EMPA, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Material Science and Technology, is a research institution within the ETH domain. It specializes in applications, focused research and development, and provides high-level services in the field of sustainable materials science and technology.
Within EMPA, the groups “Environmental Risk Assessment and Management” (ERAM) and “Advancing Life Cycle Assessment” (ALCA) from “Technology & Society Laboratory” will be engaged in this project. ERAM has the aim to establish the scientific knowledge for a comprehensive and early view of opportunities and risks of applications based on new materials. ERAM is worldwide leading the modeling of flows of nanomaterials from products to the environment and providing predicted environmental concentrations and environmental risk assessments. ALCA is a globally leading research partner in advancing the LCA methodology. EMPA is recognized for its expertise in the development of the LCA methodology since more than 30 years internationally and is one of the founding members of the ecoinvent Centre, homebase of the ecoinvent database.
