Product Sustainability Performance - GaBi Software

GaBi
Product Sustainability Performance
Deliver more sustainable products and reduce operational
costs with the #1 product sustainability solution.

Water CARBOn
energy
emissions
Waste use of
materials natural
resources
Sustainability leaders perform better
Investment in Product Sustainability Performance delivers proven
benefits across the organisation – from business strategy
to product development to your operations and supply chain:
> Brand Enhancement > Cost Reductions
> Product Differentiation > Product Operating Efficiency
> Risk Management & Compliance
As a result, Sustainability Performance is now firmly on the
agenda of all large and progressive companies. According to a
recent McKinsey survey 73 % of executives say sustainability is
a priority on their CEO’s global agenda, a board level priority.
Leading businesses realise they must manage environmental,
social and economic impacts across the full breadth of their
operations and value chain.
We help improve your Product Sustainability Performance
PE InTERnATIOnAL is one of the world’s most experienced sustainability
software, content and strategic consulting firms. With
20 years of experience and offices on every continent, 40 % of
the global Fortune 500 companies now rely on PE to improve
their Sustainability Performance in a variety of ways.
> Review: all sustainability impacts (carbon, water, energy,
emissions, waste, use of materials and natural resources)
GaBi assesses every raw
material and process.
> Look at: environmental impact, social impact, costs, health and
safety issues, brand advancement & risk
> Assess: manufactured products, grown products and everything
in their creation e.g. your operations and supply chain
> Investigate: design, production, transport, use and end-of-life
> Evaluate: plant and factories, assets, processes
GaBi is THE Product Sustainability Performance Solution
GaBi is the most widely used Product Sustainability Solution
on the planet. It combines modelling & reporting software,
data content and expertise to help save money, enhance your
brand & reduce your risk.
GaBi helps your organisation manage Product Sustainability
Performance from all angles. With industry benchmarks, sustainability
best practices and an integrated set of tools, so you
can deliver sustainability improvements and business value.
GaBi’s up-to-date encyclopaedic data is unrivalled. PE is the
reference point for industrial data on materials & processes
based on real world experience working with over 1,500 global
businesses. For our customers that means trusted, accurate
results and the best possible sustainability outcomes.

services
· Programme strategy
· Benchmarking
· Opportunity analysis
· Implementation
support
softWare
Scenario modelling ·
Results analysis ·
Reporting tools ·
content
GaBi Databases ·
Data-on-demand ·
Sector-specific ·
extensions
EPD templates ·
GaBi combines modelling &
reporting software, data
content and expertise to help
save money, enhance your
brand & reduce your risk.
40 % of the global Fortune 500 companies rely on PE
Life Cycle Assessment
> Designing products for the environment
> Optimising material & energy use and reducing waste
> Inter-company & supply chain alignment e.g. R&D,
design, production, suppliers
Life Cycle Costing
> Designing products for cost reduction
> Model resource and energy cost
Life Cycle Working Environment
> Developing manufacturing processes that address social
responsibilities
> Track Health and Safety metrics in the supply chain
Life Cycle Reporting
> Environmental communication
> Standards-based reporting
> EPD generation and EPD-type communication
> LCA knowledge sharing – summary reporting for internal
departments, management and supply chain
»Over the years GaBi has become a core tool for product
and process-related environmental activities at
Volkswagen.«
Dr. Stephan Krinke, Head of Product and Environment
»We brought in PE because of their depth
and breadth of sustainability knowledge, especially their LCA
expertise and software.«
Dan Pettit, RD&Q Sustainability
»Everybody is talking about embedding sus-
tainability. But sustainability is not embedded until it is in your
product. We measure this using LCA and GaBi Software.«
Ramon Arratia, Sustainability Director EMEAI
»Life Cycle Assessment helps us to fully
understand the benefits across the life cycle and assists us in
communicating these to our stakeholders. GaBi has opened up
so many more opportunities for us. It really is a future proof
solution.«
Allan Griffin, Knowledge Group Leader Sustainability

GaBi Product
Sustainability
Suite
GaBi at a Glance
PE INTERNATIONAL AG
Hauptstraße 111-113
70771 Leinfelden-Echterdingen
Germany
GaBi DfX
Design for Environment,
Compliance, Recycling
and Disassembly
GaBi is a modelling, reporting & diagnostic software tool for LCA
practitioners that drives Product Sustainability Performance
during design and planning.
GaBi DfX is the BOM import tool and PLM integration module
for rapid LCA and compliance analysis of complex assemblies
to support complete product portfolio reporting.
Serving market leaders,
PE INTERNATIONAL operates in
over 20 countries worldwide.
Phone: +49 711 341817-0
Fax: +49 711 341817-25
gabi@pe-international.com
www.pe-international.com
GaBi Software
Product sustainability modelling tool
GaBi Envision
Instant scenario analysis reporting
GaBi Databases
Unrivalled, up-to-date industry data
GaBi Envision is an intuitive LCA tool for non-LCA experts
allowing design teams to quickly evaluate ‘what-if’ scenarios
in product and process design optimisation.
GaBi Content & Databases are the largest internally consistent
collection of life cycle inventory data with over 4,500 ready-touse
profiles.
Improve your Product Sustainability
Performance and try the #1
Life Cycle Assessment Software.
www.pe-international.com/GaBi
September 2012