Sustainability Insight for Better Products, Processes and Technologies
Olympus Innovation helps organisations understand and improve the environmental and economic performance of their products, materials and processes.
Turning Sustainability Data into Practical Decisions
Environmental performance increasingly influences product development, investment, procurement and access to markets. Yet collecting data is only the beginning. Organisations need to understand where their most significant impacts occur, which improvements are achievable and how different options compare.
Olympus Innovation provides proportionate, evidence-based assessments to support these decisions. We work with businesses, technology developers, universities and research consortia, adapting the scope of each study to the maturity of the product or technology.
Our work is transparent, standards-aligned and focused on practical outcomes.
A Transparent and Proportionate Approach
Standards-aligned
Our assessments follow recognised lifecycle and environmental assessment principles, including relevant ISO standards and European Environmental Footprint methods.
Evidence-based
We document data sources, assumptions, system boundaries and important limitations so that the results can be understood and reviewed.
Appropriate to the Technology ​
An early-stage innovation does not need the same assessment as a commercial product. We adjust the depth of the work to the maturity of the technology and the decision it needs to support.
Action-oriented ​
Our reports explain what the results mean, which factors matter most and where improvements are likely to have the greatest effect.
Bespoke Tools ​
Practical tools tailored to specific products, technologies and decision processes, including simplified LCA tools, carbon calculators, environmental dashboards and assessment models.
Our Services
Life Cycle Assessment
Understand the environmental impacts of your product, technology or process throughout its lifecycle.
Our LCA services include:
- Screening and detailed Life Cycle Assessments
- Cradle-to-gate and cradle-to-grave studies
- Comparative assessment of materials, products and processes
- Environmental hotspot identification
- Scenario and sensitivity analysis
- Interpretation of results and improvement recommendations
- Studies aligned with ISO 14040 and ISO 14044
- Product Environmental Footprint support
We tailor the depth of the assessment to the decision being made, from early-stage technology development to detailed product evaluation.
Carbon & Environmental Foot-printing
Measure emissions and resource use across your products, operations and value chains.
We help organisations quantify:
- Product carbon footprints
- Organisational carbon footprints
- Direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions
- Energy and resource consumption
- Water, waste and material flows
- Emissions across selected supply-chain activities
- Environmental performance against an agreed baseline
Our assessments provide a defensible basis for setting priorities, communicating performance and identifying realistic reduction opportunities.
Life Cycle Costing & Techno-Economic Assessment
Environmental improvement must also make economic sense.
Olympus Innovation assesses the costs, benefits and commercial implications of alternative products, technologies and process routes. Our services include:
- Life Cycle Costing
- Capital and operating cost assessment
- Cost and environmental trade-off analysis
- Early-stage techno-economic assessment
- Comparison of alternative technologies
- Sensitivity and scenario analysis
- Identification of key cost drivers
- Support for investment and development decisions
The results help clients understand not only which option has the lowest environmental impact, but also which offers the strongest practical and economic case.
Circular Economy & Ecodesign
Develop products and processes that use materials more efficiently and retain value for longer.
Our circular economy and ecodesign services include:
- Recyclability and reusability assessment
- Comparison of virgin and recycled materials
- Design-for-recycling recommendations
- Waste reduction and valorisation studies
- Circular value-chain analysis
- Materials-selection support
- Resource-efficiency assessment
- Circularity indicators
- Identification of reuse, repair and recovery opportunities
We help clients move from broad circularity ambitions towards specific design and operational decisions.
EPD & Environmental Reporting Support
Prepare credible environmental information for customers, procurement processes and other stakeholders.
Olympus Innovation can support:
- Identification of applicable Product Category Rules
- Life Cycle Assessment modelling for EPD development
- Preparation of background technical reports
- Development of public-facing EPD documentation
- Support during independent third-party verification
- Responses to verifier comments
- Environmental performance reports
- Review of sustainability claims and supporting evidence
Environmental Product Declarations are independently verified and registered through recognised programme operators. We help prepare the analysis and documentation required for that process.
Sustainability Support for Innovation Projects
Integrate environmental and economic assessment into research and innovation from the beginning.
We support businesses, universities and collaborative consortia with:
- Sustainability content for UK and European funding proposals
- Definition of environmental objectives and KPIs
- LCA, LCC and circularity work-package activities
- Baseline and benchmark development
- Data collection plans and partner templates
- Assessment of emerging technologies
- Environmental performance monitoring
- Sustainability roadmaps
- Contribution to project deliverables and technical reports
- Environmental evidence for exploitation and commercialisation
Early assessment allows project teams to identify potential concerns, compare development routes and demonstrate credible impact.
How We Work
Define the Decision
We begin by establishing what needs to be assessed, compared or improved.
Set the Scope
We agree the system boundaries, functional unit, data requirements, assumptions and expected outputs.
Model and Evaluate
We analyse environmental and economic performance using recognised methods and appropriate data sources.
Compare the Options
We identify hotspots, test alternative scenarios and examine the sensitivity of the results.
Recommend Practical Actions
We translate the findings into clear priorities, improvement opportunities and next steps.
Sectors We Support
We apply lifecycle thinking across industrial, commercial and research organisations.
SUPPORTING BETTER INNOVATION
Sustainability assessments are most useful when they influence decisions rather than merely document them.
Olympus Innovation works with clients to compare materials, evaluate alternative process routes, understand environmental and economic trade-offs and build stronger evidence for future development.
Whether you are developing a new technology, improving an existing product or preparing a collaborative research project, we can define an assessment suited to your objectives and available data.
Contact Olympus Innovation
Let’s discuss your sustainability challenge
Tell us about the product, process or technology you are developing and the decision you need to make. We can help define an appropriate scope and identify the information required.
Ferguson House, 124 City Road,
London, EC1V 2NX, UK
info@olympusinnovation.co.uk
+44 (0) 203 815 7934
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