Case Study
An Environmental Product Declaration for the Italian Ceramics Industry
An Environmental Product Declaration Challenges • Tackle an EPD project representing 82.6% of Italian ceramic tile production • Communicate the environmental performance of Italian ceramic tiles in an objective and transparent manner, while emphasizing sustainability activities and investments • Obtain tools to qualify for green building rating schemes (LEED, DGNB, BREEAM) and Italian green public procurement bidding procedures (CAM) • Identify potential improvement areas and projects for better environmental performance of products • Support individual companies in product-related environmental reporting Results and Benefits • Automated development of an average sector EPD • Monitoring of environmental performance in the Italian ceramic industry and for specific companies •