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Project study: EPD Verification

Design a new business around third-party verification of LCAs and EPDs as a team. A TUM project study supervised at the TUM Entrepreneurship Research Institute.

START
Oct/Nov 2026
DURATION
3–6 months
TEAM
2 to 5 students
WORK MODE
Remote, or in our Aachen, Zurich or Munich office if you like
APPLY BY
30 November 2026

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TUM Project Studies

  • Project Studies are team projects in which students of the TUM School of Management work with a company and a supervising chair.
  • A team of 2 to 5 students works on a real question for 3 months full-time or 6 months part-time.
  • The process follows the TUM format: kick-off, mid-term meeting, final presentation and written report.
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SUPERVISING INSTITUTE

Supervision confirmed

TUM Entrepreneurship Research Institute (ERI)

  1. We submitted the project study to ERI, which offers project studies and interdisciplinary projects together with companies. The institute found a suitable supervisor internally and confirmed supervision.
  2. ERI has published the project study on its website. We communicate it here and on LinkedIn at the same time.
  3. As soon as a team is in place, we start with a joint kick-off with the team and the supervisor.
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What it’s about

Every Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) rests on a life cycle assessment (LCA) that an independent verifier must approve before publication. ecoverity has cut the cost of creating an EPD to a fraction of what it used to be. Verification has not followed and for many manufacturers now costs more than the study itself. With the EU Digital Product Passport, the rules of verification are about to change again.

The project framework is only a possible proposal and can always be adapted and refined by the students. We look forward to your suggestions and pitches!

Tasks and outcomes

  • Analyse current EPD market regulation, market players and the main cost drivers.
  • Analyse pre-verified tools and the verification rules emerging under the Digital Product Passport.
  • Develop solutions to address bottlenecks in EPD verification.
  • Develop a business plan covering product design, pricing and operations.
  • Plan market entry, including accreditation and pilot projects.

Profile

  • Team of 2 to 5 students, mixing business, engineering and sustainability.
  • Interest in building a venture in a standards-driven field.
  • Comfortable with regulations, norms and bureaucracy.
  • Structured, self-directed way of working.
  • Fluent English, German is a plus.

What you gain

  • Founder-level insight into a niche market with a real cost problem.
  • Access to program operators, verifiers and manufacturers via our network.
  • Results that feed into ecoverity’s strategy, with the option to keep building the venture with us.
  • A working student position or long-term role after the project.
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TWO STEPS

Our application process

  1. STEP 01

    CV and a short motivation

    Send your CVs and a short motivation to team@ecoverity.de, as a team or individually. Your own project idea is just as welcome.

  2. STEP 02

    Getting to know each other

    In a conversation we get to know each other. We expect you to have already thought the project study through and to come with your own ideas of how you picture the collaboration in detail.

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Questions about the role or the application process?

Your contact for this project study is Jonas Helfen. Drop us a line at team@ecoverity.de or use the contact form.

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