A simple A+ to G score for explaining product impact without hiding the underlying footprint data.
Eco-scores matter because product footprint data only creates value when people can understand and use it. Detailed LCA results are important, but they can be difficult to communicate in sales conversations, webshops or product catalogues.
By turning eco-costs into an A+ to G rating, Pickler makes product impact easier to compare within similar categories. This supports clearer customer communication, faster product selection and stronger commercial use of environmental impact data.
Pickler automatically assigns an eco-score to products based on their eco-costs. The score uses an A+ to G scale and is calculated per 1 kg of material, so similar materials or product groups can be compared with a consistent scoring logic.
Pickler combines this simple rating with more detailed impact outputs such as eco-costs and carbon footprint. This helps teams communicate quickly while still having the data needed for deeper analysis and optimisation.
Customers get a simple way to understand product impact without needing to interpret every detail of a footprint calculation. Eco-scores can support webshops, catalogues, customer conversations, tender responses and internal product comparisons.
The main business value is speed and clarity. Teams can use the score as a first signal, then use eco-costs and CO2e to explain why a product performs better and where improvements could be made.
Pickler’s eco-score is a single scoring system that turns product impact data into an A+ to G rating. It is designed to make environmental performance easier to compare and communicate. Instead of asking every customer or sales team to interpret detailed lifecycle data, the eco-score gives a quick signal that works in a familiar format, similar to energy or nutrition labels.
The score is based on eco-costs, which express broader environmental impact as virtual prevention costs. In Pickler, the rating classes run from A+ for very low eco-costs per kilogram of material to G for high eco-costs. This makes the eco-score a communication layer on top of the underlying footprint calculation, not a separate sustainability claim disconnected from data.
Product footprint results can become technical fast. Carbon footprint, eco-costs, lifecycle stages, material weights and end-of-life assumptions all matter, but they are not always easy to explain in a catalogue, tender response or sales conversation. The eco-score helps reduce that complexity by giving teams one simple rating for quick comparison.
This is especially useful when customers need guidance but do not want to read a full methodology explanation. A clear rating can help them understand which products perform better within a category, while the detailed eco-costs and CO2e results remain available for teams that need to analyse the footprint more deeply.
Pickler automatically assigns an eco-score based on eco-costs. The score is calculated per 1 kg of material, which keeps the rating focused on the environmental performance of the material itself rather than the specific weight of one product unit. This makes it easier to compare similar materials or similar product groups on a consistent basis.
That choice is important. If the score changed simply because one product is lighter, it would mix two different questions: how impactful is the material, and how much material is used? Pickler keeps those questions separate. The eco-score helps communicate material-level environmental performance, while eco-costs and carbon footprint show the impact of the actual product and its weight.
Eco-scores work best as a communication and comparison tool. They are useful in product catalogues, webshops, sales materials and internal product discussions where teams need a quick environmental signal. They can also help customers filter products within a category, such as comparing similar cups with cups or similar bags with bags.
For optimisation, Pickler recommends looking beyond the score. Reducing product weight may lower total eco-costs and CO2e, but it will not necessarily improve the eco-score because the score is based on 1 kg of material. For product improvement, teams should therefore use the eco-score together with detailed footprint outputs.
The eco-score is useful because it makes product impact easier to understand, but it should not be used as a standalone proof that one product is always the better choice. Fair comparison requires similar product functions, clear categories and transparent underlying data. Comparing unrelated products only by score can mislead customers, because products may serve different purposes or use different quantities of material.
For Pickler customers, the practical value is clear: eco-scores make footprint data more usable in commercial contexts. They help translate complex environmental impact into a simple rating, while detailed eco-costs, CO2e and lifecycle data remain available for credible explanation, optimisation and reporting preparation.
The eco-score is a communication and comparison tool, not a complete optimisation metric or legal guarantee. Because it is calculated per 1 kg of material, reducing the weight of a product may lower total eco-costs and CO2e without changing the score. Eco-scores should be used within similar product groups and supported by underlying footprint data when making claims, comparisons or product improvement decisions.
Eco-scores create business value because they translate complex product impact data into a simple A+ to G rating. Sustainability teams may work with eco-costs, carbon footprint and lifecycle data, but buyers, sales teams and customers often need a clearer way to compare alternatives. Pickler’s eco-score makes environmental performance easier to explain at a glance, while keeping the more detailed footprint data available for deeper analysis and product optimisation.
Easily manage products in bulk through API or spreadsheets.
Easily manage products in bulk through API or spreadsheets.
Easily manage products in bulk through API or spreadsheets.
Easily manage products in bulk through API or spreadsheets.
Easily manage products in bulk through API or spreadsheets.
Easily manage products in bulk through API or spreadsheets.
Easily manage products in bulk through API or spreadsheets.
Easily manage products in bulk through API or spreadsheets.
Easily manage products in bulk through API or spreadsheets.
Easily manage products in bulk through API or spreadsheets.
Easily manage products in bulk through API or spreadsheets.
Easily manage products in bulk through API or spreadsheets.
