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Ecochain Helix

Ecochain Helix

by Ecochain Technologies

Conduct LCAs at Scale

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Scope 3 Emissions
Carbon Accounting
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Updated by Maílis Carrilho on November 4th, 2025
Ecochain Helix is a cloud‑based LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) platform engineered for manufacturers needing footprint analysis across extensive product portfolios and operations. Target users include sustainability managers, LCA consultants, and product/facility leads in industries like construction, packaging, chemicals, and food. Helix eliminates the one-off burden of manual LCAs, enabling a top-down, activity-based approach that allocates facility-level environmental impacts down to thousands of SKUs. Designed to replace costly consultant-driven processes, it delivers rapid, affordable assessments with science-backed accuracy. This transforms sustainability into a strategic asset: Helix empowers teams to integrate footprinting into standard workflows, drive ecodesign choices, and meet regulatory or market demands at scale.

Available Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Features

Data Import/Export

Missing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Features

API Integration
Allocation & Co-product Rules
Background Database Connectivity
DPP Database
Data Quality at Scale
Data Quality/Pedigree
Digital Product Passports (DPP)
ECI
EPD Database
EPD Global
EPD International
EPD Search Tool
Emissions Hotspot Identification
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)
Goal & Scope Builder
IBU
ILCD+EPD
ILCD/EcoSpold/JSON-LD Import
INIES
ISO Compliance
Lifecycle Impact Assessment (LCIA) Methods Library
Multiple Program Operators
NMD
Parameterized Models
Product Carbon Footprint (PCF)
Product Comparison
Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)
Projects GWP
Review & Audit Trail
Scenarios
Sensitivity & Contribution Analysis
Smart EPD
Supplier Collaboration Tools
System Boundaries & Cut-offs
Uncertainty (Monte Carlo)
Unit-Process Modeling

Pricing

Starting Price
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Available Since

January 2011

Deployment Options

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Good Option For

  • Small Business (11-50 people)
  • Medium Business (51-250 people)
  • Large Business (250+ people)

Deep dive

Core Features

Helix equips organizations with an integrated toolkit for scalable, verified environmental insights:

  • Activity‑Based Footprinting: Automatically allocates factory-level inputs (energy, materials) to products across entire portfolios.

  • Bulk LCA Calculation: Conduct hundreds or thousands of LCAs simultaneously. According to the company, Helix is up to 99% faster than consultant-led methods.

  • Portfolio Hotspot Analysis: Identify high-impact products or processes at company, process, and material levels.

  • EPD & PCF Generation: Produce verifiable Environmental Product Declarations and Product Carbon Footprints scalable across portfolios.

  • Third‑Party Verification Support: Factory models are verified once, extending credibility to derived LCAs—reducing audit workload.

  • Collaborative Data Sharing: Engage suppliers and stakeholders in Scope 3 data aggregation and environmental profile exchange.

Closing Insights

Ecochain’s site features compelling portfolio-level use cases cutting across industries. A major construction firm produced over 500 LCAs across product lines using Helix for hotspot and footprint analysis. Several others also note how Ecochain enabled them to move from broad estimates to stage-specific detail for each of their product's footprint. Independent validation also came in the form of the 3A Composites, case where Helix integrated ISO 14001 data and EN 15804 modeling to assess Global Warming Potential (GWP) and track emissions. Recent technical enhancements reinforce Helix’s capabilities. In May 2024, its default LCA database was expanded with Ecoinvent, adding nearly 1,100 new datasets and more granular LCIA methods like EF 3.1 and EN15804+A2. Moreover, in April 2024, Helix achieved PACT conformance, enabling secure, interoperable footprint data exchange across supply chains. With rapid, low-cost EPD generation, robust portfolio modeling, continuous database updates, and verified data exchange, Helix stands as a robust LCA solution well positioned for evolving regulatory and market demands.

Use Ecochain Helix as...

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Software
Scope 3 Emissions Software
Carbon Accounting Software