Luminovo has unveiled a new partnership with Sluicebox, set to transform how electronic manufacturers and designers handle global sustainability requirements.
This collaboration aims to provide immediate carbon footprint estimates for individual electronic components, printed circuit boards (PCBs), and complete assemblies.
With new regulations and net zero goals driving the need for detailed life cycle assessments (LCAs) and transparency in sustainability data across the electronics supply chain, obtaining CO2 emission data for procured parts and assemblies has been both challenging and expensive. This partnership seeks to streamline the process and cut costs associated with accessing this crucial information.
“Over one year ago, I told our sales team, ‘the new magic electronics triangle will not be about costs, speed, and quality, but about costs, speed, and sustainability.’ Today, we are the first software solution for the electronics supply chain that can offer product carbon footprint estimates for an actual Printed Circuit Board Assembly,” says Sebastian Schaal, Managing Director at Luminovo. “By combining Sluicebox’s unique data for standard components with our model for the printed circuit board, we can offer our customers unprecedented insights into their products’ environmental impacts, helping them achieve net zero goals, improve sustainability ratings effortlessly and positioning themselves as innovators.”
“True decarbonisation requires a shift from retrospective reporting to proactive, action-driven frameworks,” says Elmar Kert, CEO of Sluicebox. “Our product carbon footprint solution surfaces CO2 emissions at the speed of ideas, design, and procurement. I’m thrilled to see this solution come to life by partnering with Luminovo. This partnership allows us to provide emissions data for electronic components, transforming how businesses approach sustainability in their design and sourcing processes. We are enabling companies to gain a competitive edge and efficiently meet emerging regulatory requirements that will create global GDPR-like ripple effects.”
Key benefits of the partnership include:
- Inspect: upload your Bill of Materials (BOM) and Gerber files to receive CO2e estimates for each manufacturer part number (MPN) and your PCB instantly
- Optimise: help engineers prioritise eco-friendly parts, future-proof designs, and gain new supply chain insights
- Comply: obtain initial estimates for entire PCBAs within seconds and fully verified Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs) within weeks
Luminovo’s integration with Sluicebox will offer instant carbon footprint estimates for all electronic components, PCBs, and assemblies managed within Luminovo’s platform. Future plans include extending carbon footprint data to custom parts such as metal or plastic components and incorporating the assembly process itself. Sluicebox’s data covers over 75% of all globally available electronic components and follows European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS), utilising primary data down to the node technology level where available.
