Services

• mapping the idea and finding a suitable funding source;
• structuring the project in line with the funder’s expectations;
• preparing the action plan and budget;
• analyses demonstrating environmental and climate impacts (DNSH, EPD, LCA, GHG, climate resilience, circularity);
• writing and submitting the project;
• liaising with the funder and, where necessary, preparing additions;
• advice on implementation after investment or grant approval, and reporting support.

We have experience with projects funded by various national and European funds. We are market leaders, however, in projects where demonstrating sustainability plays a decisive role.

Our way of working is systematic, clear and results-oriented.

Why do companies need to prepare EPDs?

European Union regulations

• The Construction Products Regulation, in force from 2025, makes an EPD mandatory for all construction products intended to compete on the EU market.
• The framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products (ESPR), in force since 2024, provides for digital product passports.
• EPDs help demonstrate a product’s environmental impact in procurement and sustainability reporting.

Estonian context

• National green-transition targets favour environmentally friendly construction products demonstrated with an EPD.
• An EPD is increasingly requested in public- and private-sector procurement.
• An EPD makes it possible to compare products based on objective environmental indicators.

Why is this particularly important right now?

• The European Union is steering industry towards increasingly stringent environmental requirements, and compliance can only be demonstrated through life cycle assessment.
• Under the Construction Products Regulation, environmental product declarations (EPDs), based on life cycle assessment results, are required in many markets.
• ESPR extends the life-cycle approach to all product categories.
• CSRD directs companies to report the environmental impacts of their products and their supply-chain footprint.

1. We define scope and functional unit
2. We collect data
3. We model the life cycle
4. We interpret and document the results

European Union regulations

• CSRD (Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive) — many companies must report their sustainability activities on a mandatory basis.
• ESRS standards (European Sustainability Reporting Standards) define what and how to measure and report.
• The VSME standard is a simplified sustainability reporting standard for small and medium-sized enterprises.

Estonian context

• A large number of Estonian companies are directly or indirectly within the scope of CSRD, whether as subsidiaries, suppliers or procurement partners.
• Funders increasingly request sustainability reports or strategies when making investment decisions.
• Procurement expects companies to demonstrate transparency and environmental responsibility.

We provide the practical knowledge and skills to apply both standards (ESRS and VSME).

Why do companies need a carbon footprint assessment?

• CSRD requires large companies, and many smaller ones too, to report their carbon footprint.
• Under CBAM, imported products with a higher CO₂ footprint are subject to a border charge.
• Carbon footprint data is increasingly requested in procurement and support measures, or its availability is used as an assessment criterion.

We help with carbon footprint assessment — data collection, calculations and reporting.

Why is this particularly important right now?

• The framework for setting ecodesign requirements for sustainable products (ESPR) establishes requirements for demonstrating circularity.
• Sustainability reporting (CSRD) must demonstrate that the business model supports reducing the use of primary resources.
• Grants and procurement increasingly require companies to demonstrate reductions in the environmental impacts of their resource use.

We help create strategies to increase circularity in both products and business models.

Why is a climate resilience assessment for infrastructure necessary?

• Under the EU Taxonomy Regulation, projects classified as environmentally sustainable must undergo a climate resilience assessment.
• All EU-funded projects must demonstrate that they are resilient to climate change.
• EIS and KIK grants require a climate resilience assessment for construction and energy-efficiency projects already at the application stage.

We help assess climate risks and prepare an assessment report that meets the requirements.

The goal of the circular economy is to increase resource circularity. What matters is which primary resources and components in a product can be replaced with used resources and components without changing the product’s quality. Hazardous substances must be removed from the supply chain because they must not be kept in circulation.

Based on circular-economy principles, the Ministry of Climate has launched an investment support measure to increase energy and resource efficiency and promote safe material circulation. Our goal is to provide a full project solution and secure the grant for companies cost-effectively.