SimaPro Craft contains a number of impact assessment methods, which are used to calculate impact assessment results. The list below gives an indication of what is currently included in the most recent SimaPro Craft (formerly SimaPro Desktop) version. Some older methods can still be found in the superseded section of the methods library.
For more information on these methods, please check the methods manual.
List of available Impact Assessment Methods in SimaPro
European methods
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CML-IA baseline
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CML-IA non-baseline
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Ecological Scarcity 2021
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EN 15804 + A2 (adapted)
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Environmental Footprint 3.1 (adapted)
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Environmental Prices (3 perspectives)
Global methods
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IMPACT World+ (3 variations)
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LC-IMPACT (8 variations)
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ReCiPe 2016 Endpoint (3 perspectives)
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ReCiPe 2016 Midpoint (3 perspectives)
North American methods
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BEES+
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TRACI 2.2
Single issue methods
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Cumulative Energy Demand
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Cumulative Energy Demand (LHV)
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Cumulative Exergy Demand
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Freshwater eutrophication (Payen et al., 2021)
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IPCC 2021 (8 variations)
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Land use biodiversity (Chaudhary et al., 2015)
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MarILCA
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Mineral resource dissipation (Poncelet 2022)
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Selected LCI results
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Selected LCI results, additional
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USEtox 2 (recommended + interim)
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USEtox 2 (recommended only)
Water footprint
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AWARE
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Hoekstra et al 2012 (Water Scarcity)
A number of methods are moved to the superseded category since it is no longer supported by PRé. You can find which methods belong to this category on this page.
