Our company has obtained the #EPD, i.e. a document that accompanies products or services and allows us to communicate detailed, credible and verifiable information on their life cycle environmental performance. The EPD is a means of proof of compliance with the Minimum Environmental Criteria. The Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is a document that describes the environmental impacts related to the production of a specific quantity of a product or service: e.g. energy and raw material consumption, waste generation, atmospheric emissions, and discharges into water bodies.

The EPD is type III labelling, a document that communicates objective, comparable and credible information on the environmental performance of products and services. This information is purely informative, as it does not establish assessment methods, preference criteria or minimum levels that environmental performance must meet.

The declaration, created on a voluntary basis, must be prepared with reference to the life cycle analysis of the product based on an LCA (Life Cycle Assessment) study, which defines the consumption of resources (materials, water, energy) and the impacts on the surrounding environment in the various phases of the product life cycle. The minimum steps considered range from the extraction of raw materials, their transport to the manufacturing site and manufacturing itself, until the disposal of the product in question. The results are presented in summary form through the use of a series of environmental indicators, such as the amount of carbon dioxide emitted or GWP (Global Warming Potential) per declared unit of product (e.g. per tonne). Furthermore, the company also has the Minimum Environmental Criteria ((#MEC), i.e., the environmental and ecological requirements defined by the Ministry of the Environment aimed at guiding towards a rationalization of #consumptions and purchasing by providing indications for the identification of design solutions, products or services that are better from an environmental point of view.

By complying with certain procedures, we obtain advantages from which not only manufacturers, but also distributors and consumers can benefit. For some time, the company has been active in the optimization of costs deriving from energy consumption, seizing the added value given by the reduction of its impact on the ecosystem and, more recently, by the #business opportunities given by the new #building regulations.