5th Jul 2017
There have been a number of exciting new appointments in recent months at The Australasian EPD Programme. Stephen Mitchell was elected Chair of the Australasian EPD Programme’s Board of Directors in March – taking over from Malcolm Garnham who served... Read more
5th Jul 2017
BlueScope Steel have recently released an EPD on the COLORBOND® steel standard colour range. Click here to see the EPD. We spoke to Ross Davies, Sustainability Manager at BlueScope about the process and the future of EPDs. What prompted BlueScope to... Read more
5th Jul 2017
Originally published in Steel Australia (March 2017). Republished with kind permission of the Australian Steel Institute. OneSteel has proven its commitment to sustainability by becoming the first Australian manufacturer of steel long products to release Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). OneSteel has released... Read more
5th Jul 2017
Jeff Vickers from thinkstep in New Zealand is the latest to become an approved EPD verifier. Jeff started working in Life Cycle Assessment a decade ago, and first became involved with EPDs about 6 years ago while working in the... Read more
13th May 2017
Update to the General Programme Instructions (GPIs) – The Australasian EPD Programme Ltd has just issued a new document, the Instructions of the Australasian EPD Programme – a Regional Annex to the General Programme Instructions. (2018) Version 3.0 Published 9.18.2018.... Read more
22nd Sep 2016
David Trubridge Ltd is a company driven by strong environmental responsibility which informs all aspects of its design and production. The company is dedicated to environmentally responsible manufacturing and their EPD didn’t signal a change of direction; it was just... Read more
19th Sep 2016
Proactive companies that want to transparently report about their environmental footprint are increasingly publishing Environmental Product Declarations (EPD), both in Australasia and in overseas global markets. Download this brochure to learn why EPDs are the perfect tool to communicate environmental information.... Read more
9th Aug 2016
The Plastics Industry Pipe Association of Australia (PIPA) is committed to ensuring the environmental impact of plastics pipeline systems exceed required life cycle standards and believes the Australasian Environmental EPD Programme can help it in this goal. According to PIPA’s... Read more
9th Aug 2016
Asaleo Care, producer of iconic personal hygiene brands Tork, Purex, Handee and Sorbent has published Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for handtowels and toilet tissue under the Australasian EPD® Programme. In a new case study, Asaleo Care sustainability manager Jane Mansfield... Read more
8th Jun 2016
EPDs are now recognized in the latest release of the IS rating scheme from the ISCA. An important distinction is that the ISCA requires EPDs to be verified to be compliant with both ISO 14025 and EN 15804 standards. Find... Read more