The ILCAJ Awards consist of the Contribution Award, Outstanding Achievement Award, Best Paper Award, Young Researcher's Award, and Special Award.

The ILCAJ Contribution Award recognizes those who contributed to the development of ILCAJ. The ILCAJ Outstanding Achievement Award recognizes those who have remarkable achievements in the field of Life-cycle thinking, focusing on LCA. The ILCAJ Best Paper Award, selects outstanding papers issued from ILCAJ as well as other affiliated journals, and honors the authors. The ILCAJ Young Researcher's Award presents original papers and equivalents related to the field of Life-cycle thinking, focusing on LCA, and reward those under the age of 40 who can expect future achievements. The ILCAJ Special Award recognizes those who contributed to public relation, education and promotion of the social impacts associated to the field of Life-cycle thinking, focusing on LCA.