founded stuttgart germany 1991 headquarters stuttgart germany key people michael betz vp services life cycle assessment enterprise carbon accounting carbon footprint ecodesign design for the environment environmental product declaration product sustainability corporate sustainability number of employees 300 jan 2015 website www.thinkstep.com thinkstep stylised as thinkstep is a sustainability software and consulting company based in leinfelden echterdingen germany . it is a working group in the field of life cycle assessment and life cycle engineering . originally a spin off of the university of stuttgart 1 thinkstep is a global organization with worldwide subsidiaries as well as a network of sales partners across the globe . 2 the former name of the company was pe international pe stands originally for peter eyerer its founder . contents 1 service lines 1.1 product sustainability 1.2 corporate sustainability 1.3 carbon footprint 1.4 water footprint 1.5 green it 1.6 green building 1.7 sustainable supply chain 2 sustainability software 3 international presence 4 references 5 external links service lines edit thinkstep has several consultancy service lines 3 product sustainability edit design for environment dfe & ecodesign sustainability data on demand & databases eup directice & ecodesign life cycle assessment lca resource & energy efficiency corporate sustainability edit csr & sustainability strategy energy management environmental management sustainability reporting carbon footprint edit carbon disclosure project cdp carbon management corporate carbon footprint clean development mechanism cdm projects product carbon footprint carbon calculator water footprint edit water footprint green it edit green it green building edit environmental product declaration epd certification of buildings building lca sustainable supply chain edit sustainable supply chain sustainability software edit thinkstep supplies software with training and support . for life cycle assessment thinkstep gabi software gabi is a word shortening for ganzheitliche bilanz which means holistic balance in german . gabi for industry consulting and research facilities doing commercial lca work price includes full service ; no limitation in duration of using the tool . gabi academy for non commercial usage e.g. thesis seminar paper dissertation price includes full service ; no limitation in duration of using the tool . gabi edu for teaching at colleges universities price includes service ; no limitation in duration of using the tool . gabi student free of cost free version for students limited license for 1 year for non commercial usage . gabi temporary gabi software for a limited period price on request depending on database and utilization period required gabi test license free of cost free version time limited license for up to 3 months for testing purposes only . for corporate sustainability management and reporting thinkstep sofi software sofi for environmental management and occupational safety sofi for sustainability management and corporate social responsibility sofi for corporate carbon footprint sofi for carbon management international presence edit beside the headquarters in germany thinkstep at present operates subsidiaries in japan north america australia & new zealand austria china india malaysia united kingdom denmark south africa switzerland and turkey . references edit department of life cycle engineering university of stuttgart . retrieved 19 april 2008 . life cycle assessment lca consulting service . thinkstep . 19 april 2008 . europa site on lca tools services and data archived june 12 2008 at the wayback machine . external links edit official website gabi software for product sustainability sofi software for corporate sustainability sustainability consulting services and solutions retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title thinkstep & oldid 711268807 categories companies of germanyprivately held companies of germanyhidden categories articles with wayback machine links navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 21 march 2016 at 21 40 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view