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Navi Norm - Your PCR Compass
Navigate the complex landscape of sustainability standards with confidence
Navi Norm is ESTAINIUM's interactive navigation tool that maps the relationships between hundreds of sustainability standards, norms, and product category rules (PCRs). Like a GPS for compliance, it helps you find the right path through the maze of overlapping requirements for product carbon footprint (PCF) calculation and life cycle assessment.
What challenges does Navi Norm solve?
Standards confusion: With ISO 14067, PAS 2050, GHG Protocol, PACT Framework, Catena-X rules, and sector-specific PCRs, which standard applies to your product?
Compliance gaps: Are you missing critical requirements when different standards reference each other?
Efficiency losses: Stop recreating work when standards build upon each other
Real-world use cases:
For automotive suppliers: Navigate from ISO 14067 through Catena-X PCF Rulebook to find automotive-specific calculation requirements for your battery components.
For chemical companies: Trace connections between TfS guidelines, WBCSD Pathfinder Framework, and your specific product category rules.
For sustainability consultants: Quickly identify which standards your client needs to consider based on their industry and geographic markets.
For policy teams: Understand how new regulations like CBAM connect to existing PCF standards your organization already follows.
How to use Navi Norm:
1. Search or browse: Find your starting standard or product category
2. Explore connections: Click nodes to see which standards reference or build upon each other
3. Filter by relevance: Use properties like industry sector, geographic scope, or document type
4. Trace requirement paths: Follow the connected standards to build your complete compliance roadmap
The visual network shows relationships between standards - the more central a standard appears, the more it connects to others, indicating its foundational importance in the sustainability ecosystem.
How was the ESTAINIUM Standards Graph created?
Developed by ESTAINIUM's Working Group 2 with data collection by Katrin Helm and Florian Ansgar Jaeger, visualization by Felix Funk and Alexander Schneider.