Meet Label Life by UPM Raflatac, the life cycle assessment service that enables you to look beyond the label.
Label Life helps you make informed and environmentally responsible decisions by providing essential Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) metrics cradle-to-grave on the sustainability of UPM Raflatac's products. Accompanying product passport prototypes (PPPs) highlight an array of metrics, from carbon footprint and water consumption to the 16 indicators recommended by the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) guide. PPPs are available for the majority of our product portfolio.
With our Label Life comparisons, you also receive a focused comparison of three key metrics: greenhouse gas emissions, energy demand and water consumption to guide your decision-making process.
Label material choice can have a significant impact on packaging sustainability. UPM Raflatac is the first label materials company committed to going Beyond Fossils and is continuously developing new products that enable customers to reduce the environmental impact of their packaging. Over its 10 years of service, Label Life has continually evolved offering converters and brands both cradle-to-gate and tailored cradle-to-grave calculations. The validation by DEKRA confirms the credibility of UPM Raflatac’s LCA calculations and supports customers to make better informed choices, bringing them closer to their own sustainability goals.
Comprehensive:
In total 25 different indicators available in the PPPs, over the life cycle of the label broken down into the stages (1) cradle-to-gate, (2) transport to customer (3) printing (4) End of life impacts. The potential benefits for the next life cycle stage are also quantified separately.
Credible:
The Label Life result generation process has passed through external validation. The review found the results appropriate for the intended goals and approved the quality checks put in place to ensure reliable results consistent with the relevant International Standards ISO 14040 and ISO 14044.
Actionable:
LCA results that cover a broad range of metrics and have been validated are a good basis to act on. The metrics are provided to support our customers in making a switch for the more sustainable alternative.
How Label Life by UPM Raflatac works?
Cradle to grave: Look beyond the label with Label Life
Label life provides customers with a unique product passport prototype (PPP) – an environmental self-declaration for label products with a wide range of metrics that are broken down into life cycle stages: cradle-to-gate, transport-to-customer, printing and end of life such that customers and brands can inform themselves of the potential impacts along the value chain.
Label Life by UPM Raflatac sets new industry standards with DEKRA verified LCA calculations: https://www.upmraflatac.com/news-and-stories/news/2023/08/label-life-by-upm-raflatac-sets-new-industry-standards-with-dekra-verified-lca-calculations/