In person event
As demand for lithium-ion batteries increases worldwide, developing a solid understanding of the environmental and social impacts associated with how they are used is becoming increasingly important. This requires looking into the impacts across all battery lifecycle stages, from the extraction of raw materials used in batteries to end-of-life treatment (i.e. the recovery and recycling of battery materials). Regarding batteries’ environmental impacts, the EU Batteries Regulation mandates a carbon footprint declaration for all batteries entering the EU, calculated through the product environmental life cycle assessment-based method. There is no similar requirement for assessing social impacts, though there is a social life cycle assessment tool available for this purpose that has been used in various other sectors.
Against this background, this event aims to discuss the current state of play in assessing the environmental and social impacts associated with lithium-ion batteries. Some of the questions to be discussed include the following: (a) What are the pros and cons for the existing methods of calculating the lifecycle environmental and social impacts of batteries? (b) What lessons can be learnt from existing projects and pilots? (c) What are the key remaining gaps and challenges?
A networking lunch will be provided after the event.
This event is organised in the context of the EU-funded BATRAW project.
This project has received funding from the European Union´s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grants agreement No 101058359
