The focus of this SimaPro release has been on providing updated data and impact assessment methods. The highlights are mentioned below, but for a description of all changes please check the ‘What’s New in SimaPro 9.6’ manual or join us for the release webinar on May 16th! Updating to SimaPro 9.6 If you are currently using SimaPro

We were invited to introduce the ESU World Food Database to our Italian partners at 2B Srl. Find out why you should choose our food database when working in the food sector: https://to-be.it/2024/04/esu-world-food-lca-database/

We are happy to become member of the FSLCI – Forum for Sustainability through Life Cycle Innovation. Come and meet us at the FSLCI’s 4th Life Cycle Innovation Conference in Berlin this summer!

An EPD for Herbicide Reductants (WEED Solut-ioN®) has been published by EPD Southeast Asia. The product is produced by PT Pandawa Agri Indonesia. The study was prepared by PT. Life Cycle Indonesia. The EPD has been verified by Niels Jungbluth. Further information can be found on https://www.environdec.com/library/epd10419

The ÖKOBAUDAT Database is available for free and contains EPD-datasets for building materials, construction, transport, energy and disposal processes. The database is constantly updated and provides over 1400 datasets with indicator results that comply with EN 15804. It is provided by the German Federal Ministry of Housing, Urban Development and Building. So far, the EPD-indicators

Easter is coming soon, and an increasing selection of Easter sweets can be found in many households. But which chocolate is the most environmentally friendly? The CO2 footprint and the European footprint were calculated for an LCA case study of 100 g Easter bunnies made of dark, white, or milk chocolate. The Easter bunnies made

Short Summary Swiss SME with 25 years experience offers life cycle assessment (LCA) to calculate, analyse, compare, reduce, and publish the environmental impacts of products and services. Beside carrying out assessment projects in all sectors like energy, food, building products chemicals, electronics, and others (commercial agreement), they are interested to join Horizon Europe research projects

Niels Jungbluth verified the life cycle assessment and several EPDs of partitions and doors for Strähle Raum-Systeme GmbH in Germany. They are now published under https://www.environdec.com/library/epd3592

We introduce you to the methodology of life cycle assessment, possible questions and the procedure. We then define your example of a life cycle assessment and discuss the data collection. Afterward, we calculate the environmental impact of this product for you based on the information you have collected in the SimaPro software. We present the

ESU-services offer to verify EPDs. Today the EPD for Concrete Mixture for LVT block production produced by Vigier Rail AG has been published. https://environdec.com/library/epd12329

This month  we finished the ProFuture project. Results can be found on our Webpage. ProFuture aimed to set the basis for market uptake of innovative, healthy and sustainable food and feed products made from algae. ESU-services supported the identification and implementation of innovative technologies with environmental life cycle assessment and life cycle costing calculations. Algae

We are now also now added to the Consultancies page (https://ecoinvent.org The reports are published on https://esu-services.ch/publications/energy/

Congratulations to our staff member Maresa Bussa on completing her dissertation at the TU Munich. https://mediatum.ub.tum.de/?id=1615138