Digitalisation enables efficient use of environmental data
“The environmental product declaration in PDF format is not particularly user-friendly. It is a complicated document, often 8-10 pages long, containing many abbreviations and a very large number of environmental indicators, in addition to a lot of other information. All sustainability initiatives in recent years and the upcoming regulatory requirements clearly indicate that there is a need to make EPD information available to a wider non-expert audience and ensure that it is used timely and correctly”, says Jøssang.
He points out that environmental data from EPDs is not the only information that is needed to make informed choices about products. Environmental performance must often be considered in conjunction with…