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EPD – environmental product declarations

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What is an EPD environmental product declaration?

An EPD (Environmental Product Declaration) is a standards-based, third-party verified document that describes the environmental impacts of a product throughout its entire life cycle — from raw material extraction and manufacturing to use and end-of-life.

The preparation of an EPD is guided by the European standard EN 15804 and the international standard ISO 14025. These standards ensure that the documented information is transparent, comparable and consistent. An EPD can be prepared for an individual product or for an entire product group when the products are similar in terms of materials and manufacturing processes.

Building Act as a background driver

The new Building Act by the Ministry of the Environment entered into force at the beginning of 2025. As a result, the construction provisions of the Land Use and Building Act will be repealed and the name of the remaining act will change to the Land Use Act. Some of the changes will enter into force on 1 January 2026.

The Building Act – which will in future be the Land Use Act – requires a material declaration and climate report for certain buildings. As part of this documentation, an EPD serves as a document that the builder or contractor attaches to the building’s climate report.

What are the benefits of an EPD?

An EPD environmental product declaration provides:

Comparable and standardized environmental information between different products.
A transparent and verified way to present environmental impacts throughout the life cycle.
The opportunity to examine the product’s life cycle as a whole based on consistent methods.

An EPD enables environmental impacts to be examined clearly, systematically and in an internationally recognised format.