EPD News
Achieving a competitive advantage with Environmental Product Declarations
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
PIPA’s long-term commitment to sustainability
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
Case Study: Asaleo Care affirms market leadership with EPDs
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
Australasian EPDs recognized by ISCA Infrastructure Rating scheme
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
Kingspan EPD Case Study
6th Jun 2016
Kingspan recently published four EPDs for their Insulated Panel products. We spoke to Dr. Mark Tatum, Technical Manager to understand the motivation for developing their EPDs and why they decided to register their EPDs with the Australasian EPD Programme. “We... Read more
Workshop: Creating Business Value through LCA and EPDs
8th May 2016
Be part of an interactive workshop with Autex, Downer, Tork and LCANZ and find out how you can get most value out of your existing Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) studies. Get first hand expert insight on how to master the... Read more
Timber EPDs a Success in the Market. Data Update Announced
1st May 2016
In July 2015, five EPDs were registered with the Australasian EPD Programme and uploaded to the WoodSolutions website. “They are very successfully telling the ‘better than carbon neutral’ story for Australian softwood, hardwood, particleboard, MDF and plywood”, says Dr Chris... Read more
Advantages of Publishing EPDs in Australasia
4th Apr 2016
A recent article highlights the benefits of publishing EPDs with the Australasian EPD Programme. The article by James Logie of Edge Environment outlines how EPDs are recognized in Green Star rating tools from the Green Building Council of Australia (GBCA). In New... Read more
Record number of EPDs published in 2015
24th Jan 2016
Year on year, the number of verified EPD to EN 15804 appears to be doubling, with over 1000 registered globally over the past 12 months, and over 2000 now available from various programmes, read more at this article – https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/more-than-2000-verified-environmental-product-en-15804-jane-anderson A record number... Read more
Programme Board of Directors: 2015-2016
11th Oct 2015
The Australasian EPD Programme extends our thanks to outgoing Directors of the Programme for the period 2014015. Their contribution and governance has been very beneficial during the first year of the programme’s operation. In particular we acknowledge non-returning directors Bryan... Read more