Licenses

Access comprehensive data on the environmental impacts of thousands of activities and products across all industrial sectors.

Commercial

from CHF 1,650 / year

Yearly subscription

What’s included?

Unlimited access to the entire database, including UPR, LCI, LCIA, and reports supporting the system models Cut-Off, Consequential, and APOS.

  • Named single-user license
  • Subject to the End User License Agreement (EULA)
Educational

from CHF 1,650 / year

Yearly subscription

What’s included?

This multi-user license can be used by an unlimited number of students under a single valid professorship for unsubsidized educational projects at a single 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
Enterprise

from CHF 6,000 / year

Yearly subscription

What’s included?

A set of commercial licenses for named single users working in the same organization.

  • Available to organizations looking to purchase multiple licenses for internal users
  • For 5+ named individual users
  • Subject to a separate agreement based on End User License Agreement (EULA)
Developer

From CHF 4,500 / year

Yearly subscription

What’s included?

  • Available to software tool providers looking to sub-license ecoinvent data
  • Yearly subscriptions per selected LCIA scores and software tool user
  • Subject to sub-licensing agreements

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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Licensee profile

LCA expert

schools & universities

corporates

corporates

tool developer

End-user profile

LCA expert

LCA student

LCA expert

LCA expert / business

business user

Number of end-users

single

multiple

multiple

multiple

multiple

Subscription

annual

annual

annual

annual

annual

Annual license fees

from CHF 1,650

from CHF 1,650

from CHF 6,000

upon request

from CHF 4,500

Data scope

For licensee

UPR, LCI, LCIA

UPR, LCI, LCIA

UPR, LCI, LCIA

UPR, LCI, LCIA

For sub-licensee

n/a

custom

Additional features (upon request)

EN15804 as add-on

EN15804 as add-on

EN 15804 as add-on

EN 15804 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

enterprise contract

enterprise & sub-licensing contract

sub-licensing contract

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