Environmental consulting firm for businesses

Measure, reduce, and mitigate your environmental impacts with reliable data

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Kapstan, your partner in environmental consulting

Lyon-based LCA consulting firm, providing services nationwide

Executives, industrial leaders, CSR departments, and technical teams: the environmental transition has become an operational and competitive challenge for organizations of all sizes.

Faced with increasing regulatory requirements (Life Cycle Assessment, Bilan Carbone®, CSRD), customer expectations, and cost pressures, companies today need robust environmental data to make informed decisions.

Kapstan, an environmental consulting firm based in Lyon, supports companies throughout France in measuring, reducing, and mitigating their environmental impacts, using an approach that is scientific, rigorous, and action-oriented.

Our goal: to transform regulatory and technical constraints into drivers of performance, competitiveness, and differentiation.

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Our services

Eco-design and environmental labeling Photovoltaic expertise Corporate carbon footprint Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Adapting to climate change Training
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Take concrete steps to reduce your environmental impact

Turn the results into actionable plans

Measuring alone isn’t enough. Based on the results of your LCA or carbon footprint assessment, Kapstan helps you develop and implement a detailed roadmap with short-, medium-, and long-term goals.

We focus in particular on:

  • eco-design of products and services,
  • material optimization and supplier sourcing,
  • defining low-carbon pathways tailored to your business.

These action plans aim to sustainably reduce your greenhouse gas emissions (Scopes 1, 2, and 3) as well as your other environmental impacts.

Each recommendation is tailored to your technical, economic, and sector-specific constraints, with a constant focus on operational efficiency.

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Highlight and reinforce your environmental commitments

Environmental reporting, Climate Dividends, bid responses, investor relations: Kapstan helps you turn your environmental performance into credible, marketable evidence.

As an independent consulting firm specializing in the Rhône-Alpes region, our deliverables are based on recognized standards and enable you to ensure the accuracy of your environmental communications while strengthening your competitive edge.

Robust methodologies to support your decision-making

Kapstan is an independent environmental consulting firm, recognized for the rigor of its analyses, the robustness of its methodologies, and the quality of its support.

  • Over 100 companies supported
  • Listed by the BPI as part of the Diag Décarbon’Action and Diag Éco-conception initiatives
  • Methodologies compliant with CSRD, SBTi, and the GHG Protocol

Our team combines technical expertise, the ability to explain complex concepts in simple terms, and a deep understanding of business challenges to produce reliable and immediately actionable analyses.

Case Studies

 Kapstan, your environmental consulting firm, works with companies across a wide range of industries.

This sector-specific expertise allows us to tailor our analyses and recommendations to the unique needs of each industry.

  • industry and manufacturing,
  • construction and building materials,
  • renewable energy,
  • agrifood,
  • packaging,
  • mobility.

Case Studies

Toutes les études de cas
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) LCA Agrivoltaic power plants for impact studies Rapid and reliable completion of three life cycle assessments of agrivoltaic power plants for inclusion in regulatory environmental assessments. Photovoltaic expertise Glaring study of PV shade structures along SNCF railway lines Technique Solaire, a photovoltaic developer, commissioned Kapstan to analyse the impact of sunlight reflection from solar panels onto train drivers on SNCF railway tracks. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) LCA of a photovoltaic shade structure Kapstan evaluated the carbon footprint for two reference sizes of shade structures equipped with electric vehicle charging stations for the company IDEX. Corporate carbon footprint Erard’s carbon footprint Érard is a French industrial group (founded in 1961, based in Isère) specialising in audiovisual equipment and furniture. The company chose Kapstan to carry out its first Carbon Footprint assessment. Photovoltaic expertise Carbon footprint of a photovoltaic power plant and a forest Kapstan supported Enoé, a photovoltaic developer, in calculating the carbon footprint of a solar power plant installed in Réaup-Lisse. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Eco-design of photovoltaic modules from DMEGC Solar DMEGC, a solar panel manufacturer based in China, has partnered with Kapstan to certify the eco-design of its products sold in France. Photovoltaic expertise Carbon footprint of a photovoltaic power plant in the Landes region of France Solar project developer Valorem has calculated the carbon impact of one of its photovoltaic power plants with Kapstan. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Carbon footprint of EDM wire from Thermocompact Kapstan accompanied Thermocompact in comparing the impact on climate change of machining two EDM wires using the Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) method. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) LCA of an eco-designed telecom infrastructure AMIE Telecom was supported by Kapstan in conducting a life cycle assessment (LCA) of an eco-designed telecom structure. Corporate carbon footprint Orion’s carbon footprint Orion Energies, a company that develops, builds, and operates photovoltaic plants in France, conducted its carbon assessment with Kapstan. Corporate carbon footprint JEM carbon footprint Joreau Elastomères Mélanges, specialized in the manufacture of elastomer mixtures, has carried out its carbon footprint assessment with Kapstan. Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Comparative LCA of CARBON photovoltaic plant CARBON, a French solar panel manufacturer, worked with Kapstan to compare the carbon footprint of its factory with that of a benchmark factory in China.

Every Kapstan project is based on a structured and collaborative approach:

  1. Measuring and understanding environmental impacts,
  2. Identify the top priorities for reduction,
  3. Work together to develop realistic action plans,
  4. Support implementation and promotion.

Are you working on an LCA, carbon footprint assessment, or climate strategy project?

Let’s discuss your environmental challenges and priorities.

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