Since 1990 Ecobilan, also referred to as Ecobalance, advises Industry and Government on the environmental performance of products and services. Supported by a number of leading edge environmental analysis and management software tools, Ecobilan provides services, methodologies and tools that promote the integration of environmental performance across the varying functions of an organisation.

Ecobilan is recognised world-wide as an innovative and technologically advanced leader in the application to Technologies, Services and Products of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). LCA is concerned with the impact of extended systems (sequences of industrial operations) on the environment, applied to industrial strategy and product design.

Historically, LCA has been used for benchmarking and making environmental comparisons based on the use of energy and raw materials, releases to air, water and land and associated environmental impacts potentials. While LCA has traditionally provided a 'snapshot' of environmental impacts, Ecobilan has applied life cycle techniques in a more pragmatic way- creating synergies with experts in environmental management systems, economics, risk assessment and social impact assessment.

Ecobilan has joined the Global Sustainability Services department of PricewaterhouseCoopers in March 2000. By re-defining the boundaries for the application of life cycle techniques and creating links with other disciplines, we have harmonised the various approaches enabling the quantification of environmental, economic and social impacts- the 3 key of sustainable development.