Most environmental assessment would only consider climate change or Kg CO2eq. The environmental impact of a material in LIST is assessed against 13 impact categories, according to the BRE Environmental Profile Methodology, are listed below:
- Climate Change
- Water Extraction
- Mineral Resource Extraction
- Stratospheric Ozone Depletion
- Human Toxicity
- Ecotoxicity to Freshwater and Land
- Nuclear Waste
- Waste Disposal
- Fossil Fuel Depletion
- Eutrophication
- Photochemical Ozone Creation
- Acidification