EPD News
Green Star New Zealand consults on upgrade to include more embodied carbon focus
9th Dec 2021
Green Star is New Zealand’s largest voluntary and truly holistic sustainability rating system for buildings, fitouts and communities and they want your help. Green Star is currently upgrading with a greater focus on cutting embodied carbon, a consultation document is... Read more
EPD Australasia joins Australian embodied carbon leadership group MECLA & the Infrastructure Sustainability Council (ISC)
7th Dec 2021
EPD Australasia is excited to be part of the Materials & Embodied Carbon Leaders’ Alliance MECLA – a collaborative effort to reduce embodied carbon in the building and construction industry. We are in good company with over 100 organisations from across... Read more
Development process for New Australian Embodied Carbon Rating Tool Announced
7th Dec 2021
The National Australia Built Environment Rating System (NABERS) have announced the development of a new rating tool for embodied carbon, due to be completed in 18 months. The tool aims to create a national baseline and will roll out as... Read more
New Zealand King Salmon on their world-first EPD
7th Dec 2021
For more than 30 years the New Zealand King Salmon Company has been growing King salmon and is now the world’s largest producer of this unique species. The company has a strong commitment to sustainability. They see aquaculture’s potential as... Read more
Concrete sector embraces environmental benchmarking using EPDs
7th Dec 2021
The concrete industry is investing heavily in EPDs as a way to benchmark their environmental impacts. In the past 3 months alone EPD Australasia has published 6 EPDs for businesses in this sector. This brings the total number of Australasian... Read more
100th EPD Published in Australasia, over 2,500 internationally
26th Nov 2021
EPD Australasia is delighted to announce the publication of the 100th EPD in our region. It is rewarding to see the momentum for verified transparent data as the world tries to grapple with environmental impacts. We congratulate Zenith Interiors whose... Read more
Wed 15 Dec: last day for submitting EPDs for pre-Christmas publication
26th Nov 2021
The last day for submitting EPDs for publication prior to Christmas will be Wednesday 15th December. EPDs can be submitted after this date however they may not be published until the new year. The EPD Australasia Secretariat will close at... Read more
Validity date of Construction Product PCR 2021:01 (EN15804:A1) extended to 28 February 2022
9th Nov 2021
Due to the huge success of EPDs in the construction sector, and temporary regional shortages of approved verifiers, the International EPD System and EPD Australasia have now formally extended the sunset date for PCR 2012:01 Construction products and construction services,... Read more
EPD Australasia and GECA announce agreement to support business obtaining both ISO compliant ecolabels and EPDs
21st Sep 2021
EPD Australasia and GECA are pleased to announce an agreement to support Australian businesses obtaining ISO compliant ecolabels and environmental product declarations (EPDs) for their products. The agreement provides a mutual discount for GECA licensees registering an EPD with EPD... Read more
Public Consultation now open on the Technical Guidance Note for Asphalt Mixture EPDs (previously an Annex to the PCR for Asphalt Mixtures)
25th Aug 2021
Start open consultation: 2021-09-30 Deadline open consultation: 2021-10-29 Technical Guidance Note review and approval: 2021-11-12 Publication: 2021-11-19 This document was previously published as an Annex to the PCR for Asphalt mixtures and is now open for public consultation as a Technical Guidance Note to... Read more