Environmental Product Declaration

A third-party verified environmental declaration for a product or product family under a program operator and product category rule.

• That a product is environmentally preferable.
• That two GWP values are comparable without declared unit, PCR, lifecycle module, and geography checks.

• Has Environmental Product Declaration →

  medium risk

• Has Product-Specific EPD →

  medium risk

• Claims Low Embodied Carbon →

  high risk

• Claims Carbon Negative →

  high risk

Minimum authority

Third-party verified

Should state

Program Operator · Product Category Rule · Declared Unit · Lifecycle Modules · Valid Until

Date sensitivity

Expiry matters — check the certificate is current.

EPD scope may apply to a product family, plant, region, or configuration rather than every SKU.