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Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and FDES (Environmental and Health Declaration Sheet)
Thanks to its expertise in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), Materia Nova possesses all the necessary skills to carry out Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) as well as FDES (Fiches de Déclaration Environnementale et Sanitaire), in compliance with both European and French regulations.
An EPD is a standardized document that transparently presents the environmental impacts of a product throughout its entire life cycle. It is always based on a rigorous LCA, verified by a third party, and recognized internationally.
An FDES is a specific type of EPD tailored to construction products in France. In addition to standard environmental data, it includes health-related information, such as indoor air emissions and impacts on human health. It is especially required for projects subject to French environmental regulations (RE2020).
Producing an EPD or an FDES offers many benefits for industrial companies and manufacturers:
Internally: better understanding of the environmental performance of your processes, identification of ecodesign opportunities, potential efficiency gains, and cost reduction.
Externally: enhanced product value, strengthened competitive positioning, and the ability to meet growing customer and specifier demands for sustainability.
A detailed mandatory report is also provided alongside the EPD or FDES. This document helps in understanding the results and identifies improvement opportunities throughout the product's entire life cycle.
Critical review
In order to garanty the scientific and technical quality of an LCA study, the resulst can be submitted to a critical review (required by the standards in case the results are disclosed to the public). Materia Nova can step in as an independent expert in this process to review and validate the studies carried on by a third party, in accordance to the ISO-14044 and ISO-14071 standards.