Understanding product carbon disclosure

Discover the role of EPDs in understanding, measuring and communicating product carbon impacts.

Event Type: Webinar

Date: November 4, 2026

Start Time: 12:00 pm AEDT Sydney, Melbourne / NZDT 2:00pm

Finish Time: 1:00 pm AEDT Sydney, Melbourne / NZDT 2:00pm

Location: Online

Cost: Free

You’re invited to join EPD Australasia for an online session to discover the role of EPDs in understanding, measuring and communicating product carbon impacts.

Mandatory climate-related disclosure regulations for organisations and voluntary schemes for product carbon disclosure such as Green Star, NABERS and IS Ratings are rapidly evolving across Australia and New Zealand. Building product suppliers are increasingly being asked to provide information about the carbon impacts of their businesses and products.

Disclosing the carbon impact of products can present both business opportunities and challenges. This webinar will explore how Environmental Product Declarations can help manufacturers and product specifiers understand the carbon impact of products across their life cycle and support credible carbon disclosure.

Speakers

Barbara Nebel – CEO, thinkstep-anz
David Bell – Manager Sustainability & Insight, InfraBuild
Steve Mitchell – Director Advocacy, EPD Australasia

Who should attend

Building product manufacturers
Businesses considering product carbon disclosure
Businesses with existing EPDs
Sustainable infrastructure professionals
Specifiers and building designers
Anyone involved in measuring and/or reducing carbon impacts

What we’ll cover:

In plain English: Explore the carbon metrics available in EPDs and what they mean.
Disclosure frameworks and requirements: An overview of NABERS, Green Star, IS Ratings, AASB, and Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions.
From measurement to action: Examples of how carbon metrics can be used to measure and reduce carbon impacts.
Live audience Q&A: An opportunity to ask our speakers your questions.

If you have questions you’d like addressed during the session, we encourage you to submit them when you register.

Webinar participants will be eligible for 1 GSAP/GSA Sustainable Development CPD points per GBCA and NZGBC requirements. Certificates of Attendance will be available on request.

We hope you can join us for this informative session. See you then!

Meet our speakers

Barbara Nebel - CEO, thinkstep-anz

Barbara is the founder and current president of the Life Cycle Association New Zealand (LCANZ). She has chaired the New Zealand working group for the development of ISO 14067 for product carbon footprinting and is a Certified LCA Practitioner and associate editor of the International Journal of LCA. Barbara initiated the Australasian EPD Programme and is a member of the Board of EPD Australasia and the Steering Group for New Zealand's Climate Leaders Coalition. She is also a judge of the Banksia Sustainability Awards and sits on the Executive Committee of the German New Zealand Chamber of Commerce.

David Bell - Manager Sustainability & Insight, InfraBuild

David has worked in the Australian steel industry for over 35 years, across a broad range of structural design, product development, and market-facing roles, since graduating with a B. Eng (Structural/Civil – Hons) from the University of Melbourne. In his current role, David focuses on engaging with the construction and infrastructure market to develop and deliver sustainable steel solutions for the built environment. InfraBuild’s new and updated EPDs include Material Circularity Indicator (MCI) metrics and pre- and post-consumer recycled content percentages for all products covered by the EPDs.

Steve Mitchell - Director Advocacy, EPD Australasia

Steve is a sustainability professional with a deep understanding of carbon disclosure, including biogenic carbon emissions and storage across a product’s life cycle. He specialises in sustainable construction products, waste recovery, and LCA-based environmental disclosure for building and construction products. Steve has over three decades of experience working with community organisations, state government and industry. In 2006, he initiated the development of verified EPDs for Australian timber products. A Director of EPD Australasia since 2015, Steve is a current member of the Responsible Products Initiative Roundtable and has previously served on the Green Building Council of Australia’s expert reference panel for Sustainable Materials.