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Ecochain Helix

Conduct LCAs at Scale

Onye Dike
Written by Onye Dike
Published July 2nd, 2025
2 min read

Summary

Ecochain Helix is a cloud‑based LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) platform engineered for manufacturers needing footprint analysis across extensive product portfolios and operations. Target users include sustainability managers, LCA consultants, and product/facility leads in industries like construction, packaging, chemicals, and food. Helix eliminates the one-off burden of manual LCAs, enabling a top-down, activity-based approach that allocates facility-level environmental impacts down to thousands of SKUs. Designed to replace costly consultant-driven processes, it delivers rapid, affordable assessments with science-backed accuracy. This transforms sustainability into a strategic asset: Helix empowers teams to integrate footprinting into standard workflows, drive ecodesign choices, and meet regulatory or market demands at scale.

Details

Name
Ecochain Helix
Date of establishment
2011-01
Organization

Features

Audit Support
Carbon Footprint Calculation
Compliance Reporting
Customizable Dashboards
Customizable Reporting Templates
Data Import/Export
Emissions Factor Database
Lifecycle Assessment
Scope 3 Emissions Tracking
Supplier ESG Assessment
Supply Chain Emissions Hotspot Identification
Our principle

Cut through the green tape

We don't push agendas. At Net Zero Compare, we cut through the hype and fear to deliver the straightforward facts you need for making informed decisions on green products and services. Whether motivated by compliance, customer demands, or a real passion for the environment, you’re welcome here. We provide reliable information—why you seek it is not our concern.

Deep dive


Core Features

Helix equips organizations with an integrated toolkit for scalable, verified environmental insights:

  • Activity‑Based Footprinting: Automatically allocates factory-level inputs (energy, materials) to products across entire portfolios.

  • Bulk LCA Calculation: Conduct hundreds or thousands of LCAs simultaneously. According to the company, Helix is up to 99% faster than consultant-led methods.

  • Portfolio Hotspot Analysis: Identify high-impact products or processes at company, process, and material levels.

  • EPD & PCF Generation: Produce verifiable Environmental Product Declarations and Product Carbon Footprints scalable across portfolios.

  • Third‑Party Verification Support: Factory models are verified once, extending credibility to derived LCAs—reducing audit workload.

  • Collaborative Data Sharing: Engage suppliers and stakeholders in Scope 3 data aggregation and environmental profile exchange.

Closing Insights

Ecochain’s site features compelling portfolio-level use cases cutting across industries. A major construction firm produced over 500 LCAs across product lines using Helix for hotspot and footprint analysis. Several others also note how Ecochain enabled them to move from broad estimates to stage-specific detail for each of their product's footprint. Independent validation also came in the form of the 3A Composites, case where Helix integrated ISO 14001 data and EN 15804 modeling to assess Global Warming Potential (GWP) and track emissions. Recent technical enhancements reinforce Helix’s capabilities. In May 2024, its default LCA database was expanded with Ecoinvent, adding nearly 1,100 new datasets and more granular LCIA methods like EF 3.1 and EN15804+A2. Moreover, in April 2024, Helix achieved PACT conformance, enabling secure, interoperable footprint data exchange across supply chains. With rapid, low-cost EPD generation, robust portfolio modeling, continuous database updates, and verified data exchange, Helix stands as a robust LCA solution well positioned for evolving regulatory and market demands.


Onye Dike
Written by:
Onye Dike
Sustainability Research Analyst
Onye Dike is a Sustainability Research Analyst at Net Zero Compare, where he contributes to research and analysis on environmental regulations, carbon accounting, and emerging sustainability trends.