Changelog
Målbar LCA updates, improvements, and fixes, newest first
11 May 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Renaming of ‘external sharing’
To reduce confusion between internal sharing workflows and external collaboration requests, the feature previously called ‘External sharing’ has been renamed to ‘Request screening data’
The updated naming more clearly reflects the purpose of requesting data from suppliers or partners.

06 May 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Search and filter in ‘bulk edit’
You can now quickly locate and manage screenings using search and filtering tools built into the bulk edit.
What this means in practice
• Search screenings by name, SKU, or tags directly in bulk edit
• Filter by category, screening type, supplier location, or tags
• Clear all filters in one click

06 May 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Simplified packaging input
We have removed the width, height, and depth dimension fields from the packaging form

06 May 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Share screenings with your partners
You can now share product screenings directly with other Målbar users through Målbar LCA.
- Shared screenings are available as structured data, not static files
- Shared screenings can be used as components in your own product modelling
- Updates to shared screenings are automatically reflected for recipients
This new feature creates a more connected workflow across the value chain, reducing duplicate work and improving consistency and traceability in your climate footprint data.

24 April 2026 New materials
‘Gaslift’ now available in material search
A gaslift component is now available in Målbar LCA when searching for “gaslift”. This is relevant for products where height adjustment mechanisms are included, such as office chairs.
With this component it easier to model products with integrated lifting functions more accurately.

24 Mar 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Two new ‘Screening types’: Masterbox and packaging components
Packaging is often more repetitive than it needs to be.
Especially when the same setups are recreated across multiple product screenings.
With our latest update, you can now create Packaging and Masterbox components once, and reuse it where it makes sense.
PACKAGING COMPONENT
A Packaging Component represents the materials used for the individual product’s packaging, such as primary and secondary packaging (e.g. boxes, bags, wrapping, or protective elements).
It is used to:
- Model how a single product is packaged
- Ensure consistent packaging data across similar products
- Reflect material use directly linked to the product unit
By creating Packaging Components, you can reuse the same packaging setup across multiple products, avoiding repetitive work and ensuring consistency in your LCA modelling.
Once created, these components are available under ‘Packaging’ when you press ‘add packaging’ in your product screening.
MASTERBOX COMPONENT
A Master Box Component represents the outer packaging often used to group multiple product units for transport and distribution.
It is used to:
- Model how products are packed together for shipping
- Improve accuracy in logistics and transport-related calculations
By defining Master Box Components once, you can apply the same Master Box setup across many products, instead of rebuilding it each on each screening.
You will find these components under ‘Packaging’ when you press ‘add masterbox’ in your product screening.
Together, Packaging and Masterbox components help you structure packaging more efficiently while ensuring your climate footprints reflect both product-level and distribution-level realities as well as improve the experience if you improve your packaging setup, as you then only need to change it on the component level, instead of changing it on each individual product screening.
18 Mar 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Insights now update every hour
Insights are now refreshed every hour instead of once per day, giving you a significantly more dynamic and reliable foundation for your LCA work.
Your climate footprints now reflect recent changes much faster, allowing you to:
• Act on current data, not delayed snapshots
• Identify and correct inconsistencies earlier
• Strengthen confidence in both internal decisions and external documentation
17 Mar 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Improved material selection in screenings
When adding a material to a screening, you will now see material variants directly in the dropdown.
This means you can select the specific material immediately, without navigating through broader categories and additional steps.
When typing (e.g. cotton), the dropdown now provides:
• A structured overview of all relevant material variants
• Clear visibility of how each variant is categorised
This update makes material selection faster, more intuitive, and helps ensure greater consistency in your Målbar LCA work.

03 Mar 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
View-only access to verified screenings
We have introduced view-only access for verified screening data and components in Målbar LCA.
Users with read-only permissions can now open and inspect base data and components without any risk of accidentally editing or overwriting information.
What this means in practice
• Safe insight into screening data
• No unintended edits
• Clear visual indicators when data cannot be changed
• A visible ‘View’ button and icon to make permissions transparent


24 Feb 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Tags can now be updated on verified screenings
You can now edit tags on screenings that have been verified, making it easier to organise and categorise completed assessments.
Only tags can be edited.
All verified data remains locked to protect, but you can still view details of your screening inputs.
12 Feb 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Duplicate Country Shares & improved interface
You can now duplicate existing Country Shares directly from the overview page.
Simply click the “…” menu next to a Country Share to create a copy. All settings and distribution data are carried over automatically, allowing you to reuse proven configurations instead of recreating them manually.

Duplicates are always created as drafts. This ensures that no changes are applied to your product screenings until you are finished with the new country share
We have also refined the entire ‘Country Shares’ interface. The layout is now more closely aligned with the rest of the Målbar LCA platform, creating a more consistent and intuitive user experience.
In addition, we have introduced clearer governance around Default Country Shares. When creating a new Default Country Share, you will now be asked at the point of saving whether the changes should:
- Replace the Default Country Share across all screenings where this is applied, or
- Apply only to new screenings going forward.
These updates are designed to reduce repetitive work, improve consistency, and make data maintenance more efficient.
05 Feb 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Two ways to export CSVs in Målbar LCA
Målbar LCA now gives you two different CSV export options, depending on whether you need a high-level overview or detailed screening data.

Overview CSV – across all screenings
When you export a CSV from the screenings overview, you get a high-level snapshot of your work.
It is designed for quick overviews and prioritisation
Detailed CSV – within a single screening
If you open a specific screening and export the CSV from there, you receive a detailed breakdown of everything included in that screening.
Together, the two exports give you flexibility: one for overview and control, one for detail and documentation.
29 Jan 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Spend less time reapplying filters and more time analysing results!
Work more efficiently with your screenings by applying and manage filters while you work in Målbar LCA. Using filters helps you focus on relevant data, compare results more easily, and maintain a consistent approach during your screening sessions.

Find our guide to using filters here
15 Jan 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Tag your way to better overview
We’ve added something new to make your work in Målbar LCA even smoother: Tagging-system.
The ‘Tagging-system’ gives you a simple, visual way to stay organised and aligned in your screenings. It will help your team see progress, responsibilities, and collections instantly.
This is a 100% internal tool designed to support clarity and structure in your workflow.
Note! Tags won’t appear in reports or exports: they’re purely for your team’s own overview.

How to get the best out of Tagging-system
Start by agreeing internally on how you’ll use tags. And define a few clear dimensions.
We’ve added 8 colours you can use to make your tagging structure both clear and consistent.
Here’s our suggestion:
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Progress
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Collection
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Designer / Product family
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Screening level
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Category
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Responsible
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Customer
A few simple principles make all the difference:
- One colour = one dimension
- Always name tags with
- 1) a dimension and 2) a label
- (E.g. Progress: Ongoing, Progress: Completed)
- 1) a dimension and 2) a label
- Use only the tags that truly help = keep it simple
With Tagging-system, it becomes easier to stay coordinated, work faster, and keep a clear overview, no matter how many screenings you’re managing.
Find our tag naming suggestions here

Did you know?
Once you’ve aligned internally on how you’ll use the Tagging-system and which dimensions matter most for your company.
You can use ‘Bulk edit’ to quickly review and tag all your existing screenings in one place.
05 Jan 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Printable self-assessment reports
Your climate footprint results are now easier to share and discuss.
With Målbar’s new printable self-assessment reports, you can turn your digital screenings into clear, visual summaries ready to bring to meetings, workshops, or internal reviews.
Compare alternate screenings side by side. Share data with colleagues in product development or sustainability.
Give teams across your company a simple, tangible overview of a product’s climate footprint, without needing them to log into the platform.
Simply press the three dots next to
‘View Results’ and the option will appear.

Did you know?
You can also use the ‘Download self-assessment Report’ feature to create and compare alternative screenings.
For example, if you’ve made two screenings with different materials or production locations, download both reports and view them side by side to see how the changes affect the climate footprint results.
Here’s a short guide on how to do it
06 Jan 2026 Målbar LCA Feature
Verified screenings are now ready for PDF print
We’re pleased to share that you can now download your verified screenings as PDF files directly in Målbar LCA.
This new option makes it easier to document and share climate footprint results with colleagues, partners, and clients whether for internal reporting or product documentation.
Simply open your verified screening and select ‘Download verification(pdf)’ in top right corner, to generate a report ready for presentation.

06 Jan 2026 Dataset updates
New data update cycle
As part of our update cycle, we review and update the background-data and datasets in Målbar LCA twice a year, following the cycle of updates from the main dataset sources like EcoInvent.
The two updates will be placed every year in ultimo December and ultimo June.
This ensures that we balance the integration of the newest available data on one hand and the stability of calculations for long-term decision-making on the other hand.
You can view the details on the first update round in this email as we have deployed these changes in the end of December 2025.
We keep the data up to date, so you can work confidently and in line with current requirements.
Should new legislation require adjustments to the underlying data in Målbar LCA, these changes will be implemented at the time they come into effect.
Otherwise, the next scheduled update will take place in ultimo June 2026.
Dataset updates
- Textile and leather:
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- In Textile from yarn – All natural fibre materials option
- In Textile and leather accessory – All options
- Carpet and Rug:
- Natural fibre for Front face material
- Packaging:
- Steel tubes/profiles
- Solid hardwood
- Solid softwood
- HDF board
- MDF board
- OSB board
- Particle/chip board
- Plywood board
- Solid carton box
- Solid carton tube
Note! If you have chosen ‘Solid carton board box or tube unbleached’ in your screening it will now only be appropriate for Solid carton boxes.
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Upholstery, padding and sound damping:
- Polyurethane block foam high resilience (HR, cold foam)
- Polyurethane block foam low resilience (H, polyether foam)
- Foam blocks, foam mouldings and mats – All foam block and moulded foam options
- Wood and plant-based: Updated data on manufacturing processes within the entire category
- Natural stone and cement composites: Updated data on manufacturing processes within the entire category
- Surface treatment and glue:
- Application process for all Sheet surface treatment on wood
- Edge banding veneer
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Ceramic: Updated data on manufacturing processes within the entire category
These dataset updates are now live in your screenings and have also been integrated into your Verified Screenings to ensure they always reflect the newest available data.
For most products, these updates have only a minor effect on the overall climate footprint. Though some variation can occur depending on your supply chain and material composition of your products.If you notice a larger change in a specific product, you’re very welcome to reach out to our Helpdesk. We’ll be happy to walk you through the details and explain what’s behind the update.
06 Jan 2026 New materials New Processes
- Plastic and plastic composite:
- In Thermosetting composite component + Thermosetting component, all BMC material options
- In Thermosetting composite component – Hand lay-up moulding process option
- Natural stone and cement composite:
- In Cement and reinforcements – Wood wool as reinforcement/aggregate option
- Textile and leather: Non-woven textile
- In Felted or air-laid textile new process option Spun-bond
- In Textile from yarn – Silk yarn as an option
- Carpet and Rug: Front face material
- Hemp yarn
- Pineapple leaf yarn
- PVC (staple yarn)
- Ramie yarn
- Silk yarn
- In Tufted carpet/rug – Machine tufting with default primary backing as manufacturing method option
- Modular carpet (tiles) as Carpet Format option
19 Dec 2025 Målbar LCA Feature
Introducing Målbar Insights: Unlock emissions intelligence at scale
We’re excited to announce the release of Målbar Insights in Målbar LCA.
This new feature empowers you to view results data across all your screenings in a unified overview.
Explore summarised results across different levels, with complete control over how deep you dive into your data.
With Målbar Insights, you can easily identify gaps in data input, and address them efficiently via ‘bulk editing’ in your ‘screenings’ overview.
Did you know, you can use your ‘Insights’ to fill in missing data with the ‘Bulk Edit’ feature?

19 Dec 2025 Målbar LCA Feature
Better support for collecting supplier data
We’ve created a simple guide you can share with them.
If you’re not familiar with this feature yet, start by reading this guideline yourself.
03 Dec 2025 Målbar LCA Feature
Bulk edit is now live!
It gives you a single point of access to make multiple updates in one streamlined workflow.
‘Bulk edit’ provides a complete overview of screenings that are currently editable, making it easy to enter or update ‘Base data’ across existing screenings.
Screenings that are already in a final state (e.g. ‘Under Review’ or ‘Verified’) are managed separately and will not appear in this overview.
This helps you keep your base data accurate, up to date and consistently high in quality.

The fields that can be edited are:
- Product name
- SKU
- EAN
- Screening type
- Total weight
- Country share
- Category
- Product replacement quality
- Product replacement logistics
Besides updating or adding data in the fields above, you can also delete screenings.
Furthermore you can see:
- Created at
- Updated at
- Whether the screening is ‘Imported’ (primarily for former Excel tool users)
- Whether the screening is ‘Used as a component’.
In ‘Bulk edit’ you can even change the ‘Screening type’ even though the screening is used as a component.
Once you are done with your changes, simply click the green ‘ Save Changes’ button in the bottom-right corner.

27 Nov 2025 Målbar LCA Feature
Result page is live!
This is where you gain a clear and data-driven overview of your product’s climate impact
It is based on the data you have entered and presents the outcome of your LCA screening in a transparent and accessible way.
Hopefully it will help you understand, communicate and act on your product’s climate performance.

25 Nov 2025 New materials New Processes
- Textile and leather accessory
- Care label printed in PET
- PE textile (Tyvek)
- LCD colour display in Electronic
- Silk yarn as a material option in Carpet and Rug
- Pallet options
- EUR 3 wood pallet (100x120cm)
- ½ EUR wood pallet (80x60cm)
- Ceramic
- Handmade ceramics
- Cast porcelain (sanitary)
- Precious metals, in Metal
- Gold (24 karat) investment cast (lost wax)
- Gold sheet (24 karat) Silver (99.9% pure) investment cast (lost wax)
- Silver sheet (99.9% pure)
- Kapok wadding in Upholstery, padding and sound damping
- Kapok fibre (silk cotton or java cotton) in Felted or air-laid textile
- Cellulose acetate (CA) granulate – partly biobased as a material option in Thermoplastic component – pure polymers and ready-made composites
- Pultrusion as process option in Thermosetting
- Glass fibre woven textile as reinforcement option in Thermoplastic composite component (polymer + reinforcement/stiffening + compounding) + Thermosetting composite component (polymer + reinforcement/stiffening + compounding)
- Thermosetting component – pure polymers and ready-made composites
- Acrylonitrile Butadiene Rubber (NBR) BMC (with 30% carbon black)
- Bakelite – phenolic resin BMC with 55% wood flour
- Chloroprene (Neoprene) Rubber (CR) BMC (with 40% carbon black)
30 Oct 2025 Målbar LCA Feature
Full life cycle calculations are here!
We are thrilled to announce that the webtool can now calculate across all life cycle stages; from raw materials to End of life.
This long-awaited feature enables you to model and understand the complete environmental impact of your products, covering:
- Material
- Manufacturing
- Distribution
- Use phase
- End of life
With full life cycle calculations now available, you can measure your product’s full impact with precision and transparency — and act where it truly matters!
Features:
Invite your suppliers to fill in their data directly (‘Share screening’): You can now send links to your suppliers, allowing them to fill in the production-related data directly in your screening. Each supplier will only see the parts of the screening relevant to their data.
You simply send them a link, and you can revoke access at any time. Find a guide on how it works here
Components: To ensure that all component product types are accounted for in the tool we have specified 4 different types that will help you with a clear and complete structure of your screenings.
You will find the screening types in your Base Data.
- Product (default if nothing is chosen)
- Product-ready component
- Scalable component
- Electrical component
13 Oct 2025 Dataset updates
- Glass hand made in Glass category
- Paper for packaging in Packaging section
- Steel tubes/profiles in Metal category
- Steel screws/bolts in Metal category
- Glue upholstery water-based sprayed (m²) in Surface treatment & glue category
- Glue upholstery solvent-based sprayed (m²) in Surface treatment & glue category
Materials within the Plastic category:
- Polypropylene (PP) (Filament)
- Polypropylene (PP) granulate
- Polyethylene (PE-HD) granulate
- Polyethylene (PE-LD) granulate
- Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS/ASA) granulate
- Ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA) granulate
- Polyamide (PA6) granulate
- Polycarbonate (PC) granulate
- Unsaturated polyester resin
- Acrylic (PMMA) granulate
- Vinyl (PVC) granulate
- Polystyrene High Impact (HI-PS) granulate
- Styrene Butadiene Rubber (SBR)
13 Oct 2025 New materials New Processes
Plastic category+ processes:
- TDI resin (toluene diisocyanate)
- MDI resin (methylene diphenyldiisocyanate)
- Sheet heating and cold pressing
Textile and Leather category:
- PTFE (Goretex or fluoropolymer Polytetrafluoroethylene) long fibre
- Flouropolymer (Goretex/PTFE) staple fiber
- PVC (Rhovyl/Vinyon) long fibre
- PVC (Rhovyl/Vinyon) (Staple yarn)
Wood and plant-based category:
- Particle/chip board with double faced melamine
Carpet & rug category:
- Machine tufting
- Machine tufting with default primary backing
Electronic category:
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- LED light bulb for E9 socket
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29 Sept 2025 Dataset updates
‘Photovoltaic cell/solar cell – single Si wafer‘ in Electronic category:
- New research: Reassessment of ecoinvent data.
This adjustment is driven by new scientific insights.
Changes in modelling the data:
We have updated the datasets below with new insights to secure more accuracy.
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- Stainless steel machined (18/8 alloy) in Metal category
- Stainless steel 18/8 sand cast in Metal category
- Steel sand cast in Metal category
- Carbon steel machined in Metal category
- Wood fibres in Plastic and Plastic composite & Natural Stone and cement composite categories
- Alkaline battery AA + Alkaline battery AAA’ in Electronic category
15 Sept 2025 Dataset updates
Lacquer/paint water-based filling wood structure sprayed (m²)
- Changes in process data: We have updated the process data with new insights to secure more accuracy
- Impact of results: The calculated emissions for ‘Lacquer/paint water-based filling wood structure sprayed (m²)’ has increased by 40 %
Acetal (POM) granulate
- Changes in modelling the data: We have updated the waste and machining emissions with new insights to secure more accuracy
- Impact of results: The calculated emissions for machining has increased by 29 %, when POM has been used as the machined material.
Flat glass sheet hardened
- Changes in modelling the data: We have updated the default production waste value with new insights to secure more accuracy
- Impact of results: The calculated emissions for ‘Flat glass sheet hardened’ has increased by 22 %
Data updates with minor changes
- Chrome plating on metal for surface wear (0.140mm)
15 Sept 2025 New materials New Processes
Upholstery, padding and sound damping category:
- Hook and loop fastener (Velcro)
Synthetic latex block foam (SBR rubber), Talalay moulded
Textile and Leather category:
- Silk fibres yarn
Plastic and plastic composite category:
- Hemp fibre
- Rotational moulding with electrical heat
- Rotational moulding with natural gas heat
- Extrusion and blow moulding
Electronic category:
- Integrated circuit, logic type
Surface treatment & glue category:
- Chrome plating alone (1um or 0.001mm chrome)
Metal category:
- Stainless steel 18/8 forged
- Carbon steel forged
08 Sept 2025 Dataset updates
Wool yarn in Textile and Leather category:
- New research: Reassessment of EF-data due to new LCA.
This adjustment is driven by new scientific insights into the scouring process (industrial cleaning of wool). - Impact of results: The calculated emissions for ‘Wool yarn’ are reduced by 43 %
- New research: Scouring waste in the dying process is varying within natural fibre textiles according to latest research.
- Impact of results: -10 to -20 % reduction in emissions on knitting and weaving processes of natural fibres except for the combination of Cotton and Weaving which has a 4% increase.
08 Sept 2025 New materials
Plastic and plastic composite category:
- Phenol-formaldehyde (Phenolic) resin
- Biobased polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA/PHB)
- Polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) granulate
- Bio-based polypropylene (PP) granulate from used cooking oil
- Bio-based polyamide (PA11) granulate based on castor oil
- Bio-based polypropylene (PP) granulate from castor oil
Textile and Leather category:
- Aramid (Kevlar or Nomex) long fibre
- Kenaf fibres
- Hemp fibres
- Pineapple leaf fibres
- Ramie fibres
- Vinyl ester resin
14 Aug 2025 Dataset updates
- Wood, board. Average plywood
- Hardwood show veneer knife cut
- Softwood show veneer rotary cut
‘Foam block, Latex’ in Upholstery category:
- New research: A 2025 LCA shows that latex foam contains about 66 % water, which evaporates during production. As a result, more raw material is needed than previously assumed.
- Impact of results: The calculated emissions for ‘Foam block, Latex’ will increase to roughly three times the prior level.
‘Natural rubber BMC’ in Plastic category:
- New research: The previous dataset did not account for material and water loss during virgin natural rubber production. As natural latex contains ~65% water, the updated dataset now reflects this.
- Impact of results: The calculated emissions for “Natural rubber, BMC” will increase by approx 50 %.
‘Hardwood show veneer rotary cut’ in Wood and plant-based category:
- Dataset update: We have improved the modelling to reflect updated and more precise data.
- Impact on results: The calculated emissions for ‘Hardwood show veneer rotary cut’ will decrease by approx 50 %.
‘Hardwood veneer rotary cut’ in Wood and plant-based category:
- Dataset update: We have improved the modelling to reflect updated and more precise data.
- Impact on results: The calculated emissions for ‘Hardwood veneer rotary cut’ will increase by approx 40 %.
‘Softwood veneer rotary cut’ in Wood and plant-based category:
- Dataset update: We have improved the modelling to reflect updated and more precise data.
- Impact on results: The calculated emissions for ‘Softwood veneer rotary cut’ will increase by approx 40 %.
14 Aug 2025 New materials New Processes
Plastic and plastic composite category:
- Polyester BMC
- Polyol resin for polyurethane
- Polyethylene biobased (bioPE HD, LD and LLD) tall oil based
- Natural rubber BMC (with 52% pure rubber)
Plastic and plastic composite category (processes):
- Injection blow molding
Textile and Leather category:
- Cattle leather, wet-white metal tanned
- Cattle leather, vegetable tanned
- Cattle leather, wet-white metal free tanned
Upholstery, padding and sounding damping category:
- Synthetic latex foam molding (Dunlop process)
- Synthetic latex foam molding (Talalay process)
Surface treatment and glue category:
- Compact laminate, through coloured, 8mm, not glued