Review and verification of LCA/PEF methods, data and studies:
We provide independent technical review of methods, data and studies. We offer critical reviews against ISO 14040 and 14044, EN 15804+A2, and verification of PEFCRs, PEF studies, of EF-compliant and ILCD-EL (“ILCD Data Network – entry-level) for data sets. We have experience for a very wide range of products and services, across industries.
We have experience with policy Impact Assessment (on the Green Claims Directive as contractor for European Commission).
Digital Product Passports – requirements, information structures and use:
Advice on the operationalisation of the Digital Product Passport (DPP). We have supported the European Commission, jointly as contractor with TNO, by developing a method on defining the scope, granularity, and data flow in Digital Product Passports (DPP) for future Delegated Acts under the EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR). This included testing of the method on textiles and intermediate steel products. It is being used jointly with the MEErP method when developing preparatory studies.
We are a project partner in CIRPASS-2, contributing domain expertise to LCA and DPP ontology development, have developed or co-developed and implemented the LCA ontology, battery ontology, textile ontology and contributed to the core ontology.
Our DPP work covers scoping and data requirements, schemas and ontologies, user interface and user experience, e-commerce integration, and the information needs of market surveillance authorities.
Data, databases and tools:
We develop LCI datasets and databases, specify data structures and software requirements, and support their implementation. Our work addresses methodology, data quality, interoperability and technical documentation. We build on our experience as having developed datasets and databases over the past 25 years and as former Product Manager for the globally leading GaBi (now: MLC) databases by thinkstep/Sphera from 2014-2024. We have also working experience in Umberto and SimaPro, openLCA.
Our expertise includes advice on the PEF for ongoing or future National LCA database efforts (see also our related White paper under “Publications”), regarding methodological, review, and other interoperability questions, including the ILCD and eILCD formats (that we have technically coordinated and specified), data networks, elementary flow lists and nomenclature. One of us has also led the development of the European Reference Life Cycle Database (ELCD) at the European Commission.
Strategic advice, capacity building and expert courses:
Specific advice on management decisions for companies that want to effectively and efficiently get started with LCA (need-to-knows, required expertise, compliance aspects, outsourcing, software & secondary data options, etc.), tailored to your specific needs and situation.
Net zero strategies, other strategic advice.
Training for experts on advanced methodological issues (ISO, PEF/OEF guides, EN 15804, ILCD Handbook) in full depth e.g. for implementing studies, PCR/PEFCR development, data set development or review, but also for beginners. maki is consortium partner of the technical support contract to the European Commission during the ongoing PEF/OEF transition phase 2018 to mid of 2022, a contract mid 2022 to mid 2024, and also won the third contract that started in 2025. We have in person supported / contributed to two PEFCR developments, developed data sets for the Commission’ EF database.
Software training courses, particularly GaBi / LCA FE (developer-level expert)
Working with artificial intelligence
Alongside our LCA and DPP expertise, we have developed advanced practical experience in working with artificial intelligence (AI) / large language model (LLM) systems, since 2022, mainly with Anthropic, OpenAI and Gemini models, plus limited experience with open weight local models. We declare transparently if and for what tasks we have worked with AI/LLM for any work item, take ownership and responsibility of the final output.
