who we are
AllocNow was founded by a multi-disciplinary team with deep expertise in the chemical, pharmaceutical, and process industries. Today, we’re a dynamic software company excelling in Lifecycle Assessment (LCA), Data Engineering, Product Design, Software Development, and Cloud Engineering — delivering automated solutions for product carbon footprints and reliable sustainability data.
Our vision
Our vision is a world free of negative environmental effects from industrial manufacturing—driven by product sustainability, circularity, and net-zero strategies.
Our mission
We empower our customers to understand, manage, and communicate the environmental impact of their products through consistent, automated lifecycle assessments (LCAs) and product carbon footprints (PCFs).
Management Team
Daniel Kirchner
Head of Data Analytics
Nico Lauter
Head of Product
Sven Janko
Head of Engineering
Georgi Tadeus
CTO
Daniel Bochnitschek
Managing Director
Sebastian Schulze
Managing Director
Milestones
2025
100% Customer Retention Achieved
Proud to maintain a flawless track record with 100% project success and no customer losses since founding.
Enhanced Results Communication Released
Launched a new area within the PSP to improve sustainability reporting and stakeholder engagement.
SiGREEN API Integration Released
Enabled seamless connectivity between the AllocNow Product Sustainability Platform and the SiGREEN platform.
2024
Scope 3.1 Matching App Launched
Introduced our AI-powered app to automate emission factor suggestions from partners like Ecoinvent and CarbonMinds across raw material portfolios.
Audit Success with ISO and TfS Compliance
Achieved full compliance with ISO 14044/67 and the TfS PCF-Guideline through successful third-party audits, certified by TÜV Rheinland.
2023
Client Base Expanded with Mid-Sized Industry Players
Welcomed customers like Lamberti and CHT, strengthening our portfolio alongside major players such as Covestro, Merck, and LyondellBasell.
Forschungszulage Grant Received
Awarded the non-repayable research grant by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action, recognizing our innovation and R&D efforts.
2022
Alignment to TfS PCF Guideline
With BASF endorsing the PCF-Guideline, which it co-developed in consensus with 39 large chemical companies including Arkema, Bayer, Covestro, DOW, Evonik and others, AllocNow aligns the LCA methodology with the newly created industry standard.
Renaming to AllocNow Product Sustainability Platform
The AllocNow Carbon Management Suite is renamed to Product Sustainability Platform. It now comprises multiple LCA impact categories.
Closing of Series-A Funding Round
AllocNow secures fresh capital in the seven-digit range. The funds will be used to drive the expansion and marketing of AllocNow's Product Sustainability Platform. The round is led by Dr. Hans-Rudolf Dicke and Sebastian Schulze.
2021
Launch AllocNow Carbon Management Suite
The AllocNow Carbon Management Suite is launched. Focus is on PCF automation.
Closing of BASF Partnership on SCOTT PCF methodology
AllocNow is selected as official software partner of chemical giant BASF to bring the SCOTT PCF methodology to the market. Our common goal is to standardize the calculation of the carbon footprint of chemical products and to make this approach accessible to the market in order to create a level playing field.
Foundation of AllocNow GmbH
AllocNow GmbH is officially founded in Bonn, Germany.
2020
Project support to automate PCF calculation
Based on previous experience, the team is asked to support a large chemical company in automating product carbon footprint calculations across the global product portfolio.
2019
Development initial prototype carbon accounting
Leveraging the experience in modelling chemical value chains, an initial prototype to calculate product carbon footprints considering allocation decisions in multi-output processes is developed.
2018
Developed initial software model for chemical value chains
The members of today's management team join forces in a project for a large chemical company and develop a software to model chemical value chains for profitability assessments and material flow analysis.