SimaPro Craft is advanced life cycle assessment (LCA) software from PRé Sustainability that quantifies environmental impacts, supports sustainable product design, and generates EPDs to inform decisions across sectors.
Circularity Relevance
Supporting
SimaPro provides LCA modelling and sustainability analysis to guide design and decision-making rather than directly operating circular flows; this is a supporting digital enabler for circular outcomes. Source: PRé Sustainability SimaPro page
Circular Role
SupportEnabler
SimaPro provides software and tools for third parties to perform LCA and support circular decision-making rather than directly operating circular services.
Circular Type
Design & Lifecycle
• Lifecycle Assessment (LCA) & Modelling Tools
SimaPro is an LCA and lifecycle modelling tool (SimaPro Craft and SimaPro Synergy enterprise offerings described on the site). Source: PRé Sustainability SimaPro page
R Strategy
R2 - Reduce, R1 - Rethink, R3 - Reuse
SimaPro is primarily used to identify opportunities to reduce environmental impacts (R2 Reduce). It also supports R1 (Rethink - alternative delivery/design choices) and R3 (Reuse - informing reuse strategies) through scenario analysis and design insights. Classification inferred from product use-cases on the website (not explicit R-framework mapping). Source: PRé Sustainability SimaPro page
Circular Business Model
Unknown
The offering is enterprise and educational LCA software (licences); the website does not frame this as a circular business model such as PaaS, resale or take-back. Left as Unknown to avoid incorrect mapping.
SimaPro is an LCA tool used across industries for product and organisational sustainability (site references business and education users across sectors). Source: PRé Sustainability SimaPro page
SimaPro is a lifecycle assessment (LCA) tool widely used to inform product design and sustainability decision-making; this directly supports circular economy practices by enabling impact reduction and design optimisation. Source: PRé Sustainability SimaPro page
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