Nowadays, consumers are becoming more concerned about the environmental problems that are occurring around the world. Global warming, depletion of the ozone layer, emissions of greenhouse gases and increased exploitation of raw materials are examples of such problems. The environmental risks of surfactants have also been assessed regularly in the past decades by various industrial groups, governmental regulatory organizations and multi-stakeholder organizations (Stalmans and Sabaliunas, 2004). There is a need to find solutions to overcome these risks. In order to achieve that, a right tool is needed to assess and optimize the environmental quality of a system over its whole life cycle. At present, life cycle assessment (LCA) is the best tool for such a purpose.