ecoinvent is one of the most famous LCA databases in the world, used by more than 5000 organisations worldwide. The database contains international industrial life cycle inventory data on energy supply, resource extraction, material supply, chemicals, metals, agriculture, waste management services, and transport services with currently more than 20000 reliable datasets. The database is very transparent and consistent. Each data set is provided as a unit process and as an aggregated system process. Moreover, since version 3 of the database, processes are provided for three different system models: "Allocation at the point of substitution" (APOS), "Allocation, cut-off by classification" (Cutoff) and "Substitution, consequential, long-term" (Consequential). Furthermore, reports with background information about modelling procedures and assumptions are published.

ecoinvent is a not-for-profit association based in Zurich, Switzerland, dedicated to the availability of high-quality data for sustainability assessments worldwide. Dedicated to promoting and supporting the use of environmental data worldwide, the ecoinvent Association focuses on LCI data compilation, linking and distribution, as well as data and database management. Its main activity is the publication of the ecoinvent database, which is used worldwide as a background database in LCA and other environmental assessments.

Other activities include leading, or participating in, data management projects and initiatives worldwide. ecoinvent also coordinates, or collaborates on, initiatives aiming to promote awareness of, and good practices in, the creation and use of life cycle inventories around the world. With the strong belief that people all around the world should have access to high-quality, affordable data for environmental assessments, ecoinvent works with policy-makers, private enterprises, NGOs, and the academic community globally.

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