Is life-cycle analysis necessary for ISO 14001 implementation

Answer:

LCA (life-cycle analysis) is required by the standard during the assessment of environmental aspects and their impacts. The organization needs to identify life-cycle stages of its product or service and assess environmental aspects emerging in each stage and define appropriate controls for each significant environmental aspect.

For more information, see: Lifecycle perspective in ISO 14001:2015 – What does it mean? https://advisera.com/14001academy/blog/2017/02/20/lifecycle-perspective-in-iso-140012015-what-does-it-mean/

These materials will also help you regarding LCA:
- Book THE ISO 14001:2015 COMPANION https://advisera.com/books/the-iso-14001-2015-companion/
- Free online training ISO 14001:2015 Foundations Course https://advisera.com/training/iso-14001-internal-auditor-course/
- Conformio (online tool for ISO 14001) https://advisera.com/conformio/