Carl Dalhammar
Senior lecturer
International Survey of the Costs of Assessment for Environmental Product Declarations
Author
Summary, in English
Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are used to communicate product's environmental performances to relevant stakeholders, whereas Product Category Rules (PCRs) provide guidelines for making EPDs in different product categories. Little is known regarding the cost for developing EPDs and PCRs. We therefore conducted an international survey, and 15 responses from EPD certification operators were collected. The total cost for creating a PCR and an EPD, was in the range USD 13,000-41,000 and the workload was 22-44 person-days. Our survey revealed eight breakdown costs as well. Multiple regression analysis showed several statistical relationships between cost/workload and characteristics of EPD programs.
Department/s
- The International Institute for Industrial Environmental Economics
Publishing year
2017
Language
English
Pages
727-731
Publication/Series
Procedia CIRP
Volume
61
Document type
Journal article
Publisher
Elsevier
Topic
- Environmental Management
Keywords
- assessment cost
- environmental product performance
- life cycle assessment (LCA)
- product category rule (PCR)
- type III eco-label
Status
Published
ISBN/ISSN/Other
- ISSN: 2212-8271