PRé Sustainability

Last week it was PRé Sustainability’s turn to organize the biannual SimaPro Partner meeting, this time in the beautiful city of Utrecht! Partners from all over the world shared valuable insights from their countries while together, we discussed how we can take #LifeCycleAssessment (LCA) and SimaPro to the next level. We call it a partner meeting, but it very much feels like an old friends reunion. It’s a community we’re proud is still going strong. Exciting times are coming and we look forward to maximizing our positive impact together 💪 A big thank you to all the partners! 2.-0 LCA consultants, Beatrice Bortolozzo, ACV Brasil, Asplan Viak AS, CADIS - Centro de Análisis de Ciclo de Vida y Diseño Sustentable, Grupo Cliope, EcoVane Environmental, ESU-services Ltd., EVEA, Ixon, KITES-KW, KMA 한국능률협회 | Korea Management Association, Anthesis Esp, LCM Consultancy, PT Life Cycle Indonesia, Lifecycles, Long Trail Sustainability, Metsims Sustainability Consulting , Miljögiraff, Regenerativa, SIPL, SimaPro UK, TCO2, The Green House Consultants

🎉 The Global Life Cycle Impact Assessment Method (GLAM1.0.2024.10) was officially launched at the SETAC Europe 26th LCA Symposium! GLAM aims to provide a standardized framework for assessing ecosystem, human health, and socio-economic impacts across product life cycles. The method includes some interesting new impact categories such as microplastics, work environment impact, lifestyle impact and nutrition, as well as updates on existing impact categories. 🔗 Read more: https://lnkd.in/gXu5Me8n This is a great milestone made possible by the collaboration of hundreds of scientists from across the world 👏

🌎 We are proud to collaborate with the European Commission in the development of Version 4.0 of the Environmental Footprint (EF) Database! This initiative plays a pivotal role in achieving the Commission's goal of enabling organizations to reduce the environmental impacts of goods, services, and operations, allowing the assessment of different supply chains – from the extraction of raw materials to final waste management. The EF 4.0 Database is designed to conduct EF studies, also in alignment with the Product Environmental Footprint Category Rules (PEFCRs) and Organization Environmental Footprint Sector Rules (OEFSRs). Through this project, the EC is acquiring the IP rights of the datasets, to ease access to transparent LCA datasets. Led by a consortium of experts, including PRé Sustainability, Mérieux NutriSciences | Blonk, Carbon Minds, TCO2 & AIST, this initiative provides a comprehensive set of EF-compliant core datasets across various sectors: energy, transport, packaging, end-of-life, metals & minerals, chemicals, food/feed products, and biobased materials. On October 17, we were hosted at the EC premises in Brussels for a technical workshop to coordinate the data creation activity. Together, we are working to empower large, medium and small enterprises with the tools needed to make sustainable decisions that benefit not just businesses but also the environment 💪 #Sustainability #LCA #LifeCycleAssessment #EnvironmentalFootprint #PEF #OEF

If you're attending the SETAC Europe LCA Symposium in Gothenburg next week, join our PRé team's sessions! Ellen Meijer and Rudri Mankad will chair a session and give a presentation, focusing on approaches to applying life cycle assessment at a larger scale. We hope to see you there! Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC) #LifeCycleAssessment #LCA #SETACgothenburg

Good news! 🎉 Three new ISO Standards related to #LifeCycleAssessment (LCA) have been published:

❗ Join us at ESTC (EMEA Synthetic Turf Council) Technical Day 2024 on October 14-15 for a deep dive into the PEF Project and its next steps! Our expert speakers will provide the latest updates and insights on: 🔹 General Update: Alastair Cox, ESTC 🔹 Software Tool: Marisa Vieira, Pré 🔹 Verification & Validation of PEF Results: Wouter van Kootwijk, Ecomatters  🔹 Cost & Implementation: Stefan Diderich, ESTC 👉 Get ready for an informative session and learn more about how PEF can drive sustainability in the industry. Latest programme & registration is available here: https://bit.ly/3XqMLv0  The ESTC Technical Day is organised for members of ESTC exclusively. #pefcr #pef #sustainability #circulareconomy #environmentalfootprint 

Every year on PRé Strategy days, our team spends a couple of days away together to reconnect. Last week we went to Garderen where we discussed goals and priorities for the coming year, learned about each other's strengths, practiced our active listening skills (and dance moves), and some of us even went for a trail run. During these 2 days, the strong sense of collaboration and openness we’ve built at PRé really stood out. Whether it was through sharing feedback, engaging in meaningful conversations, or simply enjoying a fun board game with colleagues, every contribution made a difference. It shows how much we all care about PRé and our commitment to the work we do to keep driving positive change 💪 #CompanyCulture

🌿 Happy to have contributed on behalf of PRé Sustainability to this update of the Multi-tool biodiversity impact study by Finance for Biodiversity! We hope it helps financial institutions (and #NA100) to inform priorities for engagement with investees on preventing biodiversity loss 🦋. Also it is a great publication to identify opportunities for improvement in methodologies 📄 and data 🔍 for biodiversity assessment going forward, which we are working on through a.o. #BFFI: https://lnkd.in/eN3YNFFJ.

Are you attending the upcoming Autodesk University conference in San Diego? Join our sessions: 🔹 Overcoming data hurdles in AEC and manufacturing to enable a sustainable future | Oct 16, 8:00 - 9:00 (PDT). Eric Mieras, Managing Director at PRé, will be part of the panel discussion on how technology enables customers to achieve sustainable outcomes. https://lnkd.in/e7e5G8hq 🔹 Unveiling EcoDesigner: an accessible web app for sustainable product design, Powered by SimaPro | Oct 16, 15:00 - 16:00 (PDT). Joeri V., Business Developer at PRé, will present an app integration between SimaPro and Autodesk Fusion which supports designers and LCA practitioners with sustainability metrics in the design stage. https://lnkd.in/ezYw4U8s We hope to see you at #AU2024!

We're hiring! We're looking for an LCA Analyst to join our PRé team and help organizations turn their sustainability goals into reality through transparent, science-based solutions. Let’s shape a better tomorrow together 🌎 Check out the job description and apply online 👉 https://lnkd.in/dCeeB89F Or if you know someone who’d be a great candidate, please share this with your network! #hiring #sustainabilityjobs #LCAAnalyst #SimaPro #LifeCycleAssessment