Environmental product declaration (EPDs) for products and services
An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) reports the potential environmental impacts of a product or service from a life cycle perspective. IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute helps you prepare LCA input and EPD documentation and provides support ahead of verification, registration and publication.
EPDs are used to communicate environmental information to customers, clients and other actors in the value chain. An EPD is based on a life cycle assessment and follows established rules governing how results are calculated, verified and reported.
IVL can support the entire process of preparing the underlying information or contribute to individual parts. The work is tailored to the product, the availability of data and the requirements of the EPD programme in which the declaration will be registered.
Hire IVL for:
- Selecting relevant Product Category Rules (PCRs) and defining the goal, scope and system boundaries.
- Collecting and quality-assuring data, modelling and calculating environmental impacts.
- Preparing the LCA report and EPD documentation and providing support ahead of verification, registration and publication.
- Independent third-party verification of EPDs and related LCA documentation prepared by other organisations.
IVL has third-party verifiers approved within the International EPD System. We do not verify EPDs that we have prepared ourselves.
Contact us
Do you need to prepare an EPD or have an EPD prepared by another organisation verified? Contact Karin Sanne and we will help you identify an approach suited to your needs.
Examples of IVL's EPD work
IVL has prepared LCA input and EPD documentation for products in several sectors. For SSAB, we have worked on EPDs for hot-rolled and metal-coated steel products.
Read the declarations in the International EPD System:
- EPD for hot-rolled steel products: Hot rolled steel sheets and slit coils External link, opens in new window..
- EPD for metal-coated steel products: Metal coated steel sheets and coils External link, opens in new window..
FAQ about Environmental Product Declarations
Would you like to know more about how EPDs are used, which rules apply and how independent verification works? Read our questions and answers about Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
