Life Cycle Assessment crosses borders. It addresses the globally distributed life cycles of products and covers world-wide impacts on the environment and on human health. This calls for one, global approach to Life Cycle Assessment. However, the situation across the globe differs: private industry varies country to country, regional and local environment differ, there is contrasting population exposure, major cultural and political differences have to be recognized. To accommodate this diversity we cooperate with many industry associations and institutions. Below you will find the list of the Partners of the European Platform on LCA.

National database projects and international organisations

• United Nations Environment Programme, DTIE Department (UNEPDTIE)
• World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
• Brazilian Institute for Informatics in Science and Technology (IBICT)
• University of Brasilia (UnB)
• China National Institute for Standardization (CNIS)
• Sichuan University, Chengdu, China
• Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry (JEMAI)
• Research Center for Life Cycle Assessment (AIST), Japan
• SIRIM-Berhad, Malaysia
• National Metal and Material Technology Center (MTEC), Focus Center on Life Cycle Assessment and EcoProduct Development, Thailand

Advisory groups

Business

• Alliance for Beverage Cartons and the Environment (ACE), Europe
• Association of Plastics Manufacturers (PlasticsEurope)
• Confederation of European Waste-to-Energy plants (CEWEP)
• European Aluminium Association
• European Automobile Manufacturers' Association (ACEA)
• European Cement Association (CEMBUREAU)
• European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries (EUROFER)
• European Copper Institute
• European Confederation of woodworking industries (CEI-Bois)
• European Federation of Corrugated Board Manufacturers (FEFCO)
• Industrial Minerals Association Europe (IMA Europe)
• Lead Development Association International (LDAI), global
  Sustainable Landfill Foundation (SLF), Europe
• The Voice of the European Gypsum Industry (EUROGYPSUM)
• Tiles and Bricks of Europe (TBE)
• Technical Association of the European Natural Gas Industry (Marcogaz)

LCA database and tool developers

• BRE Building Research Establishment Ltd - Watford (United Kingdom)
• CML Institute of Environmental Science, University of Leiden (The Netherlands)
• CODDE Conception, Developement Durable, Environnement – Paris (France)
• ecoinvent centre – (Switzerland)
• ENEA – Bologna (Italy)
• Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe GmbH - Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen (Germany)
• Green Delta TC GmbH – Berlin (Germany)
• Ifu Institut für Umweltinformatik GmbH – Hamburg (Germany)
• IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute – Stockholm (Sweden)
• KCL Oy Keskuslaboratorio-Centrallaboratorium Ab – Espoo (Finland)
• LBP, University Stuttgart (Germany)
• LCA Center Denmark c/o FORCE Technology – Lyngby Denmark
• LEGEP Software GmbH - Dachau (Germany)
• PE International GmbH – Leinfelden-Echterdingen (Germany)
• PRé Consultants – Amersfoort (The Netherlands)
• Wuppertal Institut für Klima, Umwelt, Energie GmbH – Wuppertal (Germany)

Life Cycle Impact Assessment method developers

• CIRAIG – Montreal (Canada)
• CML Institute of Environmental Science, University of Leiden (The Netherlands)
• Ecointesys Life Cycle Systems - Lausanne (Switzerland)
• IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute – Stockholm (Sweden)
• PRé Consultants – Amersfoort (The Netherlands)
• LCA Center Denmark – Lyngby (Denmark)
• Musashi Institute of Technology
• Research Center for Life Cycle Assessment (AIST) (Japan)