ecoinvent
Summary
The ecoinvent Association is a Swiss non-profit organisation dedicated to providing high-quality environmental datasets for life-cycle assessment, sustainability analysis, and circular-economy modelling. Founded in 2000 and headquartered in Zurich, the organisation maintains the ecoinvent LCI database, one of the world’s leading sources of environmental impact data. The association collaborates with research institutions, industry experts and data providers to ensure transparent, science-based datasets across materials, energy, agriculture, transport, chemicals and waste systems. Ecoinvent supports environmental researchers, policymakers, manufacturers and sustainability professionals working to measure and reduce lifecycle impacts.
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Details
Company name
ecoinvent
Headquarters
Zurich, CHE
Date of establishment
2000
Website
Software
ecoinvent is one of the world’s most widely used Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) databases, providing high-quality, peer-reviewed environmental data covering energy, materials, chemicals, waste management, agriculture, transport, and industrial processes. The platform supports life cycle assessment (LCA), ecological footprinting, ecodesign, circularity assessments, and sustainability reporting. Researchers, companies, and policymakers use ecoinvent to quantify environmental impacts across supply chains and product lifecycles. The database integrates with major LCA software tools and applies transparent methodological frameworks, continuous data quality review, and versioned releases to ensure scientific robustness. Ecoinvent helps organisations understand upstream and downstream environmental impacts, identify hotspots, compare scenarios, and support decision-making for sustainable design and decarbonisation.
