Compliant with standards. Strategically actionable. Scalably implemented.
Customers, regulators and investors increasingly demand reliable evidence of the environmental impacts of individual products – evidence that credibly demonstrates the achievement of climate targets at the product level.
The Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) and Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) are the central instruments of product accounting. They capture and evaluate a product's environmental impacts across its entire lifecycle, from raw material extraction through disposal. However, organisations face the challenge of mapping their often emission-intensive, complex supply chains on a data-driven basis and correctly applying industry standards (e.g. Together for Sustainability, Catena-X).
Incomplete data sources, inconsistent system boundaries and varying assumptions can lead to results that are open to challenge – creating risks in audits, customer enquiries and regulatory evidence. Robust product accounting creates the foundation for sustainable product development, credible communication and strategic decision-making certainty. Together with you, we define the right entry point and your individual maturity level.
Organisations that build reliable product accounting today secure market share, meet tender requirements and create the data foundation for a credible sustainability strategy.
Efficiency & Cost Reduction: Systematic product accounting generates reliable metrics that allow you to identify efficiency levers in material, energy and waste streams and reduce them strategically. We link product accounting results with financial metrics to support strategic management decisions.
Regulatory Security: Compliant product assessments prepare you for upcoming product regulations, reduce legal risks and simplify compliance obligations. Through our work with leading-edge standards (e.g. VDMA, TfS, PACT Framework, Catena-X), we deliver audit-ready results from the outset and transfer this exclusive knowledge directly to your processes.
Competitive Capability & Customer Loyalty: Validated PCF/LCA evidence meets tender and customer requirements, secures contracts and opens sustainable market segments.
Let’s discuss which opportunity is currently a priority for your company.
We combine deep expertise in product accounting (PCF/LCA) with practical experience in corporate carbon accounting (CCF) and Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) goals. Whether your first pilot calculation, methodology guideline or tool selection
– we develop the solution with you that fits your requirements, data situation and maturity level. This ensures that your product metrics align perfectly with your overarching corporate sustainability strategy.
We conduct practical PCF and LCA calculations (ISO 14040:44, 14067) for selected products or product groups – either Excel-based or in collaboration with software providers. Our goal is to deliver reliable assessments that comply with standards and are audit-ready. The results identify emission drivers and hotspots across your supply chain, and provide concrete options for reduction measures. You receive clear documentation of findings that can be used directly for customer requirements and reporting.
We develop a company-specific PCF/LCA methodology guideline that translates relevant industry standards (e.g. TfS, Catena-X, VDMA) into consistent, applicable rules for your reporting. The guideline establishes system boundaries, allocation principles, data quality requirements and assumptions in binding form. This creates a repeatable, comparable and auditable calculation basis for all your products.
We don't just deliver methods and results – we also train your teams. Our tailored training programmes enable your staff to conduct PCF/LCA calculations independently, interpret results and derive appropriate measures. The offering ranges from compact awareness workshops through practical LCA sessions using your own data to train-the-trainer formats for internal knowledge transfer. All participants receive practical tools, checklists and templates for immediate use.
We provide vendor-independent advice on selecting and integrating suitable PCF and LCA software solutions – from pragmatic Excel-based tools to scalable SaaS platforms. Based on your data situation, IT landscape and scaling objectives, we compare options on a fact-based basis, support pilot implementations and assist with implementation and data integration for later automation. The result: a robust, fit-for-purpose tool architecture that enables reliable reporting, consistent data quality assurance and automated workflows.
With validated product evidence, you reliably meet tender and supplier requirements and position yourself as a trusted partner. This strengthens customer loyalty, increases your attractiveness in sustainable markets and creates the foundation for long-term, strategic partnerships.
Translating corporate objectives into concrete product metrics makes your sustainability targets measurable, comparable and manageable at the product level. This allows you to strategically prioritise investments and efficiency levers where they deliver maximum CO₂ and resource savings – in full alignment with Scope-3 and SBTi targets.
By building internal processes, methodology guidelines and trained teams, product accounting becomes a lasting core competency of your organisation. You reduce external dependencies, increase efficiency in data collection and create the foundation for continuous improvement of your product sustainability.
