LCBI – Logistics Buildings

The First Pan-European Low-Carbon Standard Dedicated to Logistics Assets

Measure, benchmark, and certify whole life-cycle carbon performance across Europe in alignment with 1.5°C decarbonization pathways. The LCBI Logistics Framework is officially live across 10 European countries, since August 2026.

LCBI Logistics Certification Scheme
Logistics Reporting Sheet

The LCBI methodology measures building footprints from construction to operation, until end of life. The measures gathered during the Life Cycle Analysis are then compared to rigorous limit values, and labels granted according to performance achieved. It is available for logistics new buildings.

Why LCBI Logistics ?

As one of the most dynamic real estate segments and a significant contributor to global CO? emissions, logistics assets had, until now, lacked a dedicated European carbon-focused certification scheme.

This gap led to a proliferation of low-carbon claims without a verifiable basis. LCBI Logistics solves this by providing a unified, standardized European framework—including clear limit values—to accurately measure and value low-carbon industrial real estate.

Key features of LCBI Logistics :

  • Pan-European scope: Applicable in France, Belgium, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Italy, the United Kingdom, the Czech Republic, and Poland;
  • Whole life-cycle approach: Evaluates embodied, operational and biogenic carbon;
  • Tested on the ground: Calibrated and proven through 18 real-world European case studies.
  • EPBD & Taxonomy ready: Gives developers and investors a head start on mandatory European Life Cycle Assessment rules coming into force by 2030.
  • Available for New buildings

Get certified : tools & independant auditing

In line with LCBI’s mission to accelerate decarbonization for the entire real estate sector, the complete LCBI tools are publicly available.

Certification process :

  • Access the LCBI framework and reporting spreadsheets directly from our site
  • Evaluate your carbon footprint against LCBI’s limit values
  • Ensure market credibility through independent verification by recognized partners Certivea or Bureau Veritas.

To start certification process, you can reach out directly to lcbi@batimentbascarbone.org or to certifiers.

A collaborative industry initiative

Coordinated by the Technical Commission (led by ELAN, Artelia, and Elioth by Egis) and built on the BBCA Association’s 10+ years of pioneering expertise in carbon accounting, LCBI Logistics is the result of a one-year collaborative work :

  • Industry Steering Committee: AEW, APRC Group, BNP Paribas Asset Management Alts, Baytree, GSE, Lidl, Virtuo Industrial Property, Groupe IDEC, and STEF.
  • Industry Dialogue: Developed in continuous connection with the broader sector through our partnership with AFILOG.
  • Data benchmark: Thresholds established using dedicated datasets provided by One Click LCA.

Our Logistics Sponsors

Baytree Logistics Properties by AXA

Baytree is a pan-European developer of industrial and logistics buildings and is committed to environmental restoration, regeneration and enhancement. Baytree’s goals are for commercially productive, socially beneficial and ecologically intelligent developments which stand the test of time.

Virtuo

Virtuo Industrial Property is an independent, mission-driven company specializing in industrial and logistics real estate. It offers an innovative and virtuous approach by promoting intentional logistics, in which environmental impact and local economic benefits are prioritized.  

It seeks to conciliate economic and environmental performance by guiding enterprises towards sustainable and value-creating activities. Its areas of expertise include the design, construction, and operation of logistics platforms, real estate consulting, and the management of investor and institutional relations.

GSE Group

Since its creation in 1976, GSE has specialized in commercial real estate. As a general contractor, GSE takes complete charge of construction projects, from land search and qualification to after-sales service, including technical studies, design and construction. GSE creates intelligent, sustainable buildings in the industrial, logistics and service sectors. GSE is also involved in the construction of data centers and aboveground parking lots, and has launched a business dedicated to building renovation.

GSE generated sales of 875.5 million euros in 2023/24 (year-end March 31). A “Mission Company” since 2023, the group has over 600 employees in six countries in Europe and China, including 14 locations in France. Since 2019, GSE has joined the GOLDBECK Group, the European market leader in turnkey construction with sales of over €6 billion, employing around 12,000 people at over 100 sites.

APRC Group

Créé en 2006, APRC Group compte plus de 110 collaboratrices et collaborateurs, et réalise un chiffre d’affaires de près de 200 M€. Il se positionne comme un incubateur de projets immobiliers responsables reposant sur la synergie des expertises de ses entités complémentaires :

  • APRC, contractant général, ingénieriste et constructeur clés en mains, ayant à son actif plusieurs millions de mètres carrés construits pour le compte d’investisseurs, exploitants logisticiens et utilisateurs de la grande distribution et industriels.
  • KSI, développeur de solutions immobilières au service de ses clients.

KSI, développeur de solutions immobilières au service de ses clients. APRC Group se déploie désormais à l’international avec notamment des équipes en Italie et en Espagne qui ont pour vocation d’apporter sur ces deux régions d’Europe le savoir-faire et l’expertise du groupe dans la mise en œuvre d’infrastructures immobilières partout où les acteurs économiques ont besoin de se positionner, en s’appuyant notamment sur son approche Supply Chain.

En 2023, avec sa filiale APRC, APRC Group est le premier contractant général à obtenir la triple certification ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 45001. En 2024, c’est KSI qui à son tour a été triplement certifiée.

Lidl

Lidl France, a major player in the mass retail sector, has 1,600 supermarkets and 46,000 employees. Owner of 80% of its real estate, Lidl has been modernizing its sales areas since 2012, while integrating the challenges of the ecological transition. Since 2020, the company has been actively committed to reducing the carbon footprint of its real estate, notably through the creation, in collaboration with ELAN, of a low-carbon label for industrial buildings. This label is in line with the objectives of the Paris Agreements, guiding real estate projects right from the design stage.

Lidl has also developed an innovative tool for defining precise carbon targets in line with climate neutrality objectives, and a multi-criteria decision-making methodology coupled with LCA, enabling the most responsible construction solutions to be chosen. At the same time, Lidl supports the local economy, with 73% of its assortment sourced from French suppliers. This approach embodies its model combining proximity, responsibility and sustainability, reinforcing its role as a leader committed to the ecological transition.

AEW

The AEW Group is one of the world’s leading real estate investment advisors and asset managers, with €77.4 billion in assets under management at September 30, 2024. The AEW Group employs more than 870 people, with offices in Boston, London, Paris and Singapore.

The AEW Group offers its customers a wide range of real estate investment products, including sector funds, mandates and listed real estate securities, across a broad spectrum of investment strategies. The AEW Group represents the real estate investment management platform of Natixis Investment Managers, one of the world’s leading asset managers.

IDEC Group

As a major player in the real estate sector, with more than twenty specialised firms, IDEC operates in France and abroad to plan, develop, finance, provide innovative energy solutions and design and build all types of buildings. IDEC is positioned as a responsible player in the area of energy transition and limiting land-take.

IDEC approaches each new project with the local authorities to reinvigorate their areas by creating new living and working spaces. This commitment is materialised by a determination to contribute to the green growth of towns, businesses and people while embracing the challenges of coherent and practical sustainable economic development.

STEF Group

Crée en 1920, STEF est un groupe européen indépendant, leader du transport et de la logistique des produits alimentaires, qui travaille main dans la main avec les producteurs, distributeurs et restaurateurs.

STEF est implanté dans 8 pays (France, Italie, Espagne, Portugal, Suisse, Pays-Bas, Belgique et Royaume-Uni), exploite 305 sites dont 220 entrepôts détenus en propre, emploie près de 25 000 collaborateurs et a généré un chiffre d’affaires de 4,8 Md€ en 2024.

Le Groupe STEF est engagé dans une démarche RSE ambitieuse, visant à améliorer la sécurité au travail, à réduire son empreinte carbone, à promouvoir l’équilibre social et à favoriser l’inclusion, notamment via le programme Mix’Up, tout en développant des solutions logistiques durables et innovantes.