Environmental Product Declarations (EPD) provide information on the environmental performance of products and services from a life cycle perspective. One of the most important areas of application is green procurement.

The international EPD^®system was founded by the Swedish Environmental Management Council based on a business initiative. Since the launch of the original EPD^®system in Sweden in 1998 it has attracted interest from a number of different countries and has accordingly been gradually transformed into an international system.

After a recent revision of the international EPD^®system, it complies with most markets' requests for a globally accepted communication system. It  also meets the customer need for quality assurance and provides comparable information for products. The system complies with international standards for life cycle assessments and environmental declarations (ISO 14040, 14044 and 14025).

Further information about the international EPD^®system  will be found on the international website www.environdec.com