The subject seems complex: several programmes, acronyms everywhere, a vocabulary that changes from one country to another. In reality, everything stems from the same logic (an LCA, a common normative base) and is then adapted by programme. This page gives you both levels of reading: the base common to all programmes, then the detail of each one.
It is a type III declaration (ISO 14025), based on an LCA (ISO 14040/14044), with additional EN 15804+A2 requirements in construction, and EN 50693 for electrical and electronic products. What sets it apart from marketing communication: the existence of a known methodological framework and verification by an independent third party.
In Europe and around the world, several institutions, called Programme Operators, work to bring methodological frameworks to market. An EPD can therefore have a different name depending on the programme chosen. Whatever the name, the method is the same and so is the information provided.
PCR (Product Category Rules) and PSR (Product Specific Rules).
product data.
according to the applicable standard.
by an accredited third party.
in a programme operator.
It is this chain, essentially identical from one programme to another, that allows Qweeko to build a single LCA model and adapt it to several programmes.
Before comparing the programmes with one another, three elements to systematically identify in each:
The body responsible for the programme and its register.
A common methodological framework per large product family, and methodological frameworks specific to each product category.
A third-party verifier accredited by the programme, independent of the declarant.
The six sections that follow apply this reading grid to each European programme relevant to your products.
Deep green: PEP Ecopassport, the only EEE-specialised programme. Click a bar to open the programme sheet.
| Programme | Origin | EPD order of magnitude | EPD EEE & CVC | Annual growth (EEE) | EEE specialisation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PEP Ecopassport | France | > 5 000 | > 5 000 | 2 % | Yes |
| International EPD System | Sweden | 19 000 | < 1 000 | 60 % | No |
| EPD Norge / EPD Global | Norway | 10 000 | 2 300 | 30 % | No |
| EPD Italy | Italy | > 2 000 | 113 | 1 118 % | No |
| IBU | Germany | 3 500 | 2 000 | 1 820 % | No |
| EPD Denmark | Denmark | 700 | 200 | 154 % | No |
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