Maalbar offers a digital platform for conducting Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and product carbon footprinting. It simplifies the quantification of environmental impact, focusing on CO2eq emissions, and provides simulation tools to identify reduction opportunities for sustainability reporting.
Funding
Funding not disclosed
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Problem
Companies face challenges in accurately measuring and communicating their environmental impact, particularly concerning climate emissions. This complexity hinders their ability to demonstrate sustainability efforts and comply with evolving regulatory requirements.
Solution
Maalbar provides a user-friendly digital platform designed to simplify and streamline Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) for products. The platform enables businesses to quantify the environmental footprint of their products, with a primary focus on carbon emissions (CO2eq). Through simulation capabilities, users can explore the impact of various material choices, production locations, and logistical strategies. This data-driven approach empowers companies to identify key areas for emission reduction and to communicate their sustainability performance credibly, aligning with reporting standards like CSRD.
Target Audience
Maalbar targets businesses, particularly within the furniture, interior, and design industries, that need to measure, reduce, and report on their environmental impact, especially carbon emissions.
Features
- Web-based platform for conducting Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and product carbon footprinting.
- Utilizes a comprehensive database compliant with Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) standards.
- Features simulation tools to model the impact of material selection, production location, and logistics on CO2eq emissions.
- Enables the calculation of climate impact for individual products and aggregated company-level data.
- Supports the generation of data for sustainability reporting and compliance with regulations such as CSRD.
- Offers tiered service models including subscription access to the tool, single product screenings, and consulting services.
- Provides options for self-assessment, Målbar verification, and third-party verification (e.g., Bureau Veritas) for screening results.
- Includes functionality for onboarding supplier production data to enhance screening accuracy.