The pricing of a one-year subscription for Mobius starts from 95€ per month. Additional pricing information can be found on our website and directly in Mobius if you’re doing a free trial. To find the pricing in Mobius, go to your account settings (bottom left), and navigate to the ‘Billing & Subscriptions’ tab. Read more about pricing and the subscriptions here.

Currently, we offer three subscription types:

Subscription types are available on an annual billing period.

Subscriptions can be purchased directly in-app or through a quotation. If your company requires a quote or a PO, contact our sales department for further assistance.

Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) provides an extra layer of security when logging into Mobius by requiring a secondary passcode upon logging in. It is possible to enable two-factor authentication (2FA) or multi-factor authentication (MFA). Ecochain Mobius enables you to use your preferred authenticator app.

We have various guides, and resources to help with this:

Can’t find what you’re looking for? Do not hesitate to schedule a free onboarding call if you’re stuck using Mobius! Free calls can directly be scheduled from the Mobius Homepage, by clicking on ‘Book a free appointment’.

Yes, Ecochain has templates for Mobius users. Take a look at our current product templates, which are available here. Additionally, you can find sample import files directly in Mobius. Simply go to the product, or object, overview page, and navigate to the Import button. Upon clicking on the Import button, you’ll find several template options available.

When modeling an LCA in Mobius, there are two ways in which you can add impact to your objects - either through adding representative datasets from an LCI database (e.g. Ecoinvent), or by making use of Custom Impact. The latter approach allows you to fill in manual entries for all, or selected environmental impact categories.

In other words, yes, there are approaches for creating your own database entries, which can reduce your reliance on Ecoinvent for your entire LCA model.

Currently, when you start using Mobius, your personal workspace will be empty. Our Help Center offers templates to get started in some of the key industries we serve - Textile, Construction, Electronics, Food, and Packaging. We are constantly working on improving and expanding our availability of templates.

We also have a demo workspace available that can serve as a starting point for determining how to set up your own environment. It uses the example of a T-shirt and you can find it in your Workspace overview.

In case your company would like to receive custom assistance with creating your own object library - we can help with our in-house Environmental Specialists to speed up the onboarding process.

Our current focus for the development of Mobius is Product LCAs, specifically the ecodesign use case. Having said that, Mobius is an extremely flexible tool, when it comes to creating LCA models. While we organize pages in Mobius using the terms Products, Objects, Life cycles, you can certainly model a process in Mobius - provided you have the required data & knowledge on your process to model it accordingly.

The Mobius customer base consists of a broad group - diverse industries and various professionals - that use Mobius to help them get their job done. While we at Ecochain are primarily focusing on the eco-design use case, the Mobius software can be used for:

There are several reasons why your product’s LCA can show zero impact - unfortunately there is not one answer to this question. One of the reasons could be the following:

By comparing several, alternative designs of the same product, Mobius users are able to gain valuable insights into the environmental impact of diverse materials that are being considered for their respective products. As such, Mobius aids in making sustainable business decisions. Additionally, Mobius has a great feature, which we call the Scenario feature. This feature allows you to easily make a copy of your product’s LCA, and make any desired changes to the copy. As such, you’re able to compare differences within a matter of minutes! Read more about the Scenario feature here.

On a high level, all PCF-related standards are in line with ISO14040 and ISO14044 – the cornerstone of Life Cycle Assessments (LCA).

If, on the one hand, you’re currently only interested in your product’s carbon footprint (CO2-eq), then the standards prescribed by ISO14067 are applicable to make your PCF. At Ecochain we offer the latest IPCC standard to make carbon footprint calculations.

If, on the other hand, you’re interested in a broader set of environmental impact categories – beyond carbon – then consider making use of the Product Environmental Footprint (PEF), or the EN15804 method and modeling a product LCA. For LCA claims, ISO14021 is an important standard to keep in mind.

The GCD will restrict the ability to make self-declared (i.e. unverified) claims. Majority, if not all, claims will have to undergo some form of a third party verification procedure. The Directive however, will only be enforced from 2027 onwards. Start your PCF journey now, and make sure you are prepared for upcoming legislative changes!

What to include for a complete PCF ultimately depends on the goal & scope of your model. There are several questions to consider, amongst others:

For the production phase, most products will require data in 5 key categories:

Read more about the fundamentals of any PCF here!

This depends on what specifically it is that you’d like to communicate. Regardless of the claim that you’re seeking to make, most of the time you’ll need a (third party) background report to substantiate your product’s impact. Such a report ensures transparency, makes it possible to reproduce the results, as well as highlights any assumptions or limitations of your study.

If you’re only looking to communicate the carbon footprint of your own product(s), having a report that is shareable, suffices for your use case. Your report doesn't need an external third-party verification. We have PCF reporting templates available for our customers - reach out to us if you'd like to know more. Additionally, we offer a full ISO14044 compliant LCA Background Report.  

If you’re looking to communicate a comparative claim, where you’re seeking to either make statements about how your product compares to an alternative, similar product, or benchmark, you will likely need an external third party to verify your claims. Get in touch with us so we can help you obtaining the deliverable you're looking for!

Currently, Mobius has limited (automated) reporting capabilities. Mobius can create an automated 1-pager (PDF format), that summarizes a product’s footprint based on the selected impact category, and selected calculation method.

Other outputs from Mobius, such as the structure (.csv) and the total impact results (.xlsx) can serve as a starting point for creating your report, in line with the (LCA) framework applicable to you.

Ecochain furthermore has reporting templates available to help you document your LCA in case you’d like to proceed independently. Additionally, Ecochain has in-house Environmental Specialists who can help you with creating the needed report based on the LCAs modeled in Mobius. Reach out to [email protected] to receive further assistance.

Mobius is a product footprinting software that facilitates and simplifies the creation of Life Cycle Assessments. We have diverse calculation methods (PEF, EN15804+A2, NMD Bepalingsmethode, etc.) available to ensure your LCA complies with the standards applicable to you. The starting point for any EPD is the creation of a (verified) Life Cycle Assessment. In that sense, Mobius supports the first steps anyone needs to take to get to an EPD. Have a read through this complete guide on EPDs.

Currently, Mobius does not have reporting capabilities built into the software, or auto-generated templates for EPDs. The writing of complete reports, at the moment, is a manual task. We do, however, have report templates available to help in the process. Having said that, we have many customers who have created EPDs with the use of Mobius!

Reach out to [email protected] for more information, or any potential required assistance in your LCA, or EPD journey.

Yes, many LCAs made with Mobius are verified by external, third-party verifiers. This is possible as long as you follow a certain LCA calculation method and standard, and create your LCA report according to the respective requirements. Mobius generates all the relevant LCA data and results you need to write a report for verification.