Life cycle analysis of our batteries 

In order to develop a better understanding of the environmental impacts of our batteries within their different uses, we are progressively analyzing them with a “Life Cycle Analysis” approach (LCA). 

This approach is based on a detailed and exhaustive analysis of the manufacturing phases, both upstream of our manufacturing sites (this analysis starts with the review of raw material mining and refining, and tracks their transformation into semi-finished products, parts and assemblies by our sub-contractors and vendors), as well as within our sites (all our industrial operations are analyzed), the use phases at our customers’ as well as the end-of-life and recycling phases of spent products. 

As it should be, logistics operations covering transportation of purchases to our sites, transportation of finished goods to our customers’, travel of start-up and maintenance teams (if applicable), transportation of used batteries and final waste are reviewed. 

Aggregate measurements of the impact on the natural environment (air, soil, and water) as well as aggregate measures of energy use and green house gas emissions are assembled and analyzed across all phases (manufacture, use and end of life) of the life of these products.

Such an analysis can be conducted for different technical solutions available for a given application. In so doing, a comparison across the different impact categories can be performed between these multiple solutions.