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To keep up with the increasing size and complexity of LCA databases, we have overhauled the SimaPro calculation engine. Download the whitepaper to read about the new engine and compare the new and old engines.

Marisa Vieira, technical Consultant at PRé explains how to perfoms a life cycle assessment with SimaPro.

A centralized overview of standards can help companies to better understand the developments of global and regional reporting standards and guidelines, which are applicable to their company or products. read the whitepaper on Standards and Guidelines

The European Commission released the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) Guide in April, 2013, along with the Organizational Environmental Footprint (OEF) Guide, under the premise of the “Single Market for Green Products Initiative.” The objective is to support a single metric for a single market, thus enhancing transparency and fair competition.

Lack of global harmonization between Product Category Rules (PCRs), or sector guidance documents, has led to the development of duplicate PCRs for the same products. A comparison template was developed to compare PCRs from different global program operators, in collaboration with the School of Sustainability, DEFRA, Interface, and EPA. Below is a summary of the project:

Numerous standards and guidelines have recently been developed by public and private organizations in order to meet society’s needs for credible and comparable environmental metrics at the product and organization level.