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Key people
  
Michael Betz, VP

Founded
  
1991, Stuttgart, Germany

Number of employees
  
300 (Jan 2015)

Website
  
www.thinkstep.com

Headquarters
  
Stuttgart, Germany

Type of business
  
Privately held company

Industry
  
Sustainability Software and Consulting

Services
  
Life cycle assessment Enterprise carbon accounting Carbon footprint Ecodesign Design for the Environment Environmental product declaration Product Sustainability Corporate sustainability

Subsidiaries
  
BOMcheck, EC4P, PE International, Inc, Five Winds International Inc.

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Thinkstep, stylised as thinkstep, is a sustainability software and consulting company based in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany. It is a working group in the field of Life Cycle Assessment and Life Cycle Engineering. Originally a spin-off of the University of Stuttgart, Thinkstep is a global organization with worldwide subsidiaries, as well as a network of sales partners across the globe. The former name of the company was PE International (PE stands originally for Peter Eyerer, its founder).

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Service lines

Thinkstep has several consultancy service lines,:

Product sustainability

  • Design for Environment (DfE) & Ecodesign
  • Sustainability Data on demand & Databases
  • EuP Directice & Ecodesign
  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
  • Resource & Energy Efficiency

    • Corporate sustainability

  • CSR & Sustainability Strategy
  • Energy Management
  • Environmental Management
  • Sustainability Reporting

    • Carbon footprint

  • Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP)
  • Carbon Management
  • Corporate Carbon Footprint
  • Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) Projects
  • Product Carbon Footprint
  • Carbon Calculator

    • Water footprint

  • Water Footprint

    • Green IT

  • Green IT

    • Green building

  • Environmental Product Declaration /EPD)
  • Certification of Buildings
  • Building LCA

    • Sustainable supply chain

  • Sustainable Supply Chain

    • Sustainability software

    Thinkstep supplies software with training and support.

    For Life Cycle Assessment - thinkstep GaBi software (GaBi is a word shortening for "Ganzheitliche Bilanz," which means Holistic Balance in German.)

  • GaBi: For industry, consulting, and research facilities doing commercial LCA work (price includes full service); no limitation in duration of using the tool.
  • GaBi academy: For non commercial usage e.g. thesis, seminar paper, dissertation (price includes full service); no limitation in duration of using the tool.
  • GaBi edu: For teaching at colleges/universities (price includes service); no limitation in duration of using the tool.
  • GaBi student (free of cost): Free version for students (limited license for 1 year) for non commercial usage.
  • GaBi temporary: GaBi software for a limited period, price on request depending on database and utilization period required
  • GaBi test license (free of cost): Free version (time limited license for up to 3 months) for testing purposes only.

    • For corporate sustainability management and reporting - thinkstep SoFi software:

  • SoFi for Environmental Management and Occupational Safety
  • SoFi for Sustainability Management and Corporate Social Responsibility
  • SoFi for Corporate Carbon Footprint
  • SoFi for Carbon Management

    • International presence

    Beside the headquarters in Germany, thinkstep, at present, operates subsidiaries in Japan, North America, Australia & New Zealand, Austria, China, India, Malaysia, United Kingdom, Denmark, South Africa, Switzerland and Turkey.

    References

    Thinkstep Wikipedia
    (Text) CC BY-SA


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