Custom tools Eco-design and product development
Many instruments and models are used by the European Commission's DG Joint Research Centre for policy making of energy-related products. Now, the Ecomodelling Framework Tool combines those models into a single tool.
Circular economy
For Flemish waste management organisation OVAM, PRé researched the potential for circularity and recycling of diapers and other absorbent hygiene products, a huge part of the household waste stream.
Product environmental footprint (PEF) Organization Environmental Footprint Sector Rules (OEFSR) Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCR)
Supporting the European Commission’s product environmental footprint initiative, PRé served as technical helpdesk and trainers for the pilot phase, gaining valuable experience in complex alignment projects.
Review and verification Portfolio sustainability assessment
For global manufacturer Corbion, PRé reviewed a portfolio LCA approach that allows Corbion to efficiently assess every product in their large portfolio without having to start from scratch.
Eco-design and product development
For a bicycle manufacturer, PRé did a comparative LCA of three potential materials for bike frames, looking for the material with the lowest impact and hotspots for all materials.
Electronics waste, or e-waste, is growing fast. For WEEE Forum, PRé completed databases and did an expert review of their e-waste recycling assessment tool, comparing various recycling scenarios.
Integrated software Carbon footprint
For Zuivel NL and FrieslandCampina, PRé and software company VAA created a climate add-on to the mandatory online KringloopWijzer tool, allowing 16,000 dairy farmers to calculate and reduce their GHG emissions.
SimaPro Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Product environmental footprint (PEF)
For a large construction trade association, PRé did PEF studies on two equivalent products and compared the results to EPDs based on the EN 15804 standard. The parameterised model is future-proof and the comparison yielded important insights.
Integrated software Biodiversity assessment
For Platform BEE, PRé co-developed BioScope, a tool to easily determine supply chain impact on biodiversity, visualised on a world map. The data can be gathered and entered by business stakeholders, the insights can be used for sustainable investments.
SimaPro Life cycle assessment
For AgroFair, a large banana importer looking to differentiate its products, PRé developed the easy-to-use Pesticide Footprint tool to quantify the toxic impacts of pesticides on human health and freshwater ecosystems.
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