Impact Assessment Methods

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CED CML 4.8 EF3.1 EN15804+A2 Environmental Cost Indicator 2025 EPD supplementary indicators ImpactWorld+ 2 - Damages version ImpactWorld+ 2 - Midpoint version IPCC 2021 ReCiPe 2016 - Endpoint/E ReCiPe 2016 - Endpoint/H ReCiPe 2016 - Endpoint/I ReCiPe 2016 - Midpoint/E ReCiPe 2016 - Midpoint/H ReCiPe 2016 - Midpoint/I Single categories TRACI 2.1

⏵ EN15804+A2

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Acidification Climate change Climate change (biogenic) Climate change (fossil) Climate change (land use and land use change) Ecotoxicity, freshwater Ecotoxicity, freshwater (inorganics) Ecotoxicity, freshwater (organics) Eutrophication, freshwater Eutrophication marine Eutrophication, terrestrial Human toxicity, cancer Human toxicity, cancer (inorganics) Human toxicity, cancer (organics) Human toxicity, non-cancer Human toxicity, non-cancer (inorganics) Human toxicity, non-cancer (organics) Ionising radiation, human health Land use Output flow information: Components for re-use - CRU Output flow information: Exported energy (electricity) - EEE Output flow information: Exported energy (thermal) - EET Output flow information: Materials for energy recovery - MER Output flow information: Materials for recycling - MFR Ozone depletion Particulate Matter Photochemical ozone formation, human health Resource flow information: Net use of fresh water Resource flow information: Total use of non-renewable primary energy resources Resource flow information: Total use of renewable primary energy resources Resource flow information: Use of non-renewable primary energy excluding non- renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials - PENRE Resource flow information: Use of non-renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials - PENRM Resource flow information: Use of non-renewable secondary fuels - NRSF Resource flow information: Use of renewable primary energy excluding renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials - PERE Resource flow information: Use of renewable primary energy resources used as raw materials - PERM Resource flow information: Use of renewable secondary fuels - RSF Resource flow information: Use of secondary material - SM Resource use, fossils Resource use, minerals and metals Waste flow information: Hazardous waste Waste flow information: Non-hazardous waste Waste flow information: Radioactive waste Water use

⏵ Human toxicity, cancer (inorganics)

Unit: CTUh

Description: USEtox consensus multimedia model. It spans two spatial scales: continental scale consisting of six compartment (urban air, rural air, agricultural soil natural soil, freshwater, costal marine water), and the global scale with the same structure but without the urban air. Specific groups of chemicals requires further work USEtox™ USEtox is the UNEP/SETAC scientific consensus model for characterizing human toxicological and ecotoxicological impacts of chemical emissions in life cycle assessment. It is based on existing LCIA toxicity characterization models. It includes all vital model elements of toxicological effects assessment. The USEtox model is built upon a multimedia model, integrating the entire cause-effect chain. It includes separate model components for calculating fate factors (FF), exposure factors (XF), and effect factors (EF). These components operate independently but their outputs are merged together to provide the characterization factors, CF, for human toxicity and freshwater ecotoxicity impacts, respectively. This is a sub-indicator of "Human toxicity, cancer". The sub-indicator's impacts should be reported if they exceed 5% of the parent's impacts (Human toxicity, cancer).

Normalization factor: 1.72528976538705e-05 CTUh

Emission factors: 1573 exchanges considered