I need to solve this task please ASAP:
Goal and Scope Definition:
As a well-known LCA expert, you are contacted by a German clothing company. They want to learn more about the environmental impacts of a t-shirt they produce and sell in German stores:
The t-shirt is produced of organic cotton in Turkey.
The clothing company has already experience with previous LCAs. There is enough budget available to carry out the study.
a) Which further information do you need from the company in order to be able to define a functional unit to compare the product systems of the two t-shirts? [2 P]
b) Sketch a goal definition. Do not forget to justify your assumptions. Answering in bullet points is fine. [5 P]
To facilitate you the task you are given the checklist on the right hand side.
c) Sketch a scope definition. Do not forget to justify your assumptions. Answering in bullet points is fine. [7 P]
To facilitate you the task you are given the checklist on the right hand side.
d) Draw a simplified flow chart for the product system. [5 P]
e) Which type of data do you need? Name at least four precise examples for each type of data!
2 Goal and Scope Definition [25 P] CHECKLIST relevant for Task 2.2 b) +c) As a well-known LCA expert, you are Goal definition: contacted by a German clothing - The intended applications of the results company. They want to learn more about - Limitations due to methodological choices the environmental impacts of a t-shirt - Decision context and reasons for carrying out they produce and sell in German stores: _ the study The t-shirt is produced of organic cotton - Target audience; in Turkey. - Whether the results are intended to be used in The clothing company has already comparative assertions intended to be disclosed to the public. experience with previous LCAs. There is - Commissioner of the study and other enough budget available to carry out the influential actors study. Scope definition: a) Which further information do you - The product system to be studied; need from the company in order to be - The functions of the product system or, in the able to define a functional unit to case of comparative studies, the systems; - The functional unit; compare the product - The system boundaries; - Allocation procedures b) Sketch a goal definition. Do not forget - Impact categories selected and methodology to justify your assumptions. of impact assessment, and subsequent Answering in bullet points is fine. [5 P] _ interpretation to be used; - Data requirements; To facilitate you the task you are given - Assumptions; the checklist on the right hand side. - Limitations; c) Sketch a scope definition. Do not - Initial data quality requirements; forget to justify your assumptions. - Type of critical review, if any; Answering in bullet points is fine. [7 P] - Type and format of the report required for the study To facilitate you the task you are given the checklist on the right hand side. d) Draw a simplified flow chart for the product system. [5 P] e) Which type of data do you need? Name at least four precise examples for each type of 2 Goal and Scope Definition [25 P] CHECKLIST relevant for Task 2.2 b) +c) As a well-known LCA expert, you are Goal definition: contacted by a German clothing - The intended applications of the results company. They want to learn more about - Limitations due to methodological choices the environmental impacts of a t-shirt - Decision context and reasons for carrying out they produce and sell in German stores: _ the study The t-shirt is produced of organic cotton - Target audience; in Turkey. - Whether the results are intended to be used in The clothing company has already comparative assertions intended to be disclosed to the public. experience with previous LCAs. There is - Commissioner of the study and other enough budget available to carry out the influential actors study. Scope definition: a) Which further information do you - The product system to be studied; need from the company in order to be - The functions of the product system or, in the able to define a functional unit to case of comparative studies, the systems; - The functional unit; compare the product - The system boundaries; - Allocation procedures b) Sketch a goal definition. Do not forget - Impact categories selected and methodology to justify your assumptions. of impact assessment, and subsequent Answering in bullet points is fine. [5 P] _ interpretation to be used; - Data requirements; To facilitate you the task you are given - Assumptions; the checklist on the right hand side. - Limitations; c) Sketch a scope definition. Do not - Initial data quality requirements; forget to justify your assumptions. - Type of critical review, if any; Answering in bullet points is fine. [7 P] - Type and format of the report required for the study To facilitate you the task you are given the checklist on the right hand side. d) Draw a simplified flow chart for the product system. [5 P] e) Which type of data do you need? Name at least four precise examples for each type of
