional LCA methods have several challenges, such as not sufficiently taking into account the impact on society as a whole. We asked Ichiro Daigo, who is developing a new LCA method to lay the groundwork for the future of industry, about the challenges of conventional LCA, the assessment method he is developing, and what he has learned from it.