EcoBalance 2026 brings together researchers and practitioners to advance life cycle thinking and practical approaches to sustainability. The 17th biennial conference takes place in Nagoya under the theme “Sustainability Hacks for Planetary Health.” Preconference activities begin November 10, followed by the main conference November 11–13.
Meet Sphera’s team to explore how LCA software and data solutions, paired with more than 30 years of product sustainability expertise, can help you measure environmental impacts, streamline assessments and make informed decisions across your product portfolio.
Connect with our experts—Martin Baitz, Jorge Rodriguez Martin and Masahiro Osumi—during the conference to discuss your LCA goals, from building a sound data foundation and scaling assessments to improving product transparency and identifying opportunities to reduce impacts.
Quantitative analysis of differences and related reasons concerning “seemingly” same LCA Datasets from different sources, origin and providers.
Thursday, November 12, 2026 | 2:45–3:00 p.m. JST
Session 2-3A: Databases: Advances in LCA Databases
Speaker:
Dr. Martin Baitz, Senior Sustainability Expert
Two datasets may describe what appears to be the same process yet return different climate impact results. In this presentation, Martin Baitz will compare seemingly comparable LCA datasets, quantify differences in CO₂ equivalent results and trace those differences to their underlying causes.
The analysis will examine how data development processes, source selection, data age, technology, modeling assumptions and methodological choices shape outcomes.
What you’ll learn
Meet our speaker
Discuss your LCA challenges with our team at EcoBalance 2026.
Set up a conversation about your LCA software needs, dataset selection, transparency and the information required to support sound product sustainability decisions.
