Product & Supply Chain Sustainability
Common starting point for product and sustainability leads in battery, steel, aluminium, and electronics
The problem
Your customers, regulators, or investors need defensible environmental data. Most companies don't have it, or have numbers built on generic data that won't hold up.
Our approach
Minviro builds reusable LCA models aligned with ISO 14040/44, with ISO 14067 product footprints and outputs scoped for relevant PACT exchanges, EPD programmes and customer requests. CBAM is a separate assessment for covered goods using its own embedded-emissions rules.
Our experience includes
Minviro has delivered product-level LCA studies for companies like Apple, Rio Tinto, Stellantis, and the German Automotive Industry Association (VDA), covering lithium, nickel, graphite, NdFeB magnets, and EV cell chemistries across 46 countries.
Deliverables can include
ISO-compliant LCA (14040/44)
Product Carbon Footprints (ISO 14067)
Supply chain mapping & hotspot analysis
Comparison studies
Scenario & sensitivity analysis
Verification & Third Party Audits
Supplier Data Collection & Collaboration
Often chosen by procurement and supply chain teams in automotive, battery, and apparel
The problem
Your LCA is only as good as the data behind it. Most companies can't get consistent, verifiable environmental data from suppliers, especially in complex supply chains.
Our approach
Structured questionnaires, collection workflows in XYCLE and transparent data-quality scoring help you prioritise primary supplier evidence. We scope the method to your product and intended use, distinguishing draft battery methodology from adopted requirements.
Our experience includes
With offices in the UK, Netherlands, China and Australia, Minviro has managed primary supplier data across 50+ global supply chains. For the Nickel Institute, Minviro built the industry-wide LCA dataset covering the global nickel supply chain, now used as the sector reference.
Deliverables can include
Automated collection workflows (XYCLE)
Data quality scoring (EF-aligned DQR)
Primary data gap analysis
Mass balance validation
Tier-1 and tier-2 supplier engagement
Data governance & version control
Regulatory Compliance & Reporting
Popular with regulatory, compliance, and legal teams in battery, steel, and cement
The problem
Battery carbon disclosure, product passports, corporate reporting and customer requests have different scopes and timetables. A standard product LCA does not automatically satisfy every framework.
Our approach
We identify the scope, method and timetable that apply to your product and organisation. Battery carbon disclosure and passports have separate requirements. CBAM uses installation-level rules for covered goods, not a standard product LCA. CSRD applies only to entities within its revised scope. For smaller suppliers, we focus on proportionate buyer requests, Scope 3 targets, CDP/SBTi evidence and voluntary-standard reporting, respecting applicable value-chain information limits.
Our experience includes
Minviro participates in EU battery methodology consultation and prepares documented LCA evidence for review. Performance classes and thresholds depend on the relevant Commission acts and conditional application dates, not a blanket 2026 or 2027 deadline.
Deliverables can include
Carbon footprint declarations
Battery performance-class preparation
CBAM assessment for covered goods
Reporting support for in-scope entities
Framework-specific evidence and reports
Reusable data, distinct compliance checks
Carbon Footprint & Decarbonisation Strategy
Relevant for heads of sustainability and ESG in automotive, consumer goods, and mining
The problem
You've measured your footprint. Now you need to know which changes move the number, how much they cost, and whether they're feasible in your supply chain.
Our approach
Product and supply-chain carbon footprints embedded within scenario analysis, enabling technology comparisons, supplier-switching simulations, marginal abatement cost curves (Scope 3 reduction, CAPEX).
Proof
For Deutsche Bahn, XYCLE modelling identified a 6× CO₂ reduction potential in a train seat component supply chain, in 100 days. Minviro has delivered decarbonisation roadmaps with cost modelling through 2035 for battery, renewables, and mining clients.
Deliverables can include
Life Cycle Costing (LCC / ISO 15686-5)
Carbon-abatement scenarios
Technology comparison studies
Marginal abatement cost curves (MACC)
Supplier-switching simulations
Sensitivity & Monte-Carlo analysis
Circularity, Ecodesign & Recycled Content
A good fit for brand and circular economy leads in packaging, battery, and apparel
The problem
Recycled content thresholds, ecodesign rules, and recycling targets are all heading your way. The methodology choices matter.
Our approach
Minviro models the full circular loop: recycled content verification against EU Battery Regulation thresholds, end-of-life recovery modelling, and design-for-circularity assessment (ESPR, Circular Footprint Formula).
Proof
Minviro delivered the LCA comparing recycled NdFeB magnet material from post-consumer e-waste against primary extraction for Apple, ISO-compliant and independently critically reviewed. Published peer-reviewed research on recycled vs virgin metals. Active in EU recycled content methodology development.
Deliverables can include
Recycled content calculation & verification
End-of-life modelling & recovery efficiency
Material flow analysis
Circular Footprint Formula (CFF)
Virgin vs recycled material comparison LCA
Design-for-circularity assessment
