| Summary | ||
|---|---|---|
| Name of source | ecoinvent Database | |
| Provider | ecoinvent | |
| Summary text | ecoinvent is an internationally active, mission-driven organization devoted to supporting high-quality, science-based environmental assessments. Its activities include publishing and maintaining the ecoinvent database, a comprehensive life cycle inventory database that provides reliable and transparent information on the environmental impacts of various products and services. It is used by companies, researchers, and policymakers to analyze the environmental impact of their operations, make informed decisions, and develop sustainable practices. The ecoinvent database provides a rich pool of secondary data for scope 3 GHG reporting and can help reporters to fill data gaps by providing regional or global average GHG emission factors, average transport distances and modes, and regional product and technology mixes. In addition, separated scope 2 and 3 emission factors for electricity are also available. | |
| Contact | https://ecoinvent.org/contact-us/ | |
| Licensing | By arrangement, contact ecoinvent for details. | |
| Language(s) | English | |
| Website | https://ecoinvent.org/ |
| Access – data formats and accessibility | ||
|---|---|---|
| File type | HTML (web) access to data on-line and to excel files | |
| Software needs | Microsoft office | |
| Contents – breadth and depth of datasets | ||
|---|---|---|
| Age | 1990-2023 | |
| Geography | More than 500 geographies including individual countries and specific regions | |
| Original Data Source(s) | Academic research, Industry statistics, Government publications, Other LCA databases | |
| Other Databases Included | Various | |
| Life cycle stages | Cradle-to-Grave | |
| Modeling approach | Process | |
| Emissions results | Total CO2e, separate GHGs | |
| Number of datasets | More than 18,000 | |
| Main topics | Accommodation services, Agriculture & Animal Husbandry, Building & Construction, Chemicals, Plastics, Energy including electricity and heat, Forestry & Wood, Fuels, Infrastructure, Metals, Pulp & Paper, Transport, Textiles, Waste management & Recycling, Water supply. | |
| Other topics | Environmental Product Declaration (EPDs), GHG reporting, Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Corporate Sustainability reporting | |
| Data transparency – what metadata is provided for each dataset? | ||
|---|---|---|
| System boundaries | Yes | |
| Data Types | Unit process | |
| Allocation Methods | Yes | |
| Technology | Yes | |
| Data year | Yes | |
| Original source | Yes | |
| Uncertainty | Yes | |
| Quality – is information provided on data quality? | ||
|---|---|---|
| Data quality score | Yes | |
| Quality assurance | Yes | |
| Standards compliant | ISO 14040; ISO 14044; ISO/TS 14048; ISO 14025; ISO 21930; EN15804&A2:2019; GHG protocol – Corporate Value Chain (Scope 3) Standard | |
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