EPD News
PROFILE: Maartje Sevenster – Latest Approved EPD Verifier
26th Feb 2018
Maartje is an independent consultant advising industry, government and NGOs on life cycle thinking and sustainability assessments. She has 15 years experience in the field, including a decade with Dutch think-tank CE Delft, before moving to Australia and establishing Sevenster... Read more
International EPD publishes 1,000 declarations – 5,000 construction product EPDs published worldwide
26th Feb 2018
The International EPD System has announced their register now includes one thousand environmental declarations from 37 countries. Half of these were registered in the period 2014-2017, indicating that the interest has grown enormously in recent years. After construction products, the... Read more
Forest and Wood Products Australia share their EPD experience
26th Feb 2018
Forest and Wood Products Australia (FWPA) have recently published an industry-wide EPD for glued laminated timber (glulam). We caught up with Research and Development Manager, Chris Lafferty, to find out how the newly minted EPD will be used. Why did... Read more
Details Finalised for Streamlined Australian Carbon Neutral Certification for Australasian EPD Registrants
26th Feb 2018
The guidance document that details the streamlined approach for business with an Australasian EPD for certification under the Australian Government’s National Carbon Offset Standard for Products and Services has been finalised. It will be published this week by the Department... Read more
General Programme Instructions Version 3.0 published
21st Dec 2017
Version 3 of the General Programme Instructions (GPI) has been published, setting a new set of rules for operation and management of the International EPD® System according to ISO 14025. The update was made to stay relevant and up-to-date following... Read more
Profiting from the global growth and harmonisation of EPDs
11th Nov 2017
A webinar on demand featuring speakers from The Australasian EPD Programme, LCANZ and thinkstep was recorded on 12 October 2017 (available here https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/3886945513907045891). Following on from this successful webinar, sustainability expert Florian Nebel from thinkstep has penned this blog which... Read more
PROFILE: JONAS BENGTSSON
11th Nov 2017
Meet Jonas Bengtsson: LCA consultant and the Vice Chair of the Australasian EPD Programme’s Technical Advisory Group (TAG). Jonas is the CEO and co-founder of multinational sustainability consultancy Edge Environment. As well as serving the industry through his role on... Read more
New EPD Hubs and Programmes in Brazil, India and Ireland
11th Nov 2017
New regional hubs for local support, registration and promotion of EPDs have been established in Brazil and India. They join New Zealand and Australia (Australasian EPD Programme), Chile and Mexico (EPD Latin America) and Turkey (EPD Turkey) as part of... Read more
Martin Fryer Joins Australasian EPD Board
11th Nov 2017
The Sustainability Manager for Auckland Airport, Martin Fryer, has been nominated by LCANZ to join the Australasian EPD Board of Directors. Responsible for implementing Auckland Airport’s sustainability policy, Martin brings extensive sustainability experience to the Board. He began his career... Read more
Highlights of the EPD International Stakeholder Conference in London
11th Nov 2017
Jane Anderson from thinkstep provided us with this overview from the International EPD Stakeholder Conference held in London in September. Sven Olof Ryding from the Swedish Environmental Research Institute opened the conference, highlighting the progress that LCA and EPD have... Read more