Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is an independently verified and registered document that provides transparent and comparable information on the environmental impacts of a product’s life cycle.

An EPD can be intended to:

  • Present relevant environmental information
  • Demonstrate ongoing environmental improvements
  • Provide a fair, consistent comparison of environmental performance

 

The information contained in the declaration is objective and can be used in a variety of ways, regardless of who the EPD holder is trying to reach: designers, environmental managers, contractors, retailers or consumers themselves.

If required, we can take over the operational management of the entire process until the EPD is obtained.

Aim of application

Decision-makers in the following areas are the main beneficiaries of the information contained in the EPD:

  • Internal environmental management – Can be used to improve the environmental performance of products, which can be progressively improved through monitoring.
  • Communication between business partners – Communicate environmental performance with relevant and reliable data to supply chain actors to improve operational efficiency.
  • To professional consumers, end-users – communicating the values of the EPD to end-users (whether in marketing materials or on packaging), it is important that it has to be easy to understand

 

Applied standard: ISO14025:2006: Environmental labels and declarations – Type III environmental declarations – Principles and procedures

Applied software: GaBi Professional (Sphera) life cycle assessment software

Database used: Internationally recognized, verified and accepted databases: Sphera Professional database; Ecoinvent 3.7 database with thousands of processes

Most commonly used impact analysis methods: EN 15804 +A2.; CML2001; EF3.0; ISO14067.

 

References

  • Construction products (steel strand and wire products)
  • Food products

Contact

Renáta SÁNDOR, LCA Research Group Leader
Mobile: + 36-70 / 513-9583
E-mail: renata.sandor@bayzoltan.hu