Sustainability Insights Enhancements

aPriori 2026 R1 makes available updated carbon emissions data from the latest release of ecoinvent (v3.12), a comprehensive global database for Life Cycle Inventory data. aPriori stores most sustainability data in Regional Data Libraries (RDLs); the rest is contained in the process models for certain process groups (listed below).

To use the new sustainability data for one of these process groups, you must do both the following:

• Upgrade to the 2026-03 RDLs.

• Either upgrade to the latest process model version for the process group, or (if you do not wish to upgrade the process model) copy the data into the relevant lookup table.

For process groups not listed below, you only need to upgrade to the 2026-03 RDLs to use the new sustainability data.

Following are the latest process model versions and the relevant lookup tables for the process groups with updated sustainability data:

Process Group	Latest Process Model Version (CMV)	Lookup Table
Assembly	250	processConsumables
Bar & Tube	280	processConsumables
Casting - Sand	220	processConsumables
Sheet Metal	340	processConsumables
Surface Treatment	280	surfaceTreatmentMaterialCO2Factor

The new sustainability data for these process groups is listed here:

• Surface Treatment Material Emissions Factors

• Consumable Emissions Factors