For everything that goes beyond the PCF
Corporate Carbon Footprint
The CO₂ footprint of your entire company. We collect emissions across all areas — easy to work with. Useful for far more than reporting.
Every product leaves a footprint. We show you which one.
A life cycle assessment (LCA) makes environmental impacts visible — and provides the facts that are increasingly required today.
Ideal for companies that want to understand, compare, or document their environmental footprint — for customer projects, tenders, or internal decisions.
What is a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)?
An LCA shows the environmental impact of a product, process, or site. From raw materials to end-of-life, it reveals where impacts occur — and which stages matter most.
The assessment follows recognised standards (ISO 14040/44) and applies to simple as well as complex products.
The result: a clear overview you can use for internal decisions, customer discussions, or requirements from clients and authorities.
Why a life cycle assessment is useful for your company – because it gives you answers before anyone asks.
Many companies need reliable environmental data – often sooner than they expect.
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For tenders and proposals
More and more clients – especially in industry and construction – expect environmental figures. A life cycle assessment gives you exactly the values you can submit. No extra work.
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For customer projects and product comparisons
Customers increasingly want to know: “How does this compare?” An LCA makes differences visible – clear, easy to explain and without technical jargon.
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For the Digital Product Passport (DPP)
The product passport is coming. An LCA provides the environmental data that will need to be included later.
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For development and material decisions
An LCA shows which materials or steps really matter. This helps teams decide pragmatically: What is worth it? What isn’t?
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For climate claims and environmental statements
Statements like “lower environmental impact” need solid numbers. An LCA provides the basis to ensure such claims remain technically correct and legally safe.
What we’re allowed to say – and what not. - 6
For internal priorities and reduction strategies
Hotspots become clear. You quickly see where measures actually have an impact – and where effort is just effort.
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How we create your Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
A clear process that works without long lead times. We work with the data you already have — and add only what is truly necessary.
1. Define goals and scope
We determine what should be assessed: product, process or site — and which system boundary makes sense (cradle-to-gate or cradle-to-grave). This makes it clear early on which data is needed and what can be left out.
2. Gather the relevant data
Materials, energy, transport, processing steps:
We review the data you have and add only what is required for a reliable LCA. Missing values are transparently estimated or supplemented with verified secondary data.
3. Calculate environmental impacts
Based on ISO 14040/44, we calculate the relevant environmental impacts — CO₂, resource use, energy and other impact categories. All calculation steps are documented so that results remain fully traceable.
4. Explain and contextualize the results
You receive an LCA that you can use immediately — for tenders, customer projects, product comparisons or internal decisions. We show where the key environmental impacts occur and which areas may become important later.
What Your Life Cycle Assessment Really Delivers
The numbers your customers, tenders and product comparisons are asking for.
Clear environmental indicators
You see where environmental impacts occur — in materials, energy use, transport or processing. A Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) makes these points comparable and highlights what truly matters.
Documentation you can pass on
All steps, data sources and assumptions are documented in line with ISO 14040/44. Ideal for customers, auditors, product comparisons or tenders — without extra work.
Ready to use for offers & enquiries
Many clients now expect environmental data or an LCA. With your LCA report, you have the required values ready to submit — from cradle-to-gate or cradle-to-grave.
A basis for better decisions
The LCA shows which materials or process steps carry the most weight. This helps teams plan development, procurement or improvements based on facts — not assumptions.
Why we’re a good match
A life cycle assessment should create clarity – not new problems. We work in a way that helps small and medium-sized companies get reliable numbers quickly, without slowing down their daily business.
→ We start with what you already have
Many SMEs don’t have complete environmental or process data. That’s normal. We review what’s available and add only what is truly necessary for a solid LCA. No perfectionism. Just relevance.
→ We keep the process manageable
Materials, energy, transport, processing – that’s our focus. We avoid complexity that adds no value and keep the effort for your team as low as possible.
→ We make environmental impacts easy to understand
Management, engineering, procurement – everyone should be able to see where impacts occur and why. No models that require specialist knowledge. Just clear, practical insights.
→ We deliver results you can use immediately
Tender? Product comparison? DPP? Customer project? Your LCA comes fully documented and ready to submit or share internally – with no extra work required.
→ We understand the reality of SMEs
Limited time, scattered data, suppliers who don’t respond. We’ve worked with these conditions for many years and find solutions that remain ISO-compliant – and still realistic.
→ We always keep your next step in mind
An LCA doesn’t end with the report. It shows where optimisation is worthwhile, which materials matter most, and where actions actually have an effect. That way, the LCA becomes a tool – not a checkbox exercise.
Some of our references:
EICHHOLTZ GmbH | eick werbeartikel GmbH & Co. KG | eins energie in sachsen GmbH | Elco AG | Ellerhold AG | EMB Energie Brandenburg GmbH | Energieservice Westfalen Weser GmbH | Exaktapack Deutschland GmbH | fairafric AG | Fattoria Ispoli | fiatec Filter & Aerosol Technologie GmbH | filmpool entertainment GmbH | FILTRAL GmbH & Co. Vertriebs KG | Flexyfit Plus GmbH | FORUM Institut für Management GmbH | FOUR PARX GmbH | Frank Druck + Medien GmbH & Co. KG | Frankenbach Automobil Logistik GmbH | Fuchs & Hoffmann GmbH | Funktel GmbH | Fürst Fugger Privatbank Aktiengesellschaft | garmo AG (GAZI) | GASAG AG | Gebrüder Weiss AG |
GEUER International GmbH | G. Honsel Aluminiumbearbeitung GmbH | Global Climate Changer GmbH | Good Hood GmbH | GRIESHABER FEINMECHANIK GMBH & CO. KG | hansadruck und Verlags-GmbH | H.D. Cotterell GmbH & Co. KG | HDI Service AG | Helmchen Event + Location e.V. | Henkel AG & Co. KGaA | Heraeus Medical Components | Hevert-Arzneimittel GmbH & Co. KG | HH Print Management Deutschland GmbH | Hirschalm GmbH | HM Scherer GmbH Druck & Kommunikation | HOFA GmbH | Holle baby food AG...
Frequently Asked Questions about Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
What small and medium-sized companies want to know before they get started.
It shows where environmental impacts really occur — in materials, energy use, transport or processing.
This gives you the figures that customers, tenders and the Digital Product Passport increasingly require.In most cases, a few basic data points are enough:
material quantities, energy consumption, transport routes and processing steps.
Missing information can be estimated transparently and in line with ISO requirements.It depends on how complex the product or process is.
For many SMEs, an LCA is simpler and more affordable than expected — especially for cradle-to-gate assessments. What matters is a result you can actually use, not unnecessary complexity.Yes.
An ISO-compliant LCA provides the environmental indicators that are now required everywhere: in bids, product comparisons, retailer portals or for environmental claims.That’s common.
We start with what you already have and add only what is necessary — using verified factors or transparent estimates.A PCF shows only CO₂.
An LCA shows all relevant environmental impacts.
Many SMEs start with a PCF and expand to an LCA later when customers or tenders require it.For many product groups: yes.
The DPP requires environmental and CO₂ data across the full life cycle. An LCA provides exactly these values — which is why it makes sense to prepare now.