Update Instructions for Database (up to version 7.3.3)
This document describes how to update your database from older Simapro versions to 7.3.3.
Sustainability is about collaboration, open dialog and – most of all – action. Read our articles to share in our knowledge and expertise and to build your capacity for purposeful action.
Invitation – The Social Pioneers Roundtable
After 20 years of experience supporting organizations to measure and improve environmental performance, PRé has initiated a roundtable on social metrics together with peers from different industries. The call for interested organisations to join is open.
Identifying best existing practice for characterization modeling in life cycle impact assessment
Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) is a field of active development. The last decade has seen prolific publication of new impact assessment methods covering many different impact categories and providing characterization factors that often deviate from each other for the same substance and impact. Here you can read the journey towards identifying the best existing practice for characterization modeling in life cycle impact assessment.
Product category rules | Learned outcomes toward global alignment
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.
The Art of Measuring Sustainability
"A Sunday afternoon on the Island Grande Jatte” is a wonderful painting by the French artist Seurat. The lucky ones will be able to admire it at the Art Institute of Chicago and feel the warmth of an 1880s summer day on this island in the Seine River.
The Secret of Sustainable Branding
Sustainability is here to stay. This is the only certainty, all the rest is fluid, because sustainability is a fast changing continuum.
…how sustainability and marketing lived happily ever after
There has been some talk lately about green marketing being over (yes, that was Joel Makover), and some concern among experts that this would provide companies a (wrong) reason for giving up on sustainability.
Product Carbon Footprint standards: which one to choose?
Which product carbon footprint standard to choose? This article provides an overview.
A guide to life cycle costing
Life cycle costing is very much similar to life cycle assessment. In this article you will find out what are the similarities, types and whether it can be done in SimaPro.