The LPC has Net Positive performance requirements in three categories related to LCA impact: water, energy and carbon (or climate). With LCA tools and data, and the results of an LCA model as the baseline Footprint, manufacturers can model potential Handprinting actions, understand additional possibilities realized through scaling, and calculate the suite of actions required to become Net Positive in any or all impact categories. The requirements correspond to Imperatives 05, 07 and 14 of the standard.
LPC looks at multiple impact areas implicated in production of products and requires that manufacturers offset (become Net Positive for) either the final manufacturing production impacts, the cradle-to-gate life cycle impacts, or both. The above table indicates which scope is required for each impact area within LPC 2.0. Note that social co-benefits in I18, explained further here, are not the creation of environmental Handprints but rather are socio-economic benefits, associated with the production of Handprints.
The full requirements and pathways to achieve each Imperative, including clarifications and exceptions, can be found in the linked sections of the LPC Guide. This section serves to illustrate how manufacturers were able to achieve Net Positive impact for their products in different impact categories.
