GFLI and LCA.no are getting ready to launch the Data-in Generator (DIG) tool, a cloud-based solution for generating environmental data on marine ingredients. Launch is set for September 2026, with funding from FHF (The Norwegian Seafood Research Fund). It’s believed to be the first tool of its kind to comply with both GFLI standards and the EU’s Product Environmental Footprint (PEF) methodology.
The idea is simple enough: put GFLI’s technical framework and LCA.no’s tooling experience behind the same product, so feed and seafood producers can generate their own environmental data without having to become LCA experts first. With the launch just weeks away, that idea is now close to becoming something producers can actually log into and use.
Facts · What is the DIG-tool?
The Data-in Generator (DIG) tool is a cloud-based solution that simplifies the collection and modelling of environmental data for marine ingredients. It’s built to comply with the EU PEF for marine fish products and the EU PEF for feed for food-producing animals, as well as GFLI’s own methodology, and produces data ready for GFLI database publication.
With these standards in check, the tool users are able to create their own product environmental footprints and validate it for branded data, use it to track changes in their emissions overtime and make hotspot analyses based on their own data, but they can also contribute to GFLI’s secondary and averaged data to improve sector-figures.
”The tool has been a highly anticipated enrichment to the GFLI infrastructure to provide GFLI members and upstream producers a easy-to-work solution towards the growing pressures of environmental reporting.”
Laura Nobel, Manager, GFLI
Discussions are ongoing to extent the tool’s scope towards all feed ingredients in scope (cultivation, feed specialty ingredients, processed plant-based and animal-based ingredients).
Why LCA.no
LCA.no brings the technical backbone: years of building digital infrastructure for EPDs and LCAs, most recently through its EPD Generator. For the marine sector specifically, that means a system that can turn raw activity data into something compliant, without a small army of consultants along the way.
“We see many companies want to work more systematically with environmental documentation, but find the process complex and time-consuming. Together with GFLI, we can make this work simpler, more structured and far more scalable for the marine sector.”
Cato Hansen, Key Account Manager, LCA.no
Built for small producers and large ones alike
Some companies will only need a handful of ingredient datasets; others are managing sprawling product portfolios and need something that scales. The DIG-tool is meant for both, and more! From companies participating in GFLI branded data, fisheries that want to report through the PEF Marine ingredients, research and associations working to improve LCA numbers in the sector. The tool is meant to be easy-to-use, with a free online training course to prepare you for the work.
Want to see it in action? Join the launch webinar
To mark the launch, GFLI and LCA.no are hosting a webinar on September 15, 4:00–5:00 pm CEST/ / 9:00 – 10:00 CST, with a live demonstration of the tool and a Q&A. It’s the place to see the DIG-tool in practice and ask the team directly how it fits your own data needs.
About LCA.no
LCA.no is a Norwegian SaaS company that develops tools for life cycle assessment (LCA) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPD). The company builds on more than 35 years of experience and has its origins in the research institute NORSUS. LCA.no’s EPD Generator automates the development of EPDs and enables companies to work more efficiently and in a more data-driven way with sustainability.
About FHF – Norwegian Seafood Research Fund
FHF is a state-owned limited company owned by the Norwegian Ministry of Trade, industry and fisheries, and financed by the industry through a levy on exports of Norwegian Seafood. FHFs goal is to create added value to the seafood industry through industry-based research and development (R&D). https://www.fhf.no/fhf/about-fhf-english/