01 · Measure · Automated LCA

A full LCA in minutes, with every number traceable.

A specific number for every ingredient, step and transport. Flexible and transparent, at an affordable price.

Unibloom calculations aligned with the GHG Protocol and with ISO 14040 and 14044.

Automated LCA: describe your product in your own words, or add a spec or recipe. For example: My customer asks for the footprint of our milk powder; Claw hammers with a steel head and a hickory handle; Crisp bread, baked from Swedish rye flour; Pig feed made from wheat, barley and soy.

How it works

  1. Describe it or upload your files.

  2. Unibloom builds the value chain.

  3. See where every number comes from.

  4. Improve your numbers.

Automated LCA: crisp bread drawn from rye flour, water, salt, yeast and seed mix through baking, with a chat that answers what makes the number high
Example product with example numbers.

Data changed or improved? Update and recalculate, without starting from scratch.

From the white paper

How good does your data need to be?

“The relevant question is therefore not whether the data is perfect, but whether it is sufficiently representative and reliable for the purpose at hand.”
From one-off LCA to decision-ready environmental dataBy Dr Johnson Lau, with Dr Orla Williams, University of NottinghamRead the white paper
  1. Start with what is available.

    Use the best data you have, rather than waiting for perfect data.

  2. Improve what matters.

    Put more effort into the data that could change the outcome.

  3. Keep it updateable.

    Update and recalculate, rather than rebuild from scratch.

The decisions that shape a footprint are made across the business.

  • Procurement

    See the impact of a sourcing option before a supplier is selected.

  • R&D and innovation

    Test materials or production options while choices are still open.

  • Sales

    Answer customer requests for product-level data, faster.

  • Marketing

    Have the evidence behind an environmental claim.

  • Finance and leadership

    Weigh investments and priorities with better information.

  • Sustainability

    See where better evidence is worth pursuing, rather than treating every gap the same way.

Easier LCA, without lowering the standard.

As more people use this data, it matters even more to see what sits behind a result.

LCA specialists still matter for complex choices, validation and uses that need more scrutiny.

Independent expert contribution

“Tools such as Unibloom Automated LCA could help bring Life Cycle Assessment into the hands of a much wider range of users. Rather than being something carried out only by specialists, in-depth environmental assessment could become a routine part of engineering and business practice.”
Dr Orla Williams
Assistant Professor, University of Nottingham

Pricing

Priced around your team and the LCAs you need. Talk to us and we will put a price together.

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For LCAs at scale.

  • Bulk LCAs
  • Ability to invite your team and collaborate together
  • Priced around your expected LCAs usage, not per package
  • Fully traceable LCAs
  • Aligned with ISO standards 14040 and 14044
  • Unlimited saves so you can continue from where you started
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Automated LCA: questions people ask

What is a life cycle assessment (LCA)?

A life cycle assessment is a structured way to understand the environmental impacts of delivering a product. It connects materials, energy, production and transport to their impacts. Automated LCA looks at emissions in detail across those processes, so you can see where emissions occur and what drives them.

Do I need to be an LCA expert to use Automated LCA?

No. With Automated LCA you describe the product in your own words or upload your files, and it asks when something is missing. LCA specialists still matter for complex choices, validation and uses that need more scrutiny.

How is Automated LCA different from a consultant's LCA study?

Done the classic way, one LCA can take months of manual work, often arriving after the decision is made. Automated LCA gives you the full LCA in minutes, and you update the same assessment when something changes instead of starting again.

How good does my data need to be for an LCA?

It depends on the question. Industry-average data may be a fair start for finding the biggest hotspots in a product. A close choice between suppliers may need more specific data, and an external claim needs more scrutiny. Automated LCA lets you start with what is available and improve what matters.

What happens when the right emission factor does not exist?

No database covers every material, production method, country and supplier. Where an important number is missing, the Emissions predictor estimates it for that context. It stays an estimate: it does not replace measured data, and you can replace it when better data arrives.

What does an updateable LCA mean?

An updateable LCA keeps the model behind the assessment, so you can add new or changed information and recalculate. It does not mean Automated LCA knows every time something changes in your supply chain: you add the change, and the numbers update.

Is Automated LCA aligned with ISO standards?

Yes. Automated LCA calculates with Unibloom's method, aligned with ISO 14040/14044. It is not a third-party verified study, so information for an external claim may need more scrutiny and independent verification.

Do I still need data from my suppliers?

Yes, supplier data is the best data. Automated LCA gives you a good estimate while you wait for it, shows where it matters most to ask, and replaces the estimate as soon as real data arrives.

How much does Automated LCA cost?

Automated LCA is priced around your team and the number of LCAs you need, so talk to us and we will put a price together.

Can I use Automated LCA with the Unibloom Climate Transition Plan?

Yes. Automated LCA is sold on its own or alongside the plan.

Read the white paper

By Dr Johnson Lau, with Dr Orla Williams, University of Nottingham

From one-off LCA to decision-ready environmental data

How automation can make life-cycle assessment easier to scale, update and use without compromising scientific rigour.

Download PDF 17 min read · 13 pages · All white papers

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