Thinkstep

thinkstep
Type	Private
Industry	Sustainability Software and Consulting
Founded	Stuttgart, Germany (1991)
Headquarters	Stuttgart, Germany
Key people	Michael Betz, VP
Services	Life cycle assessment Enterprise carbon accounting Carbon footprint Ecodesign Design for the Environment Environmental product declaration Product Sustainability Corporate sustainability
Number of employees	300 (Jan 2015)
Website	www.thinkstep.com

Thinkstep, stylised as thinkstep, is a sustainability software and consulting company based in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany. It is a working group in the field of Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Engineering. Originally a spin-off of the University of Stuttgart,^[1] Thinkstep is a global organization with worldwide subsidiaries, as well as a network of sales partners across the globe.^[2] The former name of the company was PE International (PE stands originally for Peter Eyerer, its founder).

Service lines

Thinkstep has several consultancy service lines,:^[3]

Product sustainability

Design for Environment (DfE) & Ecodesign
Sustainability Data on demand & Databases
EuP Directice & Ecodesign
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Resource & Energy Efficiency

Corporate sustainability

CSR & Sustainability Strategy
Energy Management
Environmental Management
Sustainability Reporting

Carbon footprint

Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
Carbon Management
Corporate Carbon Footprint
Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Projects
Product Carbon Footprint
Carbon Calculator

Water footprint

Water Footprint

Green IT

Green IT

Green building

Environmental Product Declaration /EPD)
Certification of Buildings
Building LCA

Sustainable supply chain

Sustainable Supply Chain

Sustainability software

Thinkstep supplies software with training and support.

For Life Cycle Assessment - thinkstep GaBi software (GaBi is a word shortening for "Ganzheitliche Bilanz," which means Holistic Balance in German.)

GaBi: For industry, consulting, and research facilities doing commercial LCA work (price includes full service); no limitation in duration of using the tool.
GaBi academy: For non commercial usage e.g. thesis, seminar paper, dissertation (price includes full service); no limitation in duration of using the tool.
GaBi edu: For teaching at colleges/universities (price includes service); no limitation in duration of using the tool.
GaBi student (free of cost): Free version for students (limited license for 1 year) for non commercial usage.
GaBi temporary: GaBi software for a limited period, price on request depending on database and utilization period required
GaBi test license (free of cost): Free version (time limited license for up to 3 months) for testing purposes only.

For corporate sustainability management and reporting - thinkstep SoFi software:

SoFi for Environmental Management and Occupational Safety
SoFi for Sustainability Management and Corporate Social Responsibility
SoFi for Corporate Carbon Footprint
SoFi for Carbon Management

International presence

Beside the headquarters in Germany, thinkstep, at present, operates subsidiaries in Japan, North America, Australia & New Zealand, Austria, China, India, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Denmark, South Africa, Switzerland and Turkey.

References

↑ Department of Life Cycle Engineering, University of Stuttgart. Retrieved 19 April 2008.
↑ "Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Consulting Service". Thinkstep. 19 April 2008.
↑ EUROPA-Site on LCA Tools, Services and Data Archived June 12, 2008, at the Wayback Machine.

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