Built around the Agenda Mobilizadora Ecocerâmica e Cristalaria (WP6 / T6.1) — extending APICER's Interoperability Platform with an automated, ISO-certified LCA & DPP engine.
APICER × ZeroPact:
The Future of Interoperable, LCA-Powered DPPs.
Moving the Portuguese ceramic and crystal industries from manual, expensive consultant dependencies to automated, integrated, audit-ready Life Cycle Assessments.
APICER's Interoperability Platform delivers the traceability foundation. ZeroPact closes the loop — instant LCAs, certified DPPs, and AI-driven compliance, all inside the same ecosystem.
Side-by-side: today's broken handoff vs. the integrated ZeroPact loop.
Current LCA Flow
Manual, fragmented, consultant-dependent.
Spreadsheet Chaos
Data exported manually
External Consultants
Bespoke engagement per SKU
Months of delay · Thousands of €
3–6 months · €10k (on average) per study
Final LCA — fragile, static
Out of date the moment it ships
Integrated ZeroPact Flow
Automated, certified, inside one ecosystem.
Same spreadsheet chaos
But ZeroPact solves the problem
ZeroPact LCA Engine
Automated calculation, no consultants
Instant, certified LCA
Minutes · ISO 14067 · SGS validated
Enhanced DPP + AI Chatbot
Live, queryable, consumer-facing
ZeroPact cracked the code. Automatic, certified LCAs for the full portfolio — through one single click.
Four stages, fully orchestrated. From raw supply-chain inputs to a consumer-ready Digital Product Passport — without consultants, spreadsheets, or guesswork.
Step 01
Data Aggregation
Researches and ingests client supply-chain data seamlessly at portfolio scale. Adapts to any level of data maturity — from structured databases to raw files scattered across factory departments.
A Win-Win architecture between APICER and ZeroPact.
A bidirectional integration that strengthens APICER's position as a technological leader while offering unmatched value to its members.
Traceability Platform · API Integration
Extends the Ecocerâmica Interoperability Platform with an automated LCA engine.
- The LCA Algorithm Plug-in: ZeroPact's proprietary engine integrates directly via API into APICER's system.
- Instant Passports: associates input production data into the APICER platform; ZeroPact instantly generates the DPP environmental metrics.
- Frictionless Compliance: eliminates external consultants, saving associates thousands of euros and months of operational delays.
Independent LCAs · Plug or Standalone
Associates can run ZeroPact-certified LCAs directly — feed them into APICER's DPP platform, or use them standalone for tenders, B2B buyers, retail audits and ESG reporting.
- Self-serve LCA in minutes — no consultants, no APICER dependency.
- One-click push into APICER's DPP platform when needed.
- Standalone deliverables: Customized Portal access, PDF reports.
Behind the Scenes · Watch demo
How ZeroPact unifies data spread across Excel sheets, ERPs & disparate layers.
Drag your catalogue size. See your savings.
Calibrated against the legacy consultant model APICER associates face today: €10k (on average) per product and 3–6 months per study. ZeroPact processes the same portfolio at €49 per SKU, in real time.
How much do product-level LCAs really cost — across your full catalogue?
Drag the slider to your SKU count. Legacy consultants charge €10k (on average) per study and take 3–6 months each. ZeroPact processes the entire catalogue automatically at €49 per SKU.
* Legacy consultant calibration: anchored to a mid-size associate with 250 active SKUs spending ≈ €500k and ≈ 5 years to certify the full catalogue (€10k on average per ISO 14067 study, 3–6 months each, ~3 studies in parallel). Cost & lead time scale sub-linearly with catalogue size (exponent 0.85) to reflect bulk discounts and parallelisation gains. ZeroPact calibration: €49 per SKU at portfolio scale via automated supply-chain ingestion, AI-assisted methodology and SGS-certified outputs; real-time generation in seconds per SKU. Calibrate with your own baselines on engagement.
A mid-size associate with 250 SKUs would spend around €500k and 5 years on consultant LCAs. ZeroPact does it instantly.
Most APICER members hold catalogues of 100–1,000 active SKUs. Today, full LCA coverage is economically and operationally impossible — which means most Portuguese ceramic & crystal products ship without product-level environmental data. ZeroPact makes 100% catalogue coverage the new baseline.
Bridge the gap between traceability and environmental quantification.
By merging APICER's framework with ZeroPact's LCA engine, we will deliver the most advanced, compliant, and cost-effective Digital Product Passport ecosystem in Europe.