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Oct 11, 2021 - 09:18 AM
"In the Life Cycle Assessment* process, all stages of the product's life were analyzed: spanning forest management activities, cork crushing, transportation, and the industrial process. All the products analyzed have a negative carbon balance."* The life cycle assessment, which was conducted in 2019 and 2020, was based on a cradle-to-gate approach, i.e. contemplating all environmental impacts up to the factory gate. The assessment also included additional information on the carbon sequestration of the cork oak forest. The methodology of the EY studies was based on the ISO 14040/44 (ISO, 2006) standards, complemented with guidelines from the Handbook - General Guide for Life Cycle Assessment - Detailed guidance (EC-JRC, 2010), and the International Reference Life Cycle Data System (ILCD). The production data was provided by Amorim Cork Composites, while data on the general production processes associated with the production of raw materials, energy, transport and waste management was obtained from the ecoinvent 3.5 database (Werner, et al., 2016).You can go into more detail on the Amorim website (link below)https://amorimcorkcomposites.com/en-us/about-us/news/amorim-cork-composites-pro
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