METHODOLOGY & STANDARDS
GHG Protocol, ISO, VSME, ESRS, SBTi, EcoVadis or a customer questionnaire: many frameworks provide guidance. However, they do not automatically answer the practical questions within a company.
Which framework is appropriate? Which assumptions are viable? And how do results remain comprehensible?
Together with you, we select the appropriate methodology and document it in such a way that calculations, reports and targets remain compatible.
Discuss Methodology & Standards
YOUR ORDER
You commission us to define a suitable methodical framework for your specific task and to document it in a comprehensible manner. In this way, we do not create rules on paper, but a foundation with which teams, data and subsequent decisions can work together.
It is not a matter of applying as many standards as possible at the same time. It is about choosing the framework that fits your occasion.
A balance sheet, report or climate target is set up properly for the first time
Several standards or customer requirements are present at the same time
An existing method should remain consistent across years, products, or locations
WHAT WE DO FOR YOU
01
Classifying the occasion and requirements
We clarify what the result is needed for: a customer enquiry, a report, a balance sheet, a climate target, or a recurring process.
02
Select a matching frame
We assess which standards, guidelines, or criteria are suitable for the task and what currently does not provide any additional added value.
03
Define boundaries and assumptions
We define the accounting object, reference value, period, system boundaries, data requirements, estimates and exclusions.
04
Make data requirements realistic
We clarify which sources are required, which quality requirements apply, and how open points are dealt with.
05
Ensure comparability and continuation
We determine how the methodological status, database, and significant changes are documented and classified in the future.
OUR APPROACH
Understand the occasion and goal
We clarify which decision, requirement, or communication needs to be prepared and who will work with the result.
View existing principles
We consider relevant calculations, reports, data, customer requirements or internal specifications.
Justify the methodological framework
We propose a suitable approach and agree on which standards, guidelines and requirements will be applied.
Document definitions
You will receive comprehensible rules for boundaries, data sources, assumptions, exclusions, and subsequent updates.
WHAT YOU GET
Comprehensible documentation of the agreed lifecycle assessment – as the basis for a concrete decision.
— Formulation of the question and intended use
— Reference base, period and system boundary
— Data sources, assumptions and exclusions
— Notes on data quality and uncertainties
— Description of product or product system
— Lifecycle stages included
— Impact categories and key influencing factors
— Classification for the next decision
If required, we align the study with the principles of life cycle assessment in accordance with ISO 14040 and ISO 14044.
FOR WHOM
For Product Development
When material, design, or packaging should not be evaluated based on just a single metric.
For product managers
When a decision needs to be prepared traceably across the entire product system.
For companies with PCF
If the climate impact is already available as a first step, but further perspectives are important for the decision.
For complex comparisons
When use, lifespan or end-of-life can significantly influence the result.
CLEARLY CLASSIFIED
A life cycle assessment is not a seal of quality or a generalised statement that a product is environmentally friendly or "better".
Your results are only reliable in connection with the formulation of the question, reference value, system boundary, database and impact logic. They do not replace an independent verification or legal assessment of environmental claims.
A PCF shows the climate impact of a product. A life cycle assessment shows what you might miss if you only look at that.
UNDERSTAND THE CONSEQUENCES FIRST.
Together, we will look at your product query, the appropriate scope of analysis, and the data that is already available. Afterwards, you will know how a life cycle assessment can be sensibly structured for you.
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