Shivananda ShettyDirector, Environmental ServicesShivananda.shetty@sgs.com

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n About SGSn What is EPDn Environmental Labeling typesn Market driversn Why EPD for buildings productsn Reference guideline for EPD.n Content of EPDn EPD registration processn EPD in construction sectorn SGS services for EPD

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Geographic presence - India

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WHAT IS A EPD

n An Environmental Product Declaration, EPD®, is a verified document that reports environmental data of products based on life cycle assessment (LCA) and other relevant information and in accordance with the international standard ISO 14025 (Type III Environmental Declarations).

n An environmental declaration, is defined, in ISO 14025, as quantified environmental data for a product with pre-set categories of parameters based on the ISO 14040 series of standards, but not excluding additional environmental information.

n An environmental declaration is created and registered in the framework of a type III environmental declarations program such as the International EPD® System.

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ENVIRONMENTAL LABELING TYPES

n Type I: ISO 14024 environmental labeling, national schemes

n Type II: ISO 14021 environmental labeling, self-declared

n Type III: ISO 14025 Environmental product declaration (EPD)

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EPD - MARKET DRIVERS AND POLICY

n Regulations§ Sector specific regulations, e.g. construction product regulation§ National regulations, e.g. in France

n EU Commission: support for sustainable consumptionn Green building initiatives

§ Mandatory for German Green building certification.§ USGBC Ver 4 has mandatory requirement.§ Other country GBC are working on several program and will sooner

or later make the EPD mandatory.§ In India IGBC is working on Green Product Rating Program.

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WHY EPD FOR BUILDING PRODUCTS

n The energy consumption of houses and buildings taking into account the whole life cycle is responsible for 40% of total EU energy consumption and is the main contributor to GHG emissions (about 36% of the EU’s total CO2 emissions).

(source European Commission)

n In the US, buildings account for:§ 36% of total energy use § 65% of electricity consumption§ 30% of GHG emissions§ 30% of raw materials use§ 30% of waste output (136 million tons / a)§ 12% of potable water consumption(source EPA / USGBC)

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CLASSIFICATION OF EPD SCHEMES

n Regional EPD schemes§ “European EPD scheme” => EU PEF and OEF§ National EPD schemes

n Sector-specific EPD schemes§ Building and construction:

• National EPD schemes- IGBC in India• ECO Platform

§ E+E : French P.E.P. Ecopassport

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REFERENCE GUIDELINES

n ISO 14040:2006 - Environmental management -- Life cycle assessment -- Principles and framework

n ISO 14044:2006 - Environmental management -- Life cycle assessment -- Requirements and guidelines

n ISO 14025 (Type III label) : is based on ISO 14040/44 and introduces two concepts: Product Category Rules (PCRs) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).

n ISO 15084 : The standard provides the means for developing a Type III environmental declaration of construction products and is part of a suite of standards that are intended to assess the sustainability of construction works.

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CONTENT OF AN EPD

n Product description and technical datan Additional information, e.g. information on fire performance,

disposal channels, etc.n Description of product‘s life cycle

§ Production processes and raw materials§ Installation of product§ Use phase§ End of life: recycling possibilities and disposal

n Life cycle assessment§ Chosen settings (system boundaries, goal and scope, cut-off criteria,

allocation, crediting, …)§ Result tables§ Interpretation

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EXAMPLE EPD

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EPD PROCESS

n Creating an Environmental Product Declaration in the International EPD® System includes the following steps:

§ Find or create relevant PCR document for the product category

§ Perform LCA study based on PCR

§ Compiling environmental information into the EPD reporting format

§ Verification

§ Registration and publication

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Country Programme operator

Name For what? Website

France AFNOR FDES Construction materials www.inies.fr

France AFNOR Consumer products http://affichage-enviromental.afnor.org

USA ASTM International ASTM International EPD Program

Construction materials http://www.astm.org/EPDs

Germany IBU EPD Construction materials www.bau-umwelt.comwww.epd-online.com

Spain CAATEEB DAPc Construction materials http://csostenible.net/sistema_dapc/index.php/dapc/es/epd

Sweden IEC The International EPD System

All kind of products / services

http://www.environdec.com/

Netherlands NVTB MRPI Construction materials http://www.mrpi.nl/

India IGBC Green Product rating

Construction materials https://online.igbc.in/igbc/?artid=452675

EXAMPLES OF NATIONAL EPD SCHEMES IN CONTRUCTION SECTORS

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EU PEF AND OEF

n EU Commission has developed two EPD methods for analysingenvironmental issues of products (Product Environmental Footprint (PEF)) and organisations (Organisation Environmental Footprint (OEF))

n EU aims to harmonize measuring and communicating environmental impacts: “single market for green products”

n EU PEF and OEF 3 year pilot phase started in November 2013 to test the methods and develop product group specific category rules (PEFCRs and OEFCRs)§ 1st wave of pilots (Non-Food): 15 projects were selected§ 2nd wave of pilots (Food, Feed and Drink): 10 projects are expected

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WHY PEF AND OEF?

n More than 400 environmental labels worldwiden around 80 reporting methods and initiatives only for GHGs⇒ Diversity of labels, methods and initiatives creates confusion and mistrust ⇒ How is it possible to prove that a product or company is green?

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Short term consequences- Calculation rules- PEF/OEF declaration rules

Short term consequences- Calculation rules- PEF/OEF declaration rules

Mid-term consequences- PEF labelling scheme

Policy consequences- Integration in existing policies- Addition as a new policy- Complete renewal of EF policy

Policy consequences- Integration in existing policies- Addition as a new policy- Complete renewal of EF policy

GLOBAL PEF AND OEF TIMELINE

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BEYOND THE PILOT PHASE

Source: M. Galatola: The EU Environmental Footprint pilot phase and further steps

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INVOLVEMENT IN EU PEF PILOT PHASE I

13 selected PEF pilot projects:

SGS is member of the Technical Secretariat in 2 PEF pilots and involved as stakeholder in 1 PEF piroject

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UPS – UNINTERRUPTIBLE POWER SUPPLY

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AISE - DETERGENTS

n Household detergents – international association for soaps, detergents and maintenance products (AISE): SGS Eco-design team is participating in technical secretariat as stakeholder to provide technical input in terms of PEFCR development and LCA knowledge

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UFIPA - STATIONERY PRODUCTS

n Lead by UFIPA : French stationery and office supplies association

n Producers and retailers are represented, EU widen Working closely with the Intermediate Paper Products, piloted by

the JRCn Paper-based products:

§ Papers for writing or printing§ Binders, forms, registers…§ Duplicator papers, gummed papers, special papers§ Envelopes, letter cards, postcards…

n The scope and representative product are currently being defined

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EU PEF PILOT PHASE II: FOOD

n Second EU pilot phase will start in June 2014 with focus on food, feed and drink sector and related products

n Application phase started in January 2014 and 7-10 additional projectswill be selected from the following sectors:§ Agriculture: crop cultivation and livestock husbandry§ Food processing: food products and beverages§ Fertilizers and pesticides§ Animal feed§ Food-packaging including bio-based packaging

n Basis for the work will be the Envifood Protocol from the EU Food SCP Roundtable which will be the standard for environmental profiles in food sector

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INVOLVEMENT IN EU PEF PILOT PHASE II

n SGS is in close cooperation with PEF World Forum/Thema 1 for second EU pilot phase

n A workshop for interested companies were organized in Berlinn Proposals for a joint project consortium with SGS and PEF World

Forum as overall management institution were sent to the following sectors:§ Beverage

• Mineral water• Beer • Wine

§ Meat• in discussion with several German meat manufacturer s (e.g. Westfleisch,

Wiesenhof, Heidemark/Velisco, Emsland Frischgeflügel, etc.)

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Country Programme operator

Name For what? Website

France AFNOR FDES Construction materials www.inies.fr

France AFNOR Consumer products http://affichage-enviromental.afnor.org

USA ASTM International ASTM International EPD Program

Construction materials http://www.astm.org/EPDs

Germany IBU EPD Construction materials www.bau-umwelt.comwww.epd-online.com

Spain CAATEEB DAPc Construction materials http://csostenible.net/sistema_dapc/index.php/dapc/es/epd

Sweden IEC The International EPD System

All kind of products / services

http://www.environdec.com/

Netherlands NVTB MRPI Construction materials http://www.mrpi.nl/

India IGBC Green Product rating

Construction materials https://online.igbc.in/igbc/?artid=452675

EXAMPLES OF NATIONAL EPD SCHEMES IN CONTRUCTION SECTORS

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EUROPE: ECO PLATFORM

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INVOLVEMENT IN ECO PLATFORM

n SGS and Intron are members of the Eco Platform.n SGS eco-design team is actively participating within 2 workings

groups of Eco Platform:§ Working group I: technical issues§ Working group II: quality management§ Working group III: internal & external affairs

n Good contact now to ITB Poland (Building research institute) and PLGBC (Polish Green Building Council)

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GERMANY: IBU

n IBU is program holder for EPDs and PCRs in Germanyn More than 500 EPDs have been published under IBU scheme.

This is a growth of 78% compared to 2011.n IBU is a strong and active member in Eco Platform.

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IBU MEMBERS: 138 MEMBERS IN 2013

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INVOLVMENT IN IBU EPD SCHEME

n SGS is listed on the IBU website as LCA consultancyn SGS consultants can become accredited verifiers of the

IBU schemen Client seminar with IBU and SGS will take place in

March 2014 at SGS Hamburg location to inform companies about EPDs

n IBU wants to enlarge scope and EPD market; SGS is a possible partner

n Within the EGNATON project SGS will create >30 EPDsfor the IBU scheme

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ORIGIN OF EPD OWNERS UNDER IBU SCHEME

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FRANCE: P.E.P. ECOPASSPORT

n French EPD scheme for products from electric, electronic and heating and cooling industries

n Around 30 members:

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INVOLVMENT IN P.E.P. PROGRAM

n SGS conducted P.E.P. Eco Passports for different products, e.g. for presence detectors

n SGS experts are accredited verifiers for the program.n SGS was involved in the development of product category rules.

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SGS SERVICES REGARDING EPDS

n Creation of EPDs including LCA study for different EPD schemes

n Critical review for EPDs for different EPD schemesn Development of PCRs for different EPD schemesn Review of PCRs

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Shivananda ShettyBusiness Director- Environment Services

SGS India Pvt Ltd226 Udyog Vihar, Phase I, Gurgaon- 122016, Haryana, IndiaPhone: +91 124-6776300, 6776357(Direct)Mobile: +91 9871794706Fax: +91 124 2399764E-mail: Shivananda.Shetty@sgs.comwww.sgs.com

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Nicolas KyndtGlobal Business Development & Planning ManagerGlobal Head of Studies & Consulting

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Phone: +41 (0)22 739 95 25Fax: +41 (0)22 739 98 15Mobile: +41 (0)78 904 49 98

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