LCA consultancy management: multi-client portfolio and per-project licensing

An LCA consultancy faces two practical problems: first, as client count grows, data isolation gets messy — who works on which project, where is the latest version of which client? Second, licensing — traditional LCA tools sell yearly per-seat licenses, but consulting engagements run 3-12 months with variable parallelism. clca's consultant module and per-project licensing address both at once.

Multi-client portfolio from one panel

Open the consultant module and every active client project lists in one dashboard: client name, project type (LCA, EPD, CSRD addendum), status (active, in verification, delivered), last activity, assigned team member, billing status. Each client has their own isolated workspace — no data leakage between clients, audit log is transparent. When a verifier needs access, the external user is added only to that project; they cannot see other clients.

Per-project licensing economics

A yearly per-seat license, 5 consultants × 3 years = 15 seat-years. But real utilisation fluctuates: some months 8 parallel projects, others 2. clca's per-project licensing charges you for active project-months. The unit is "project × month" instead of yearly seats. 5 consultants, 8 parallel average, 6 months/project = ~36 units — typically 40-60% less than the traditional flow.

White-label EPD reports

Consultancies want to produce EPDs while keeping their own brand identity. clca's EN 15804+A2 template lets you customise cover and header with consultancy logo, colours and contact details. The client sees their own logo when they want; a separate consultancy signature block is preserved for the verifier. All program-operator formats (ITB, IBU, EPD International, ECOnsult) support this customisation.

Verifier + client + consultant in the same file

When EPD verification runs over email it takes 2-6 weeks; version control gets lost. In clca the verifier joins the project and works in the same file. They leave sentence-level comments; the consultant edits, the client approves. All changes write to the audit log. Verification typically shortens by 30-50%.

AI report assistant + consultancy

The AI report assistant gives disproportionate gains to a consultancy. 10 clients × 3 projects/year = 30 EPDs; 8-12 hours of interpretation each = 240-360 hours. With AI it drops to 10-15 hours. The saving converts directly to additional client capacity or margin. Industry best-practice phrasing stays consistent across reports — the consultancy's tone of voice strengthens.