Research & Development

Focus your effort early on in product development and you develop more environmental friendly from the start, throughout the entire product lifecycle.

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) software plays a pivotal role in enabling R&D departments to provide quantitative insights into the environmental impacts of various design choices.

Ecochain for R&D departments

Assess new materials

Assess the environmental impact of different products throughout their life cycle. Incorporating LCA in your R&D process enables your company to move towards a more sustainable product portfolio and reduce your environmental footprint. Identify high-impact materials and products and prioritize your research and development efforts over those that really matter for sustainability.

Analyze production processes

Analyze the environmental impacts of different components and manufacturing processes related to your product. Review which steps in your production process have a high impact. Assess production alternatives including the final waste treatment. Identify which steps actually make a difference, for example by switching from fossil based energy to renewable energy sources.

Foster Ecodesign

Performing LCAs of your products facilitates Ecodesign. Validate your assumptions iteratively using scenarios and comparisons in Ecochain Mobius. Change and replace materials or components and assess the results instantly. Answer fundamental design questions upfront. Find out how using recycled content lowers the impact of your product. Simulate different product design scenarios and combinations.

Our solution for R&D

See how we help research departments improve their product development proces and incorporate sustainability.

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Ecochain Mobius x Willicroft: Case Study

Discover how Willicroft – plant-based cheese and butter company, implemented ecodesign with Mobius that changed the way of product development

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How ZeroPackaging reduced their footprint by 48%:

Enabling sustainable decision-making in the design phase
Providing customers transparency on the footprint of their packaging
Designing for a future with zero impact

Ecochain Mobius

With an intuitive and easy-to-use solution to create LCAs, Zeropackaging used Ecochain Mobius to integrate Ecodesign impact measurements into their design process which enabled them to test their assumptions iteratively, while comparing designs with one another.

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What our customers are saying

“The health of the planet is important to our employees and consumers. Ecochain Mobius has allowed us to measure our products' impact and identify its sources so that we can start implement change. Soon, we will use Ecochain Mobius in our production decision-making processes.” — Wim de Jager, COO at Skullcandy Read more

“We needed a user-friendly platform to calculate the impact of our products. In addition to access to an extensive database, we also receive personalized advice from environmental specialists. Mobius is exactly what we need to be able to continue learning about sustainability.” — Wanda Gordts, Head of Marketing & Product Development at Vadigran Read more

“The main functionalities of Mobius combined with how easily the tool can be tailored for packaging, makes working with Mobius delight. With Mobius we are able to incorporate Ecodesign to our product development and business processes. ” — Thomas van Hemert, Designer at ZeroPackaging Read more