More than ever, we are convinced that useful technology will play a crucial role in creating a resilient, eco-responsible future.
Editorial by Vincent Bedouin
Design eco-efficient solutions
The second commitment of our positive impact strategy is “Design eco-efficient solutions”,
with two main priorities: eco-designing our products and developing low-impact digital solutions.
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
In 2024, we manufactured over 72 million products. Yet 85% of LACROIX’s carbon footprint is linked to the energy consumption of our products during their usage.
By measuring the environmental footprint of a product over its entire life cycle (production, use, end of life), LCA enables us to identify the elements / stages of the life cycle where we should focus our eco-design efforts.
We carry out the LCAs in-house and use EIME software, the benchmark for electronic products.
We carry out a Lifecycle Assessment for every new products of the activity Environment. In 2023, we conducted 19 Lifecycle Assessment, with a multi-criteria analysis (quantifying all environmental impacts) over the entire life cycle of products.
For our activity Electronics, we want to be able to provide our customers with the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) of the circuit boards we manufacture.
LACROIX Ecodesign approach
We have set up the Ecodesign approach by LACROIX at the heart of our development process to systematize and reinforce the consideration of environmental aspects and practice of ecodesign in all our activities.
To objectivize the ecodesign performance of our products, we use the Single Score of the PEF method (Product Environmental Footprint) launched by the European Commission.
In 2024, 71% of our new products were eco-designed.
