Introduction 2 The changing facets of governance and new approaches in environmental policy 2.1 The Emergence of New Steering Paradigms 2.2 Changes in environmental governance 2.3 A New Role of Knowledge 3 LCA and policies-Opportunities for evidence-based policy-making 3.1 Knowledge for policy-sustainability oriented decision-making and New LCA 3.2 Possible Levels of Analysis: The Biofuels Case 3.3 Stocktaking of selected EU policies 3.3.1 IPP/SCP in the EU 3.3.2 Innovation Policy in the EU 3.3.3 Energy Star 3.3.4 Energy using Products (EuP) 3.4 Reflexivity and institutionalisation 4 LCA and self-regulation 4.1 New governance and business 4.2 Empirical Evidence: Drivers for LCA 4.3 Chain management and organisational aspects of LCT and LCA-tools 4.3.1 Intra-organisational aspects of life-cycle management 4.3.2 Inter-organisational aspects of life-cycle management 5 Conclusions: Challenges and recommendations for LCA from a governance perspective 5.1 LCA and Policy 5.2 LCA and self-regulation 6 ANNEX References