Product footprinting needs background data for many inputs that companies do not directly control. IDEMAT helps fill that role by providing secondary datasets that can be used in consistent LCA-based calculations.

For Pickler, the value of IDEMAT is not only the database itself, but the way it supports repeatable product calculations. It helps teams calculate product impacts faster, compare products more consistently and document the background data used in the calculation.

A team can calculate many products with consistent material references instead of choosing separate emission factors for every calculation in spreadsheets.

Pickler combines IDEMAT background data with product-specific inputs, default assumptions and methodology rules to make product footprinting scalable and traceable.