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Basics of Footprint Calculation with Pickler

How Pickler’s Fast-Track LCA works and how you calculate footprints using primary data, IDEMAT mapping, and defaults.

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With Pickler, you calculate the environmental footprint of your packaging using Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), which measures impact from production to end-of-life.

Verified methodology, built for packaging

Pickler’s Fast-Track LCA is tailored for packaging, aligned with ISO 14040/44, and independently verified by Normec Verifavia. It scales to thousands of SKUs while keeping every result transparent and traceable.

How it works

Step 1: Upload your product data (primary data)

Enter your products specific (primary) data —such as material composition, transport, and processing details - one by one or in bulk (Spreadsheet or API integration)

Step 2: Include market average data (secondary)

Include secondary data from the IDEMAT database, a scientific database containing environmental information for thousands of materials and processes. Pickler uses this data to calculate the impact.

Step 3: Fill potential data gaps

Fill potential data gaps with conservative defaults, so you can calculate now and refine later.

Step 4: Get instant compliant, legislation proof impact data

You receive detailed data on the environmental impact (eco-costs) and carbon footprint of each product.

Results are transparent, traceable, and directly comparable across suppliers and packaging types because they all follow the same Fast-Track LCA methodology and use the same IDEMAT database.

The output is suitable for CSRD, PPWR, DPP and Green Claims Directive requirements and can be used confidently in reporting, customer communication, and decision-making.

Step 5: Track and improve your data quality over time

Pickler tracks the share of primary, secondary, and default data per product, helping you identify where better data improves accuracy and credibility.

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