Quantis Sarl

Their core work

Quantis is a sustainability and life cycle assessment (LCA) consultancy that measures and evaluates the environmental footprint of industrial processes, materials, and products within EU research projects. They provide environmental impact assessment, sustainability metrics, and eco-design guidance across energy, chemicals, food, and materials value chains. Their core contribution to consortia is quantifying whether a new technology or process actually delivers on its environmental promises — from CO2 capture in cement plants to bio-based plastics and tyre recycling. They translate complex environmental data into actionable sustainability insights for technology developers and industry partners.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

In 2015-2018, Quantis focused heavily on industrial decarbonization — CO2 capture from cement and steel production, membrane technologies, hydrogen generation, and building energy retrofits. From 2019 onward, their portfolio shifted markedly toward bio-based materials, circular economy, and sustainable chemistry: fermentation-based polymers, bioplastics, tyre recycling, and insect protein. This evolution mirrors the broader EU policy shift from emission reduction technologies to circular bioeconomy and reflects growing industry demand for sustainability certification of new bio-based products.

Quantis is deepening its expertise in bio-based and circular material systems, positioning itself as a go-to LCA partner for any consortium developing alternatives to fossil-based chemicals, plastics, or processes.

How they like to work

Quantis operates exclusively as a consortium partner, never as coordinator — consistent with a consultancy providing a specialized cross-cutting service (LCA/sustainability assessment) rather than driving core technology development. With 337 unique partners across 29 countries, they are a high-connectivity hub: they rarely repeat partners, instead plugging into diverse consortia wherever environmental impact quantification is needed. This makes them easy to work with — they adapt to different consortium structures and bring an established methodology rather than competing for technical leadership.

Quantis has collaborated with 337 different organizations across 29 countries, making them one of the most broadly networked SMEs in H2020 sustainability assessment. Their partnerships span Western and Southern Europe extensively, with strong connections to industrial and academic partners in France, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the Netherlands.

What sets them apart

Quantis brings independent, quantitative environmental credibility to research consortia — they are neither the technology developer nor the end user, but the neutral party that validates whether a new process truly reduces environmental impact. Their breadth across energy, chemicals, food, and materials means they can benchmark sustainability claims against a vast library of comparable assessments. For consortium builders, adding Quantis signals methodological rigor on the sustainability work package, which strengthens proposals and satisfies evaluators looking for credible impact assessment.

Highlights from their portfolio

• LEILAC
  Flagship cement decarbonization project addressing one of the hardest-to-abate industrial sectors, with direct separation calcining technology to eliminate CO2 from lime and cement production.
• BlackCycle
  Large-scale circular economy project converting end-of-life tyres into secondary raw materials for new tyre production — a complete value chain circularity demonstration.
• SOLSTICE
  Their most recent and highest-funded project (EUR 346,250), developing sodium-zinc molten salt batteries for stationary energy storage — indicating a move into next-generation energy storage assessment.