Licenses

Our offerings enable access to comprehensive data on the environmental impacts of thousands of activities and products across all industrial sectors.

Single-User

Access for individuals

This offering includes:

A license designed for solo consultants and individual experts working independently.

  • Access for 1 named user
  • Complete ecoinvent database
  • Annual subscription
Enterprise

Access for companies

This offering includes:

A license purpose-built for companies.

  • Centralized license management
  • Flexible user administration
  • Team collaboration features
  • Complete ecoinvent database
  • Annual subscription
Developer

Software integration

This offering includes:

A license for organizations integrating ecoinvent data into software applications.

  • All enterprise features included
  • Software integration rights
  • Annual subscription
Educational

Access for academia

This offering includes:

A multi-user license for an unlimited number of students under one valid professorship for unsubsidized educational projects at one university/school location.

  • Unlimited access to the entire database including LCI, LCIA, UPR, and reports
  • Data linked in three system models: Cut-off, APOS, and Consequential

Our database supports a broad and diverse range of sustainability assessments. We offer yearly licenses for individuals, researchers, tool providers, and enterprises.

 

 

Our data can be accessed through the ecoQuery online portal. We encourage new users to explore the meta-information we provide on ecoQuery. The cumulative cradle-to-gate emissions, including the upstream supply chain and downstream waste treatment processes, can only be accessed by licensees.

 

Single-user licenses allow access to the latest version of the database available at the time of purchase.

A yearly subscription includes access to future database versions released after the initial purchase.

 

To integrate the ecoinvent database into an existing LCA software, get in touch with one of our partners.

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This interactive video introduces our license offerings and can help you select the license type that best suits your needs.

 

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Single-User
Enterprise
Standard
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Developer
Educational
Licensing & Pricing

Licensee profile

LCA expert

corporates

corporates

tool developer

schools & universities

End-user profile

LCA expert

LCA expert

LCA expert / business

business user

LCA student

Number of end-users

single

multiple

multiple

multiple

multiple

Subscription

annual

annual

annual

annual

annual

Data scope

For licensee

UPR, LCI, LCIA

UPR, LCI, LCIA

UPR, LCI, LCIA

UPR, LCI, LCIA

For sub-licensee

n/a

n/a

custom

n/a

Additional features (upon request)

EN15804 as add-on

EN15804 as add-on

EN15804 as add-on

EN15804 as add-on

EN15804 as add-on

For licensee (developer of the tool/software)

UPR, LCI, LCIA

For sub-licensee (users of the tool/software)

LCIA

Data distribution

ecoQuery

Customised XML / Excel files

Terms & Conditions

End User License Agreement

Frame agreements

n/a

enterprise contract

enterprise & sub-licensing contract

sub-licensing contract

n/a

You can find information about our subscription license model in our licenses FAQ on the Knowledge Base.