Dubbed “the evil twin of global warming,” ocean acidification is a growing crisis that poses a threat to both water-dwelling species and human communities that rely on the ocean for food and livelihood. Similarly, terrestrial acidification poses serious health risks for humans and plant species alike. Let’s take a deeper look at it in today’s episode of our series on demystifying obscure impacts.

In the 30 years of our existence, we have learned that there’s always plenty of work to do. To keep relevant, you have to keep innovating and exploring new territory. We have also learned to put our customers first and to involve them in the development of our software. In the end, they’re the ones using it successfully. That’s why we wanted to give them the floor to share ideas on what SimaPro will look like ten years from now.

Despite the unusual year 2020 turned out to be, there have still been plenty of interesting developments in impact assessment methodologies: on toxicity impacts, particulate matter health impacts, water use impacts, marine impacts, elemental resource scarcity, compaction and water erosion impacts on agricultural soils, and planetary and regional boundaries. This article was written by Laura Golsteijn with contributions from Peter Fantke, Christopher Oberschelp, Anne-Marie Boulay, Rickard Arvidsson, Thomas Sonderegger, and Anders Bjørn.

To truly be able to offer fact-based analyses, it’s good for life cycle assessment (LCA) practitioners to keep an open mind for analysis methods from other fields. One interesting discipline we could learn from is network science. This article covers the basics of network analysis and shares some tantalizing applications for sustainability.

It doesn’t happen that often that you turn 30 and feel like things have just started. PRé has been around since 1990. In that time, we have developed the world’s leading life cycle assessment software and some of the most widely used methodologies for LCA. Not to mention the many interesting clients and partners we have gotten to work with. Plenty to make us proud. And there is plenty of work to do for the next 30 years as well. PRé Managing Director Eric Mieras looks back and ahead.