Partner Network

Susdatability (China & Hong Kong)

Empowered by data science and computer science, Susdatability aims to provide sustainability solutions to organizations across the country. Meanwhile, we hope to contribute to the achievement of sustainable development goals worldwide by offering insights from the world’s second-largest economy. We are specialized in corporate and product sustainability management including environmental and social life cycle assessment (LCA), organizational and product greenhouse gas (GHG) accounting, and corporate environmental, social, and governance (ESG) management.

We collaborate closely with think tanks and industrial leaders and facilitate frequent dialogues between professionals, scientists, and policymakers. Our core technical team all have Doctorate degrees, specialized in geoscience, behavioral science, urban planning, and environmental management. Based in Shenzhen, China, we are sponsored by the Angel Island Incubator, a strategic partner of Alibaba Group.

For any inquiries and questions, please visit our website www.susdatability.com or send us an email to info@susdatability.com.

Ailesh (Indonesia)

EnSTAR RNC (South Korea)

EnSTAR RNC is a consulting company established in 2014. Our uppermost management philosophy is to provide our clients with value and trust. EnSTAR RNC do our best with our full capacity to achieve our clients’ sustainable success.

Main business areas of EnSTAR RNC are proposing new international development to ISO (International Standardization Organization), disseminating existing standards, conducting policy research to build national certification systems based on those standards, and providing consulting services with organizations on management system, eco-product certificates, and estimation of site-specific greenhouse gases emission.

Our main business areas

Development of international standards & Policy research for establishment of national certification systems

• • International standards under development : ISO 14009 Environmental management systems — Guidelines for incorporating material circulation in design and development (Currently on DIS stage)
  • Establishment of national certification systems : Korean forest Certification Council (KFCC) & Carbon FootPrint (CFP), etc.
  • Research on foreign certification systems

Consulting services for management system and Eco-product certificates

• • Management system certificates : ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001, ISO 37001, ISO 22301, etc.
  • Eco-product certificates : TypeⅠ& Ⅲ Eco-labeling, carbon footprint, foreign certification programs, etc.
  • Site-specific greenhouse gases emission : Estimation of site-specific greenhouse gases emission based on ISO 14064 series

Research and development of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

• • Research on LCA : Life cycle assessment on CCU (Carbon Capture and Utilization) technology
  • Development of Life cycle Inventory (LCI) DataBase (DB) : Development of LCI DB to conduct life cycle assessment on CCU

Policy research on green finance & Consulting on ESG assessment

• • Policy research to build a national green finance certification system
  • Consulting on ESG assessment

For direct inquiries, please contact Yoonha Kim via yoonhakim@enstar.kr.

RSM (India)

For any inquiries and questions, please visit our website www.rsm-gc.org or send us an email to info@general-carbon.com.

NEPSEN Transition (France)

NEPSEN Transition is an engineering office, funded in 1991, and based in France through a network of agencies (Bordeaux, Lyon and Rennes). It has become part of the NEPSEN Group since 2016, a Group which is specialised in thermal engineering, in renewable energies and in helping territories be part of the energy and environmental transition. NEPSEN Transition is specialised in creating the energy and environmental transition within companies and territories at different scales (buildings, neighborhood, cities, etc.) : its specialties go from energy efficiency to environmental issues such as Green House Gases accountings, Life Cycle Assessment, or Climate Change Adaptation. The company has been working in many different fields such as industry, aeronautic, spatial, tertiary, agriculture, construction, research, local authorities, with local clients to international companies.

For any inquiries and questions, please visit our website www.e6-consulting.fr or send us an email to transition@nepsen.fr

GREENSTEP (Italy)

Italy has one of the largest user groups for openLCA.

Since Febuary 2014, GREENSTEP (formerly beLCA) is the openLCA partner for providing local, qualified support and training, for openLCA, and for LCA methodologies and applications.

At GREENSTEP, we transfer the know-how gained by several years in the field of applied research from academy to the customer to identify and implement innovative solutions for sustainability and circular economy. GREENSTEP team members are skilled professional consultants with master and PhD degrees in Environmental Assessment and passionate researchers who love to transfer their knowledge to the clients and to develop new strategies and solutions that really give them the chance to make a real step forward for a more sustainable way to get their things done.

Our services include:

• • consultancy in the field of life cycle sustainability assessment and of circular economy
  • training and technical support services
  • distribution and customization of professional software solutions for sustainability assessments, circular economy and BIM modeling
  • support for the development and submission of research proposal under the main funding schemes

For any inquiries and questions, please visit our website www.greenstep.it or send us an email to greenstep@greenstep.it.

The Evah Institute (Australia)

The Evah Institute develops and delivers:

• • Product Life Cycle Analysis (LCA)
  • Building Life Cycle Impact Assessment (LCIA)
  • Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) Tools and Education
  • Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Development
  • LCI Plug-ins for LCIA Software
  • Product Category Rules (PCR)
  • Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
  • Environmental Building Declarations (EBD)
  • Life Cycle Benefit Assessment (LCBA)
  • Sustainability Assessments

Since 2008 Evah has developed building, cleaning and personal care product LCA for Business as usual and Best Available Technology, >1000 ecolabels and >70 EPDs. Evah LCI comprises >5500 supply-chain-specific recipes developed with Global GreenTag in Australia and South Africa and Stanford University in California and other leaders.

In 2015 Evah’s LCBA was recognised as the first net positive design LCA published. We also offer Sustainability Analysis and beyond zero benefit to quantify negative losses plus positive gains. Our LCADesignStudio is designed to enable industry training, project development, data & database development.

For any inquiries and questions, please visit their website www.evah.institute or contact them here: openLCA@evah.com.au.

Center for Environmental Sustainability Studies (Guatemala)

The Center for Environmental Sustainability Studies in Guatemala is a private consulting firm helping companies and organizations to reduce their environmental footprints. We provide businesses, government and non-government organisations strategic environmental data to find solutions to environmental issues. Our services include: life cycle and sustainability assessments, carbon and water foot-printing, software training and support, EPDs and environmental impact assessment.

For any inquiries and questions, please visit our website https://www.cesa-gt.com/ or send us an email to es@cesa-gt.com

Franklin Associates (USA)

What is our environmental footprint and how can we most effectively reduce it? Franklin Associates, a division of ERG, specializes in life cycle research and assessment to help clients answer these questions and improve the sustainability of their products, services, and systems. We pioneered the life cycle inventory (LCI) concept over 40 years ago and have stood at the forefront of this science ever since. Our experts have conducted hundreds of life cycle studies for public and private sector organizations.

Based on this experience, we have accumulated an extensive private LCI database for North America and have contributed to the U.S. LCI Database since its inception. These public and private databases contain information on the energy and material flows into and out of the environment for commonly used materials, products, and processes. They serve as key resources as we conduct state-of-the-art life cycle research and assessments for our clients.

For any inquiries and questions, please visit http://www.erg.com/service/life-cycle-services or contact Ben Young from ERG directly: openlca@erg.com.

EnCiclo (Brazil)

EnCiclo is a sustainability assessment consultancy company, specialized in environmental management with focus on Life Cycle Assessment, GHG accounting, Carbon footprint, and other sustainability assessment tools. Based in Florianópolis (Brazil), we are a spin-off from the Life Cycle Assessment Research Group (Ciclog) from Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina (UFSC), Brazil. Our team is formed by professionals with master and PhD degrees in Environmental Management, with vast experience in LCA projects.

For any inquiries and questions, please visit our website www.enciclo.com.br or send us an email to openLCA@enciclo.com.br.

LIRIDE (Canada)

The Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory on Sustainable Engineering and Ecodesign in Canada (Quebec) is a research institution with the goal to reduce the environmental impacts of productive industries. As such, we work with private companies, academia, government and non-government organizations to find solutions to environmental problems and how to effectively reduce them. We seek to accelerate the transition towards a circular economy promoting sustainable development, at all levels of organizations. Our expertise includes:

• • Life Cycle assessment (LCA) and circular economy
  • Life cycle costing (LCC)
  • Social life cycle assessment (SLCA)
  • Footprints (carbon, water, energy, etc.)
  • Streamlined LCA, Life Cycle Thinking (LCT) Tools and Education
  • Life Cycle Inventory (LCI) Development and reviewing
  • Product Category Rules (PCR)
  • Environmental Product Declarations (EPD)
  • Pre-feasibility of sustainability studies.

For any inquiries and questions, please visit our website www.liride.info or send us an email to liride@usherbrooke.ca