Life Cycle Engines

Automated footprint calculations built directly into your workflow

Our Life Cycle Engines are dedicated footprint calculator modules built specifically for the agri-food sector, covering Animals, Aquaculture, Crops, Feed, Processing and Pet Food. Instead of managing separate software you can connect these modules directly to your company’s existing digital platform using an API.

Once connected the engines handle the heavy lifting: delivering consistent, compliant environmental product footprint results that also cover Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions. By complementing your primary data with trusted secondary data sources to fill any data gaps, the engine generates contribution analyses that align with globally accepted footprint standards, such as GHG Protocol Land Sector and Removals Standard (LSRS) and SBTi FLAG.

It’s a seamless way to get compliant footprint results, integrated directly into your own software.

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From first footprint calculation to deep-dive footprint insights

Whether you are just getting started, trying to streamline your current footprinting approach or need deeper and compliant farm-level insights, our Life Cycle Engines support you to automate your footprint calculations, connected to your current digital platform.

1. Starting from scratch

You are looking for a way to calculate your footprint, but you don’t want to build a complex system or force your team to use separate software.

You need a single footprint calculation engine system that operates with your current digital setup.

2. Custom footprint data & LCI creation

You have your own data which you want to use for footprinting and LCA calculations.

You need a way to transform your data into standardized LCI datasets within your existing workflow.

3. Deeper footprint insights

You have completed your Scope 3 assessment and identified crop or animal farming as a major hotspot.

You need deeper insights into your farms performance, delivered directly to your existing workflow by combining your primary data with trusted secondary databases to deliver deeper, actionable insights into farm performance.

4. Compliant footprint insights

You have the deeper footprint insights, but you need your results to be compliant with leading global standards GHG Protocol LSRS, SBTi FLAG or EU PEF.

You need a reliable way to generate compliant footprint results integrated directly into your own software, ensuring your calculations align with the latest global standards.

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Meet our Life Cycle Engines

Automated footprint calculations for the agri-food sector

No separate software required

Connect specialized agri-food modules (Crops, Animals, Aquaculture, Pet Food) directly to your existing digital platform via an API.

Smart data gap resolution

Complement your supply chain’s primary data inputs with reliable data sources to fill any data gaps.

Full emissions coverage

Automatically generate consistent, accurate product footprint results, including Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.

Contribution analysis

Get insights in your footprint with breakdowns of what is driving your impact.

Compliant & aligned

Get results that align with global footprint standards and methodologies, such as EU PEFCRs, EF3.1 calculation methodologies, GHG Protocol LSRS and SBTi FLAG.

Optional: Onboarding & support

Our experts can support with implementation or guide your team through results to ensure a smooth integration.

Available agri-food modules Life Cycle Engines

Animals

Poultry, cattle (beef & dairy), pig systems

Aquaculture

Shrimp, fish

Feed

Crops

Arable crops, horticulture, cell cultivation, orchards systems

Processing

Crops, egg, dairy, meat, fish

Pet food

How does a Life Cycle Engine work?

Connect API
Integrate the Life Cycle Engines directly into your existing digital platform. This one-time setup establishes the link to handle calculations automatically behind the scenes
Input primary data

Send your data through your preferred data collection workflow.
Bridge data gaps
If any data points are missing, the engine automatically pulls secondary data from trusted sources to complement your primary inputs.
Review footprint results
The engine runs the calculation and generates product footprint results, including Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions and a detailed contribution analysis. Ready to load straight into your platform’s dashboard.

Life Cycle Engine - automated footprint calculations — How does a Life Cycle Engine work?

Your footprint results

Data formats that work for you

You can access your footprint calculations in different formats, from raw data in JSON format for direct integration or an Excel export.

Sustainability reporting

Streamline your (internal) sustainability reporting with compliant footprint results.

Dashboard ready

The results can be loaded straight into your company’s existing platform dashboard for further analysis.

Reduction strategies

Use the data breakdowns to pinpoint environmental hotspots and back your emission reduction strategies with compliant data.

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Get in touch with Bart or Lana for more information

Bart Durlinger

Director Digital Solutions

Lana Liem

Consultant