Collaborative
Research Organization

UTokyo LCA Center for Future Strategy, UTLCAMaterial

1,Prospectus

Information

2. Organization

Environment and Energy

Innovative technologies that contribute to achieving carbon neutrality need to beassessed throughout their life cycle in accordance with the future industrial andsocial structures in which they will be implemented in society. However, conventional
life cycle assessment (LCA) evaluates the “current” environmental impacts of aproduct or service. We aim to evolve the conventional LCA into a pre-emptive LCA.
This approach is geared toward strategically constructing a sustainable society inthe future. The logo of the organization is shown in Figure 1.
Professor

Masakazu SUGIYAMAProfessor

Akira MORI

Project Professor

Satoshi OHARA

Associate Professor

Ichiro DAIGO

Project Associate Professor Eri AMASAWA
Project Associate Professor

Makoto IIDA

Project Assistant Professor

Yuko SAIKI

Project Assistant Professor

Jialing NI

Social ScienceSenior Research Fellow

Masahiko HIRAO

Cooperation Company/Organization

Laboratory forInterdiciplinary Activities【Internal institutions】
School of Engineering
Graduate School of Agricultural and Life

Cooperative Laboratories

To develop conventional LCA into pre-emptive LCA, it is necessary to holddiscussions among different sectors (Figure 3) and envision future scenarios that areconsistent among the systems that influence each other. In order to realize asustainable society, a new design that strengthens the linkage between consumption
and production is necessary, while also keeping abreast of developments in theinternational community. Through strong collaboration between researchers of
UTLCA and participating companies, we address challenges related to the interaction
between technology and society, talent development, and more. We promote
application and verification of pre-emptive LCA while exchanging information.

Hisashi NAKAMURA

Barrier Free

3. How to create future strategies "now"?

Professor

Chemical Biomedicine

We are building a new collaborative platform centered around the co-creation ofadvanced science and technology researchers and LCA researchers. This platform
involves 48 researchers across 10 faculties and institutes (as of April 1, 2024) within theuniversity. We will also promote collaboration with domestic and international
researchers and research institutions, including the National Institute for EnvironmentalStudies (NIES) and the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science andTechnology (AIST).
Under this research system, we will practice pre-emptive LCA for new technologies,evaluate their environmental, social, and economic effects in 2050, develop science andtechnology strategies and social implementation strategies based on these evaluations,and disseminate the results widely to society. In addition, through the practicalapplication of pre-emptive LCA and talent development activities, we nurture individuals
with expertise in both advanced science and technology and LCA. This contributes toestablishing Japan as a leading force in pre-emptive LCA on a global scale (Figure 2）.

Sciences

Graduate School of Economics
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Graduate School of Frontier Sciences

Social Cooperation
Research Departments

Graduate School of Public Policy
Institute of Industrial Science
Institute for Future Initiatives
Environmental Science Center2 Values of UTLCACorporate SponsoredResearch Programs

1 UTLCA Logo

【External alliance】
National Institute for Environmental Studies
The National Institute of Advanced Industrial

Research Organization

Science and Technology

https://www.utlca.u-tokyo.ac.jp/

3 Communication among different sectors

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