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Trying to unravel the environmental footprint of e-commerce
For most of us, buying products and services online with a simple click of a button has become part of everyday life. However, the possibility of buying things anywhere and at any time comes at a cost that is often hard to see and understand. How can we help consumers understand the environmental implications of e-commerce? What are good ways to support informed decision-making and, hopefully, lower the environmental footprint? In this article, we’re sharing key findings of a study for the European Parliament.
Social Value Assessment (S-LCA): 03/10 – 28/11
Putting sustainability front and center in product design
More than 80% of all product-related environmental impacts are determined during the design phase, but environmental footprint calculations are rarely available to product designers. To tackle this, PRé collaborated with Autodesk and ProtoTech Solutions, and together we created an application that makes environmental data available to product designers at the early design stages.
Bringing transparency to the textile industry with bAwear Score
bAwear wanted to create an easy-to-use online tool that would help companies in the textile supply chain to gain insights and take control of the environmental footprint of their products. The company reached out to PRé, and the joint efforts resulted in bAwear Score – an online service for environmental impact assessment of textiles and apparel.
Data innovation will drive transformation in sustainability
To transition the world to a sustainable future, it is essential to quantify the impacts of products, activities, and companies. Not just on one level, but on the environmental, social and economic levels together. How do the internet of things (IoT), real-time monitoring, Industry 4.0 and big data factor into this challenge? These exciting data innovations have the potential to revolutionize the way life cycle assessment (LCA) is used in the sustainability transformation.
SETAC Europe 2023: Three key takeaways, and what we’re doing about them
Our mission is to cultivate a vibrant ecosystem of fact-based sustainability. One way we connect to the research community is by attending scientific conferences. There, we learn about new advancements to share with our network and find new collaborations to grow it even further. In May 2023, we attended the Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) Europe annual meeting. SETAC is a global organization connecting over 5,000 professionals, and this event focused on data-driven environmental decision-making.
Our presentations and side events at LCM 2023
We attended the 11th International Conference on Life Cycle Management (LCM) on September 6-8, 2023 in Lille, France. Our PRé team held several educational sessions and side events, where we shared the latest developments in LCA and discussed next steps in scaling up LCM to support us with our biggest sustainability challenges in the race to net zero.
Biodiversity Footprinting with SimaPro: 22/08 – 23/08
Flori Footprint Tool – LCAs of floriculture, accessible at your fingertips
Growers, traders and retailers of floriculture products are embracing life cycle assessment (LCA) to help the sector move to climate neutrality. With the Flori Footprint Tool, they now have the capability to quickly and easily conduct comprehensive LCAs on their whole product range, allowing them to make clear improvements.