Scale LCA for Chemicals

LCAs for chemicals, built to the TfS PCF guidelines. Footprint every grade with real supplier data, not industry averages.

Industry Challenges

Chemical companies sit in the middle of the value chain. Customers expect product-level carbon data, and most of the answer lies with your own suppliers.

Thousands of product and variants

Chemical portfolios can contain thousands of grades and formulations. Building and maintaining a separate LCA for every product quickly becomes unmanageable.

Thin data, generic averages

Generic databases cover only a fraction of the chemicals you buy, and supplier-specific data is rarely available. Industry averages fill the gap but hide real decarbonisation, whether you invested in it or your suppliers did.

Complex production processes

Shared steam and power networks, co-products and mass-balanced feedstocks all need careful attribution. Inconsistent choices lead to footprints that won’t hold up to customer or auditor scrutiny.

How LiveCycle AI Solves This

Automate complex modelling

Import recipes, raw materials, process data, utilities and production volumes. Build reusable models for shared processes, co-products and site infrastructure, and apply allocation consistently across your portfolio.

LiveCycle matches your raw materials to available LCA datasets and identifies missing data. When a chemical or composition isn’t available, the platform creates custom models from available process and composition data.

Report for any requirement

Generate multi-impact LCAs, PCFs, EPDs and customer-specific reports from the same model, aligned with the TfS PCF Guideline, PACT and ISO 14067.

Applicable Standards & Frameworks

Calculate and report across leading standards and frameworks

ISO 14040/44

International principles and requirements for conducting, reporting and reviewing life cycle assessments.

TfS PCF Guideline

The chemical industry’s sector guideline for cradle-to-gate product carbon footprints.

EN 15804+A2 and ISO 14025 EPDs

Standards for chemicals used in buildings, such as admixtures, adhesives, sealants and coatings

ISO 14067

International requirements for quantifying and reporting product carbon footprints based on LCA principles.

GHG Protocol Product Standard

Product-level GHG accounting framework for quantifying and reporting emissions across a product’s life cycle.

Integrated LCA Databases

Access construction-specific environmental data from leading sources

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about LCA for construction materials

  • How does LiveCycle AI reduce LCA costs by 93%?

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  • Is the platform compliant with ISO 14040/14044 and EPD standards?

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  • What data do I need to get started?

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  • How long does it take to generate an EPD?

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  • Can I use this for multi-site manufacturing?

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