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Are construction materials in Sweden traceable?
Journalists Åfreds, Nilsson and Bennewitz showcase that it is often impossible to gather information pertaining to commonly used construction materials. This...
EPD Standards
We describe EPD standards: ISO 14040, ISO 14044, ISO 14025, ISO 21930 and EN 15804+A2
Will EPD become mandatory in the near future?
The European Construction Products Regulation (CPR) is being updated – in December 2023, a provisional agreement on the CPR revisions has been reached by the...
Product Category Rules
The interest for Environmental Product Declarations continues to grow, however, it can happen that companies offer products for which EPD does not yet exist....
Inclusion of multiple products into a single EPD
Several products can be covered by a single EPD! The programme operator’s GPI (General Programme Instructions) and individual PCRs (Product Category Rules...
Variability in EPD results across programme operators
💭 Recently, an interesting article on variation and comparability of environmental product declarations EPD was published in the International Journal of Lif...
Seminar for Stockholm Material Hub
How replicable are LCA results and what affects their quality?
Ready for some more information on LCA?
The LCA methodology is fundamentally based on very simple premises – materials and processes generate Environmental Impacts and depending on the quantity of ...
So, you want to do a life cycle assessment – what now?
Maybe you have already figured out what an LCA is, maybe you know the required scope of your analysis, or maybe you have even started collecting data needed ...
Are you developing a new product and need an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)?
An EPD describes the product’s environmental impact in a transparent and comparable manner and is based on life cycle assessment (LCA).
GWP, do you know what it stands for?
Global Warming Potential (GWP) is one of the many environmental impact indicators you can choose from when doing a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) to measure the...
All you need to know about LCA and EPD
We describe what is an LCA and EPD
Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD)
Potential benefits of the CSRD
As the first companies are releasing their sustainability statements ahead of the reporting season in 2025, the discussion about the potential benefits of th...
Are construction materials in Sweden traceable?
Journalists Åfreds, Nilsson and Bennewitz showcase that it is often impossible to gather information pertaining to commonly used construction materials. This...
Game over for ESG reporting in Excel?
With the increasing number of sustainability-related directives and (mandatory) frameworks to comply with, the field of reporting is gradually changing as we...
CSRD Double Materiality
The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) encompasses a wide range of disclosure requirements. As first reports will be due in 2025 for financi...
Introduction to CSRD
CS…SRD… CSR-what? 📑
SMEs and Sustainability Reporting
Q1: Do SMEs need Sustainability Reporting?
Reporting
ISO climate-related amendments from 2024
In February 2024, ISO issued a climate-related amendment to 31 existing management system standards. This includes popular management systems such as ISO 1...
Our expectations and what we look forward to in 2024
We are entering the new year rested and refreshed, how about you? The start of 2024 marks an exciting year for sustainability legislation, both in the EU an...
SMEs and Sustainability Reporting
Q1: Do SMEs need Sustainability Reporting?
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EU Green Claims Directive
Are your products marketed as ‘eco-friendly,’ ‘natural,’ ‘recycled,’ ‘biodegradable’ and so on? 🐅♻️🗑️🌿 Can you substantiate these labels? The 2020 Europ...
Interview with Paula Picardo
The interview goes on to discuss Paula’s experiences and challenges in the sustainability field, her approach to promoting circular economy practices, and th...