EPD International at Byggmaterialdagen: EPDs Continue to Drive Transparency and Climate Action
EPD International participated in a panel discussion at Byggmaterialdagen with the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning (Boverket), Castellum, LK Systems, and Tyréns. The panel highlights the continued importance of EPDs as a key tool for understanding, improving, and communicating the environmental performance of products.
On 5 November, EPD International took part in this year’s Byggmaterialdagen, an annual conference bringing together key actors from across the construction value chain to discuss the importance of materials, current challenges, and future solutions. The Market and Support Manager at EPD International joined a panel discussion, exploring how Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) can become an even stronger driver for reducing climate impact.
The discussion underscored that EPDs are, and will remain, a powerful instrument for understanding, improving, and communicating the environmental performance of products. EPDs help companies quantify their climate impact, respond to customer demands in procurement and green building schemes, and prepare for evolving regulatory frameworks. As third-party verified and transparent data, they also enable comparability and foster trust across markets.
The panel featured fellow representatives from the Swedish National Board of Housing, Building and Planning (Boverket), Castellum, LK Systems, and Tyréns, who discussed upcoming developments in methodology and policy, particularly the 2024 revision of the Construction Products Regulation (CPR). The updated CPR introduces new environmental requirements, mandating lifecycle-based declarations of product impacts.
Another key theme was the increasing use of digital tools in EPD development. EPD International highlighted a strong growth in both registered EPDs and clients, reflecting rising global demand for credible environmental data. The organisation has invested in full digitalisation through its Compiler tool and new API integrations, enabling easier development, sharing, and management of EPD data to empower better data-driven sustainability decisions.
