One Click LCA acquires SimaPro for growth

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Sustainability software solutions provider One Click LCA has announced the acquisition of the life-cycle assessment (LCA) platform SimaPro and its developer, PRé Sustainability. This strategic move aims to deliver solutions for companies seeking to assess and reduce product carbon footprints and ensure compliance with regulations.

One Click LCA highlights that the acquisition comes amid a growing demand for high-quality sustainability data. The ability to access and create product-specific LCA data is becoming crucial for industries aiming to reduce CO₂e emissions and adhere to emerging regulations, such as the EU Construction Products Regulation, the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive, and the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation.

Panu Pasanen, CEO and Founder of One Click LCA, stated: “This is a pivotal moment in scaling the use of LCA. SimaPro has set the benchmark for transparency in LCA for 30 years, while One Click LCA has focused on making LCA scalable, accessible, and actionable. By joining forces, we can meet the growing global demand for high-quality sustainability data — from research labs to global supply chains — and accelerate progress toward a zero-carbon future.”

Founded in 2021, Finland-based One Click LCA offers an AI-powered software platform for construction and manufacturing. It enables users to generate automated LCA and environmental product declarations (EPDs) to calculate and reduce the environmental impacts of building, infrastructure, and renovation projects and products, as well as to assess circularity, life-cycle cost, and biodiversity.

Netherlands-based SimaPro and PRé Sustainability, established in 1990, provide solutions to assist businesses in quantifying, understanding, and reducing their environmental impact. SimaPro’s key solutions include SimaPro Craft, which offers advanced modelling for LCA experts, and SimaPro Synergy, which enables seamless data integration and environmental impact calculations at scale.

One Click LCA stated that the acquisition will facilitate the creation of a “one-stop-shop for LCA and sustainability,” with a goal to reach 1 million users by 2035. The new joint platform now features over 500,000 datasets across construction, manufacturing supply chains, chemicals, and other sectors, serving users in more than 170 countries. It combines One Click LCA’s automation, scalability, and integration capabilities with SimaPro’s industry-agnostic LCA modelling and PRé’s expertise and consulting services.

The companies assert that the new combined offering will enable faster, easier, and more robust compliance with regulatory frameworks, providing tailored sectoral solutions for the construction, manufacturing, consumer, and infrastructure sectors, among others.

Eric Mieras, Managing Director of PRé Sustainability, commented: “Joining One Click LCA enables us to accelerate PRé Sustainability’s mission to scale LCA. We can now bring our scientific rigour and LCA robustness to a far wider audience, backed by the powerful technology and ease-of-use of One Click LCA.”