At Quantis, science is in our DNA

Sustainability isn’t just something we fell into. It’s what has driven us since day one. Since 2006, we’ve approached environmental sustainability with scientific integrity and a steadfast mindset of reimagining the relationship between business and nature.

Our story began in a lab at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL)… A few smart individuals banded together to make life cycle assessment applicable for business. Their ambition: to drive real, meaningful change for industry by harnessing the best available environmental data and metrics.

Their mission sparked the interest of CIRAIG (International Reference Centre for the Life Cycle of Products, Processes and Services), a research group and center of expertise on sustainability and life cycle thinking based at Polytechnique Montréal, and soon the two teams joined forces.  Eventually, Quantis integrated the LCA research team of EMPA, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology.

We know, that’s a lot of acronyms. But mostly it’s a lot of like-minded experts concentrated in one place. Our scientific rigor and credibility come from this network of visionary LCA scientists, one that we maintain to this day.

But the story doesn’t end there. Over the years, we’ve continued to find new ways to innovate and amplify our impact. We’ve extended our expertise beyond assessment, bringing on board business and communications specialists, corporate sustainability and industry professionals, software engineers and environmental experts. Today,  we’re harnessing our metrics-based approach, environmental expertise and strategic business knowledge to transform companies and the corporate landscape as a whole.