Whether it’s due to consumer expectations, internal ESG goals, or the Digital Product Passport regulations, companies are increasingly expected to show how their products impact the environment.
But where do you even begin?
Probably not with another spreadsheet.
The answer actually starts with your product data.
Inside Struct PIM, you have the flexibility to add sustainability-focused data directly to your product model (just like any other product information 
).
This means you can shape your PIM to reflect exactly the environmental insights your company needs to track.
It’s a practical way to turn complex product lifecycle metrics into insights your company can actually work with.
In this blog post, you’ll learn how Struct PIM can help you capture your environmental data, make it measurable, and back up sustainability expectations.
Capture your environmental data in one place
It all starts with knowing what to track and having a simple way to do it.
With Struct PIM, you can configure your product model with a dedicated section to input and manage the environmental factors that really count.
In our example, we’ve named the section “Go Green,” but the structure and naming are entirely configurable based on your setup and sustainability goals.
In the product model, you can easily document data fields like:
- Service life: How long is your product expected to last?
- Repairability: How easy is it to fix instead of replace?
- Recycled content: How much of the product is made from reused materials?
- CO₂ emissions: Total emissions tied to materials, production, and packaging
- Water consumption: How much water is used across the lifecycle?
And many other layers of product information.
Each metric is more than a number.
It’s a lever for product and sustainability teams to improve performance and meet evolving expectations.
Everything is centralized, visible, and aligned across teams.
The result? Less friction, and more insights.
Make sustainability measurable
Lifecycle metrics only become valuable when you can actually work with them - don’t just file them away and hope for the best.
When they’re not just stored, but compared, calculated, and communicated across your company.
That’s exactly what Struct PIM enables.
Instead of treating environmental data as something complex, Struct PIM brings those metrics directly into your product workflow.
As you enter data on materials, production methods, packaging choices, and logistics, Struct PIM can be configured to calculate and consolidate those inputs into a clear view of your environmental impact.
This gives you the opportunity to understand how each stage contributes to overall emissions.
And as your products evolve, whether through design development or sourcing changes, the PIM helps you track how those adjustments affect your environmental footprint over time.
With this level of visibility, sustainability becomes less of a black box and more of a measurable part of your product management.
And you get a clearer path to traceability, easier reporting, and better decisions along the way.
Build trust with verified data
Rather than just storing all the complex data, Struct PIM also gives you the ability to organize and attach supporting documentation directly within the sustainability-related sections of your product model.
You can easily attach materials like:
- Third-party certifications: OEKO-TEX®, FSC®, or C2C certificates to validate environmental standards
- Supporting documentation: Climate impact reports, supplier disclosures, or lifecycle analysis, which add essential context to your data
- Validity periods and notes: Give everyone an opportunity to understand what the data refers to, how long it’s relevant, and any assumptions behind it
Instead of handling documentation as an afterthought, Struct makes it feel like a natural part of managing your product data.
Searchable, accessible, and always connected to the data it supports.
This way, your sustainability work doesn’t just live in isolated reports or shared drives.
It becomes an integrated part of your product data setup, fully tailored to the way your team works.
Conclusion
Sustainability efforts don’t start with reports. They start with the data behind your products.
And with Struct PIM, you get a flexible system that adapts to your company’s goals, not the other way around.
Whether you’re preparing for regulatory requirements like the DPP or working with ESG targets, you can design your product model to capture, calculate, and communicate the environmental data that matters most to you.
By integrating sustainability directly into your product workflow - with sections like the “Go Green” example - you turn fragmented data into structured insights.
This gives you greater visibility, better documentation, and a more scalable approach to managing your product’s environmental impact.
Curious to see how it could work for your team? Book a personalized demo and we’ll show you how Struct PIM can support your sustainability initiatives on your terms.
