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Comprehensive environmental assessment of a chemical product

Eco-efficiency analysis of products or processes

Handling and reporting environmental information

How to perform an LCA

How to perform an LCC

How to perform an EPD

Background

Working procedure

Experiences

How to perform application specific ERA

Material declaration and recycling description

Policy controlled environmental management

Product Stewardship implementation

Basing environmental arguments on ISO/TS 14048 documented facts

Strategy for producing environmental information formats

Strategy for steering environmental work within SCA

Strategy for the use of LCA within SCA

How to perform an EPD

The aim of this strategy is to give guidance on how to conduct an EPD, Environmental Product Declaration. The strategy is based on experiences from ABB.

Background

Printable version of strategy

EPD provide customers and the market in general with third party, verified and comparable information on environmental performance of products and services.

LCA experts and R&D personnel are the intended users of this example and marketing personnel and customers are the intended users of the EPDs.

Since an EPD is based on an LCA study it is a prerequisite to have access to LCA competence and tools.

Working procedure