29th May 2018
The Australian Department of the Environment and Energy has published a guidance document on how Australasian EPD holders can utilise a streamlined process to achieve carbon neutral certification against the National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS). The guidance was summarized during... Read more
29th May 2018
Andrew Marjoribanks may be officially “retired” after a lengthy career in the steel industry, but he remains an extremely active contributor to both the Steel Industry and sustainability initiatives. He is a board member of both the Australasian EPD Programme... Read more
29th May 2018
Planning for the next version of the Australian Green Star building environmental rating system has commenced. Due for release from 2020, it is proposed to include an increased focus on the environmental and social impacts of products and materials. A... Read more
29th May 2018
With the publication of the first solar power EPD in February, the International EPD® System has now published robust, quantified reports on the environmental impacts of all the key forms of “green” electricity. Chilean firm Acciona Energia prepared the first... Read more
29th May 2018
Our new website was launched recently in April following a major upgrade project. Key improvements of the new look website include ease of use on mobile devices, a new fully searchable Australasian EPD database (all Australasian EPDs are also still... Read more
29th May 2018
Lightweight packaging manufacturer, Ecolean, has become the first packaging system supplier to review their entire system with the rigorous analysis of EPDs. Not only has the company published EPDs for their packaging, they have also done so for their filling... Read more
29th May 2018
To date, Dulux Australia have published three EPDs for their paint products through the Australasian EPD Programme. We spoke to Dulux Brand Manager, Stephen Champion who explained that the verifiable, transparent nature of EPDs lends them a high degree of... Read more
29th May 2018
EPDs published with the Australasian EPD Programme have been downloaded 2,884 times over the last 12 months. This is an average of 70 downloads per EPD. The three most frequently downloaded EPDs were for Dulux Wall Paints, Holcim Reinforced Concrete... Read more
29th May 2018
Allied Concrete is committed to ongoing improvement in sustainable practice, and was the first company in the Australasian region to publish an EPD. We spoke to Allied Concrete’s Technical Project Manager Chris Munn about the decision to produce and EPD... Read more
24th Apr 2018
The Australasian EPD Programme’s Technical Advisory Group today issued a new guidance note on the selection of background life cycle inventory (LCI) data for use in a life cycle assessment (LCA) study intended to be published through an Australasian EPD.... Read more