Carbon & Life‑Cycle Data to Accelerate Your Sustainability Goals
Access the largest chemical PCF and LCA database to confidently measure, report and reduce emissions.
What's in our database?
The most comprehensive Life Cycle Database for Chemicals and Plastics
Comprehensive
Gain access to consistent, high-quality PCF and LCA data for more than 1,500 chemicals and plastics, covering both fossil and renewable production routes. Backed by the industry’s largest ISO-, TfS-, and UEIL/ATIEL-compliant database, you can meet reporting requirements effortlessly and stay fully aligned with industry standards.
Certified & trusted
Our data is TÜV‑certified and compliant with ISO, TfS and UEIL & ATIEL guidelines, so you can report with confidence.
Up-to-date
Access actionable insights into production technologies, local markets, and raw materials with cm.chemicals, leveraging the latest scientific research, industry advancements, and methodological innovations. Deliver accurate PCFs and LCAs, benchmark suppliers effectively, and ensure reliable data with confidence.
Regionalized
Achieve more representative environmental impact assessments with exceptional geographic granularity, covering 200+ regions , enabling informed strategies to reduce and monitor real-world impacts.
Success Story
With Carbon Minds data, Avient calculated certified carbon footprints across its entire product portfolio—establishing the baseline they needed to reduce emissions.
Jan Sueltemeyer
Global Sustainability Leader
Trusted by leading brands worldwide
How to Get the Right Data
A simple, personalised journey from your first call to tailored datasets
After you reach out, we’ll schedule a brief consultation to understand your sustainability goals, the chemicals you work with and the tools you’re already using. This helps us ensure cm.chemicals is the right fit for you.
Using the information you provide (for example, CAS numbers or existing emission factors), our team matches your materials to our life‑cycle and carbon‑footprint database.
We report back with the matched datasets and, if needed, a proposal for any additional modelling. You get a clear overview of the data available and next steps.
Use Cases & Audience
Who it’s for
- Product designers & R&D teams looking to embed sustainability into new product development.
- Procurement & supply-chain managers seeking transparent data to inform sourcing decisions and supplier selection.
- Sustainability managers & ESG leaders tasked with corporate reporting, target setting and decarbonisation strategies.
- Analysts & consultants in need of robust, certified datasets for modelling and benchmarking.
What you can do with it:
- Carbon footprinting: Quickly calculate cradle‑to‑gate or cradle‑to‑grave footprints for products and raw materials.
- Life cycle assessment (LCA): Conduct detailed LCAs across multiple impact categories using up‑to‑date, region‑specific data.
- Scope 3 assessments: Identify and quantify emissions across your value chain, including upstream and downstream activities.
- Supplier comparisons: Benchmark suppliers or processes to choose lower‑impact options and negotiate more sustainable supply contracts.
Whether you’re just starting your sustainability journey or optimising an existing programme, cm.chemicals provides the depth and credibility you need to make informed decisions.
Together for Sustainability Endorses Carbon Minds
Together for Sustainability officially endorsed Carbon Minds as the first provider of secondary data that's fully aligned with the TfS guidelines. Check out the full article for more details.
Build on trust: certified data to empower your decisions
TÜV-certified compliance with the following standards and guidelines:
- ISO 14040
- ISO 14044
- ISO 14067
- Together for Sustainability
- UEIL & ATIEL
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Find the package that fits your data needs—from a single chemical to full enterprise access.