The Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is a methodology for evaluating the environmental impact of products and production systems, under the cradle to grave approach, namely, since the acquisition of raw materials to final disposal of materials. This work proposed to investigate the progress of the LCA studies in Brazil. A bibliographic research was performed on official or recognized scientific events and journals from the "Associação Brasileira de Engenharia de Produção" and SciELO Brazil Database. It was identified 80 articles, most of them from institutions of the South and Southeast Brazilian regions. The" Universidade de São Paulo" (USP) and the "Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina" (UFSC) had the largest number of publications among the 50 institutions identified. It was found that 17 articles effectively applied LCA methodology in a case study, and 11 used the methodology to evaluate the production process and 6 to compare materials or processes.
Life cycle assessment; Impact assessment; ISO 14040; Bibliographic research
