ENVIRONMENTAL FOOTPRINT

Turn sustainability in sales into a strategic differentiator

With Tacton’s Environmental Footprint Configurator, see carbon impact instantly for configurations, ensure compliance, and support customers’ ESG targets.

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Quickly measure the carbon footprint of custom products

Find out how the Tacton platform overcomes the difficulty of estimating and reporting Scope 3 emissions.

Benefits

Support sustainability in manufacturing sales with smarter customer guidance

Provide your customers with fast, accurate Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) calculations to make environmentally responsible decisions that align with their ESG goals.

Increase revenue by serving environmental needs

Increase revenue by serving environmental needs

Win more business by making sustainability and investment decisions easier for customers.

Build a reputation as an environmentally responsible manufacturer

Build a reputation as an environmentally responsible manufacturer

Make sustainability a keystone of your business to attract investors and recruit employees.

Provide industry leadership on sustainability

Provide industry leadership on sustainability

Strengthen your competitiveness by driving innovation that improves sustainability and supports your customers’ reporting and compliance needs.

Lower the cost of customers’ ESG reporting with Scope 3 data

Lower the cost of customers’ ESG reporting with Scope 3 data

Help customers stay compliant by providing your Scope 3 footprint data for their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) reports.

Get instant footprint CO₂ calculations after each selection

After each configurator selection, the Tacton platform uses integrated internal and third-party Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) data to calculate the product’s footprint. This information empowers your sales rep or customer to explore the impact of their choices and to make reductions, if desired.

Get instant footprint CO₂ calculations after each selection

Configure low-carbon solutions

A single click enables sales reps or customers to meet both technical and environmental requirements with AI-powered, sustainability-focused product configurations.

Configure low-carbon solutions

Balance sustainability with parameters

View the cost of environmental product selections in the configurator immediately. This enables buyers to weigh all considerations and understand any tradeoffs during their buying journeys.

Balance sustainability with parameters

Track carbon footprint in quotes and ESG reports

Environmental compliance reporting can be a time-consuming and costly effort. But with the Tacton platform, you can easily generate Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) and CO2 footprint estimates for regulatory purposes, dramatically reducing compliance costs.

Track carbon footprint in quotes and ESG reports

Sync calculations with Lifecycle Assessment systems

Keep all product EPDs under control for complete corporate lifecycle reporting.

Sync calculations with Lifecycle Assessment systems
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Tacton: A Gartner® Magic Quadrant™ Leader for CPQ Applications

See why Tacton was named a 3x Leader and positioned highest on the Ability to Execute Axis.

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Customer Self-Service

Empower buyers to confidently configure and share products independently.

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Design Automation

Automate the creation of CAD models and 3D drawings to free engineering resources.

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Omnichannel Selling

Ensure a consistent sales experience across direct, dealer, and digital channels.

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FAQs

The Tacton platform is well-suited for the renewable energy and GreenTech sectors, where equipment configurations can be complex and highly customized. Whether you’re configuring solar panels, wind turbines, energy storage systems, or energy-efficient HVAC systems, the platform can manage various parameters such as energy outputs, environmental impact, and integration with other green technologies. The platform ensures that only feasible, optimized configurations are presented to customers, helping you deliver tailored solutions that meet both technical and sustainability requirements.
Yes, the platform helps businesses in the energy and GreenTech industries comply with local and international energy regulations, sustainability certifications, and environmental standards. You can configure rules within the platform to ensure that all product configurations meet energy efficiency guidelines, emissions standards, and sustainability goals. The Tacton platform can also integrate with industry-specific systems to track regulatory changes and automatically adjust pricing and product configurations to stay compliant with evolving energy policies and green certifications.
The platform uses advanced algorithms and artificial intelligence to guide customers through the process of configuring complex products. It ensures that only valid product options are presented based on your specific needs and requirements. The platform supports customization and configuration for industries like manufacturing, high-tech, and industrial equipment, offering a seamless buyer experience even with the most intricate product offerings.
It ensures precise and dynamic pricing by factoring in rules for discounts, volume-based pricing, and customer-specific conditions. It automatically adjusts pricing based on these factors and product configurations, ensuring that buyers receive accurate, real-time pricing and that your business remains competitive and consistent across all customer touchpoints.
Tacton embeds environmental intelligence directly into the quoting process, enabling your sales team to surface carbon footprint insights, guide customers to lower-emission choices, and comply with evolving ESG and regulatory standards. This approach drives sustainability in sales with every quote and configuration.
CPQ sustainability refers to the integration of carbon data, lifecycle assessments, and compliance logic into the product configuration and quoting process. Tacton makes CPQ sustainability actionable by combining product intelligence with environmental footprint metrics for smarter, more responsible selling.

Build a sustainable future with Tacton

With 20% of global CO2 emissions attributable to industrial production, environmental sustainability in manufacturing isn’t optional—it’s urgent. Let’s talk about improving sustainability in sales.

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