One Click LCA to accelerate Heathrow’s carbon tracking and reduction efforts on the path to decarbonise supply chain emissions
Committed to its net-zero emissions goal by 2050, Heathrow now requires building design and carbon consultancy partners to perform life-cycle analysis on all new projects, using the One Click LCA platform.
London, United Kingdom (September 15th, 2025) – Europe’s busiest airport, Heathrow, is partnering with One Click LCA for the use of its decarbonisation platform in planning new construction or renovation projects. Under the airport’s newly established Carbon Management Standard — developed in alignment with PAS 2080 — major buildings/infrastructure project options will be assessed, and data used as a baseline for carbon reduction efforts. This measure is a key step in fulfilling Heathrow's commitments under its Net Zero Plan, to fully understand its carbon impact, procure low-carbon materials, and phase out the most carbon-intensive steel, concrete, and asphalt products from its construction projects.
Carbon reduction efforts have the most impact during the design phase. Data-driven material selection allows project managers to make holistic decisions that lower the overall embedded carbon of their construction projects. This impact is significant for both new building and infrastructure projects, and the renovation of existing structures. The airport will use data from its preferred material options as reference points for future projects, as a baseline from which the carbon reduction potential in new material options will be measured.
“The aviation sector has a critical role to play in supporting the UK’s 2050 net-zero targets. At Heathrow, we manage over 4.5 square miles of infrastructure - how we design and build has a significant influence on our carbon footprint. Partnering with One Click LCA will help us better measure and understand the embodied carbon in our construction projects, enabling more informed decisions as we work toward our long-term sustainability goals,” says Alistair Awcock - Infrastructure Director at Heathrow.
With access to the One Click LCA platform, Heathrow project managers will have access to the world's largest construction LCA database, with more than 300,000 data points. The platform will also allow them to make automated and verified life-cycle analyses for entire projects, understanding and affecting emissions from materials production to structure decommission.
“Heathrow is at the forefront of carbon reduction efforts in the aviation industry, and we are thrilled to partner with them to make their important work easier. As global aviation works to decarbonise, looking at the big picture is vitally important, and reducing embodied carbon in airport structures is an important step in ensuring future net-zero travel,” says Panu Pasanen, CEO of One Click LCA.
After a drop during the COVID-19 pandemic, global aviation carbon emissions are now tracking below the 2019 baseline. Efforts across the board, such as sustainable aviation fuel, route scheduling changes, and reduction in airport carbon emissions, are being taken across the aviation industry to lower the overall carbon impact. Heathrow is fully committed to mitigating the effects of climate change and meeting the 2050 emission requirements as set down by the UK government.
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Laura Drury, Sustainability Communications
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About One Click LCA
Used in 170+ countries, One Click LCA is the world-leading end-to-end sustainability platform for construction and manufacturing. The AI-powered software decarbonizes and drives sustainability across the construction value chain with scientific, easy-to-use, automated life-cycle assessment (LCA) and environmental product declarations (EPDs) to calculate and reduce the environmental impacts of building, infrastructure, and renovation projects and products. The platform also allows assessment of circularity, life-cycle cost, and biodiversity.
One Click LCA is used by blue-chip enterprises like Skanska, WSP, Foster+Partners, LafargeHolcim, ArcelorMittal, Arcadis, Geberit, and Saint-Gobain, among others. It offers a unique global database with +300,000 LCA datasets; supports +80 standards and certifications, including LEED, BREEAM, GRESB and other national regulations; and seamlessly integrates with +20 of the most widely used BIM software tools, including Autodesk Revit®, Tekla Structures® and Bentley iTwin®. One Click LCA was founded in Helsinki, Finland in 2001, with a team of +200 people on all continents. Learn more at: oneclicklca.com.
About Heathrow
Heathrow is the UK’s international gateway and the largest airport in Europe – connecting to 230 destinations across 85 countries. The airport welcomes over 200,000 passengers on roughly 1,300 flights each day, and serves as Britain’s hub for trade, tourism and investment. Over 80,000 colleagues work at Heathrow – the airport directly employs about 10% of them, with the rest working for Team Heathrow partners including airlines, ground handlers and retailers.
