EPD News
EPD International expands its work on climate-related and circular procurement.
14th Dec 2020
EPD International has recently accelerated its work on climate-related and circular procurement. One part of the work focuses on the unique possibility for EPDs to provide quantitative and comparable bids facilitating the daily work of procurement authorities. EPDs are also... Read more
EPD templates updated for construction products PCR
14th Dec 2020
The EPD template, Construction products, PCR 2019:14 (EN 15804:A2) and verification report, PCR 2019:14 (EN 15804:A2), have been updated by the International EPD System to suit version 1.1 of PCR for Construction products 2019:14. Click here to access updated documents.
Firth Uses EPD to Keep Improving
14th Dec 2020
Firth is New Zealand’s largest manufacturer of ready-mix concrete and concrete masonry, with almost a century of experience behind them. The company has a long-term commitment to improving sustainability in the New Zealand building and infrastructure sectors. When it came... Read more
BlueScope update EPDs – adding value to their customers
14th Dec 2020
BlueScope published Australia’s very first EPDs registered by EPD Australasia. Now, five years later they have released a suite of updated EPDs. Once again, BlueScope are first off the mark, this time being the first to publish to standard EN15804:2012+A2:2019... Read more
EPD owner survey: tell us what you think
14th Dec 2020
EPD Australasia recently conducted a survey of its EPD owners on the driver and barriers for EPDs and how we can better support our EPD owners. Many thanks go out to those who took the time to complete this as... Read more
Season’s Greetings and Christmas closure
14th Dec 2020
The EPD Australasia Secretariat will close for the Christmas period at midday NZDT on Thursday 24th December, re-opening on Monday 11th January. The deadline for submitting EPDs for publication before the end of the year, in the EPD Australasia database,... Read more
Technical guidance published on new PCR for construction products
8th Dec 2020
The EPD Australasia Technical Advisory Group has published a technical guidance note on the new Product Category Rules (PCR) for construction products. The standard EN 15804 “Sustainability of construction works. Environmental product declarations. Core rules for the product category of construction... Read more
Bombardier the First to Publish EPD for a Business Aircraft
6th Oct 2020
The range of EPDs continues to expand with Bombardier Aviation and the International EPD® System recently announcing the first publication of an EPD for business aviation, the Global 7500 aircraft. The aircraft EPD is third party verified and provides fully... Read more
Abodo Wood Recognises Need for Environmental Transparency
6th Oct 2020
Abodo is a family owned, New Zealand based timber company, priding themselves on producing beautiful, durable, and renewable timbers. The company has long had a strong environmental commitment: harvesting from certified rapidly renewable plantation forests, minimising transport related emissions and... Read more
InfraBuild: New Name, Same Commitment to Sustainability
6th Oct 2020
This month InfraBuild (formerly OneSteel) published revalidated and rebranded EPDs and included Material Circularity Indicator (MCI) metrics in recognition of the growing focus on the Circular Economy. We spoke to InfraBuild’s Construction Market Manager, David Bell about the value of... Read more