FSLCI Sustainability Insights 03: Beyond Reporting – 23-24/06/2025
Beyond Reporting – Creating value by aligning Product and Corporate Decarbonization Efforts: Taking a Life Cycle Perspective to enhance Accounting Accuracy and Actionability
The 3rd Edition of the Sustainability Insights series, hosted by the Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation (FSLCI) on June 23–24, 2025, will be held as a hybrid event in Berlin, Germany as well as virtually.
The event is organized under the theme “Beyond Reporting – Creating value by aligning Product and Corporate Decarbonization Efforts” and aims to provide key insights into Scope 3 reporting and the balance between product- and corporate-level decarbonization efforts. Additionally, it will address the upcoming revisions of the GHG Protocol and SBTi standards, which are currently under review.
The deadline for early bird registration is on 15/04/2025. More details at this page: https://fslci.org/events/sustainability-insights-03-beyond-reporting-creating-value-by-aligning-product-and-corporate-decarbonization-efforts/
Key discussion topics
- Scope 3 Calculation & Accounting Challenges: The difficulties in accurately estimating Scope 3 emissions and the limitations of current spend-based approaches.
- Methodological Alignment of Scope 3 vs LCA Focus: The challenges and opportunities of aligning corporate Scope 3 accounting with product-level Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
- Enhancing Data Accuracy: The value of LCA/PCF data to increase accuracy and consistency, why LCA-based data and spend-based data should not be aggregated to avoid inconsistency and why supplier-specific data is not always more accurate.
- Bracing for the Future: The need to develop life cycle literacy and decision-making frameworks to effectively use LCA data in product design, procurement, and manufacturing, as automation and AI cannot replace the necessary learning and structural changes for decarbonization.
- Actionable Recommendations: The opportunity to implement more targeted strategies that shift the focus of decarbonization efforts from reporting to actionable and impactful change.