PIQET

Core Features

PIQET is engineered to turn packaging design choices into actionable environmental insight. Below are some of its key capabilities, each rooted in real packaging LCA logic and aimed at giving both speed and credibility:

• ISO 14044-Compliant Reporting: Generates built-in, standards-aligned documentation that meets ISO 14044 requirements for life cycle assessment, making results defensible for audits or external review.

• ecoinvent-Backed Data Library: Leverages comprehensive, transparent life cycle inventory (LCI) data from the ecoinvent database, spanning materials, energy, transportation, and waste systems globally.

• Comparative Scenario Modeling: Lets users rapidly model side-by-side variants—different materials, geometries, transport modes, product losses, or end-of-life options—to reveal tradeoffs early in design.

• Organizational Footprint Roll-Up: Aggregates project-level data into a company-level packaging footprint dashboard, enabling tracking of emissions trends over time and linking design decisions to corporate targets.

• Recyclability & Certification Logic: Incorporates logic for material certifications (e.g. forest stewardship, carbon neutrality) and advanced recycling pathways (e.g. closed loop, chemical recycling) to test future-oriented options.

• Expanded Impact Indicators & PEF support: Supports multiple environmental metrics—climate, toxicity, resource depletion, circular economy—along with Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) variants, for richer decision inputs and alignment with regulatory or corporate frameworks.

Closing Insights

With its initial release dating back to 2008, PIQET’s continued relevance is a clear strength. Originally developed with the Sustainable Packaging Alliance and partners including Nestlé Australia, Cadbury Schweppes, Lion Nathan, MasterFoods Australia and Simplot, the tool was designed for real packaging programs. Today’s customer set spans sectors, from packaging manufacturers (e.g., WestRock, Sonoco) to consumer and healthcare brands (e.g., Verizon, Novartis, AstraZeneca), illustrating its fit for vastly different packaging systems and regulatory contexts.

The October 2023 launch of PIQET 5.0 modernized the stack: ISO 14044-compliant reporting, an organizational packaging-footprint page that links project activity to portfolio-level tracking, advanced recyclability logic, and new indicators including PEF variants—changes that make assessments faster to produce and easier to audit. Effective use of PIQET is supported free bi-monthly webinars, and consulting via Lifecycles, helping teams adopt LCA practices and interpret results for procurement, design reviews, and claims.

As sustainability imperatives intensify across industries, PIQET stands out for making rigorous packaging LCA accessible at scale. Moreover, PIQET’s built-in portfolio tracking, ISO-compliant outputs, and materials logic help embed continuous improvement in packaging operations. For organizations aiming to reduce packaging emissions without sacrificing speed or clarity, PIQET is an option they might want to explore.