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Carl Dalhammar

Carl Dalhammar

Senior lecturer

Carl Dalhammar

International Survey of the Costs of Assessment for Environmental Product Declarations

Author

  • Tomohiro Tasaki
  • Koichi Shobatake
  • Kenichi Nakajima
  • Carl Dalhammar

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