eProductivity Software (ePS), Esko and CarbonQuota have joined forces for a partnership that the three companies said unites workflow automation, ERP and carbon intelligence into a single job record from design to delivery.
The businesses say the collaboration addresses the challenges of regulatory demands and increasing consumer expectations by connecting Esko’s Automation Engine and S2 platform with ePS’ ERP and CarbonQuota’s validated carbon calculation engine. This creates a ‘single, connected source of high-quality, decision-ready data across the packaging lifecycle’.
Geert De Proost, Director Product Offering at Esko. Says: “With this integration, jobs that once required multiple manual steps can now be produced through a single, fully automated workflow, empowering brand owners to calculate the carbon emissions of their packaging with confidence.”
Craig Tait, CPO at ePS, adds: “Our collaboration focuses on process efficiency. The bundled solution can be deployed in days. It delivers timely, consistent, and defensible carbon metrics that support both internal sustainability targets and external reporting requirements.”
The benefits of the integration are said to include:
- faster speed-to-market, as automating the link between ERP and pre-press removes manual interventions, significantly reducing turnaround times and the risk of errors;
- operational profitability, as data is captured once and reused across the entire lifecycle; and
- defensible sustainability, as carbon intelligence is embedded directly into the workflow to provide an auditable, estimate-to-actual sustainability record without switching tools or re-keying data.
Dominic Harris, co-founder of CarbonQuota, describes this as ‘a genuine game-changer for the industry’, saying: “Providing real-time, product-level carbon footprints directly within existing workflows eliminates manual processes and removes the risk of inaccurate calculations.”
“Our carbon calculators already integrate via API into the ePS and Esko software platforms, and as the two largest software providers in the packaging sector, embedding carbon calculations directly into their workflows was a natural next step for all parties.”
“For users, this transforms operations by making carbon a real‑time design and commercial input rather than a post‑production report. There is no disruption to how teams work and no changes to existing systems or processes are required.”
The outcome of this collaboration: certified, auditable CO₂e data that will meet packaging buyers’ sustainability requirements and support corporate ESG reporting, while improving transparency and reducing greenwashing risk.
