Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) Services – Verified Product Sustainability Reporting
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For whom is a Environmental Product Declaration?
This service is designed for manufacturers, product developers, and organizations in sectors such as construction, electronics, and industrial production seeking to communicate the environmental performance of their products. EPDs are especially relevant for companies aiming to meet regulatory demands, achieve green building certifications, or enhance sustainability credentials.
This service is ideal for manufacturers, product designers, and businesses across sectors such as construction, electronics, manufacturing, and industrial production. EPDs are essential for companies aiming to:
- Meet regulatory and tender requirements
- Achieve green building certifications (LEED, BREEAM, DGNB)
- Provide transparent sustainability data to customers
- Improve product environmental performance
- Strengthen their position in global markets
Our services support organizations of all sizes—from SMEs to multinational corporations.
What is an EPD?
An Environmental Product Declaration is a standardized document that presents transparent, comparable information about a product’s environmental impacts throughout its life cycle. Kiwa’s EPD service covers the full process: life cycle assessment (LCA), data collection, report preparation, independent verification, and publication. The service supports clients from initial training and consulting through to software support and final EPD issuance.
An Environmental Product Declaration is an independently verified, standardized document that presents the environmental impacts of a product across its entire life cycle. EPDs provide consistent, science-based information that supports sustainable decision-making. They base the standards on ISO 14025, EN 15804, EN 50693, and relevant Product Category Rules (PCRs).
Kiwa’s EPD Services Include:
- Life Cycle Assessment (LCA): Full cradle-to-gate or cradle-to-grave impact assessment
- Data collection support, including templates and system modelling
- EPD report preparation aligned with global standards
- Independent third-party verification for credibility and compliance
- EPD publication and registration in recognized databases
- Training and expert consulting on LCA/EPD requirements
- Software support using Kiwa’s proprietary EPD calculation tools
- Global assistance through Kiwa’s international EPD expert network across multiple countries
Our multinational network ensures harmonized quality, local expertise, and efficient delivery times. No matter where your production or market is located.
What are the benefits of our EPD Services?
- Provides harmonized, science-based environmental data for products, supporting informed decision-making for clients, architects, and consumers.
- Enhances transparency and comparability of environmental impacts, such as global warming potential and resource use.
- Supports compliance with regulations and green building certification systems (e.g., BREEAM, LEED, DGNB).
- Identifies opportunities for product and process optimization, helping organizations reduce their environmental footprint.
- Strengthens market positioning by demonstrating credible sustainability performance.
- EPDs can also serve as a product’s carbon footprint declaration, supporting climate goals and stakeholder communication.
Why Choose Kiwa as your EPD partner?
Kiwa is an EPD service provider and offers recognized expertise in EPD development and verification, with a dedicated technical team and international network of experts. As an independent EPD program operator and verifier, Kiwa ensures high-quality, credible declarations. The service is supported by proprietary EPD accounting software R<think, integration with major databases, and efficient local and global support. Leading platforms and certification bodies recognize Kiwa’s experience, providing clients with reliable, competitive, and comprehensive EPD solutions.
Steps in the Process
Initial Consultation:
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA):
Data Collection and Report Preparation:
Independent Verification:
Publication and Registration:
EPDs: Frequently Asked Questions
What is an EPD?
An EPD is a standardized document that provides transparent and comparable environmental information about a product. EPDs fall under Type III Environmental Declarations according to ISO 14025 and are based on EN 15804 for construction products and EN 50693 for electronic and electrical products and systems. Before an EPD is published, it is verified by an independent third party to ensure its quality and credibility.
What does an EPD contain?
An EPD offers a transparent and scientifically grounded representation of a product's environmental impacts over its entire life cycle. Based on a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), it can cover all phases—from production and installation to usage and disposal. The EPD provides quantifiable data, such as the global warming potential or acidification potential, presented in a structured format. This enables clear traceability and comparability of environmental impacts.
Our EPDs are created by experienced experts who are well-versed in the rigorous requirements for environmental product information.
Why is an EPD needed, and what are its benefits?
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) provide a solid decision-making foundation for companies, planners, architects, and consumers. They create transparency about a product's environmental impacts, supporting the selection of sustainable materials, achieving climate goals, and enhancing market positioning through credible environmental information.
Through comprehensive analysis, EPDs also reveal optimization potential along material and energy flows. As an EPD includes information on CO2-equivalent emissions in the form of global warming potential, it can also be used as an carbon footprint of products (CFP).
In the construction sector, EPDs fulfill critical requirements of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR) and are essential for calculating the life cycle assessment of buildings. They are indispensable for sustainable certification systems such as BNB, DGNB, BREEAM, or LEED. EPDs are the key to sustainable construction and transparent communication of ecological responsibility.
How to get an EPD?
The process of obtaining your EPD is simple: Contact us for a brief online consultation where we discuss your specific requirements. We will then provide you with a tailored offer.
Contact us at: de.nachhaltigkeit@kiwa.com
There are three main options available:
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Full-Service Solution
We handle the entire process of creating your EPDs, including the independent verification by the program operator Kiwa-Ecobility Experts. We also coordinate communication and alignment with the external verification body. -
License for Our Online Tool R<THINK
With a license for our user-friendly online tool R<THINK, you can independently create EPDs and LCAs. We provide comprehensive onboarding and support you during the independent verification of your EPDs by the program operator Kiwa-Ecobility Experts. -
Combined Solution
We create your first EPD and then offer you a license for R<THINK, including onboarding. Since we also work with R<THINK, you can easily adopt and adjust the calculations we have prepared. This allows you to quickly and efficiently create EPDs for additional products based on our initial work.
How does an EPD project typically proceed?
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Kick-off Meeting
An EPD project starts with a kick-off meeting where we jointly define the relevant products, life cycle phases to be considered, and the goal and scope of the study. -
Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)
Based on the data you provide, we create a detailed life cycle assessment. We provide suitable templates for this process—available online or, if needed, on-site. -
EPD Compilation
The results of the life cycle assessment are then formatted into the standardized structure of an EPD in accordance with the relevant standards. -
Verification and Publication
After independent verification, the finalized EPDs can be published, for example, in industry-specific databases. As an established member of the ECO Platform, we also have the ability to make your EPDs available on the ECO Portal—for maximum visibility and reach.
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