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Winter holiday schedule ofthe SecretariatThe Secretariat will be closed fromDecember 21rd until January 7th. TheSecretariat wishes all EPD stakeholders onthe Northern hemisphere a very pleasantwinter holiday and a very nice summer forthose on the Southern hemisphere!

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NEWSLETTER #4 2019The International EPD® System is a global programme for environmentaldeclarations based on ISO 14025 and EN 15804. Our online database currentlycontains more than 1 100 EPDs for a wide range of product categories bycompanies in 45 countries.

Stay up to date with the latest news and information from the EPD Secretariat. With thislast newsletter of the year we would like to take the opportunity to thank you that you havebeen following us this year. We are looking forward and are excited to continueddevelopments in the field of EPDs in 2020!

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The EPD InternationalStakeholder ConferenceThanks to all who participated in the 7thEPD International Stakeholder Conferencein Bilbao. The conference welcomed morethan 60 participants from 12 countries.

You find all presentations and informationabout the main themes here. Below we are

happy to hear two participants, Yaprak Nayir and Roger Beuret about their key takeaways.

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Port of Bilbao applies EPD and wants more ports to followAlong with their work in sustainability, the Port of Bilbao has now created anEnvironmental Product Declaration (EPD). They want to take the correct measures,establish accurate diagnose and have the tool that allows them to undertake projects thatare truly significant in reducing environmental impact.

The Port of Bilbao is the first to publish an Environmental Product Declaration of portoperation (EPD) services in the EPD system. We had the opportunity to ask them a fewquestions about for example why they choose to create and publish an EPD and how it isto create an EPD for a service and not a product.

Here you will find the answers

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PCRs available for openconsultation - arable andvegetable crops, cosmetics,seats and finished bovineleatherThe Product Category Rule (PCR) for

Arable and Vegetable crops is new and aimed at replacing two previous PCRs, 2013:05(Arable crops) and 2011:20 (Vegetables). The PCR is available for open consultation until2020-01-17.

Following PCRs are being updated and also open for consultation: "Cosmetics" (2019-12-29), "Seats" (2020-01-17) and "Finished bovine leather" (2019-02-02).

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Key takeaways from YaprakNayir, Knauf InsulationYaprak Nayir is Sustainable SystemsEngineer at Knauf Insulation.

Key takeaways from RogerBeuret, SchindlerRoger Beuret is Environmental Manager atSchindler.

New organisation and rolesat the SecretariatThe interest in EPDs is growing. To bebetter prepared for current and futuredemands for life-cycle based environmentalinformation globally, the organisation of theSecretariat has been expanded accordinglywith new roles. The new main contactpersons for different areas are listed atwww.environdec.com/contact/Contact-persons

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The International EPD® System is a global programme for voluntary and transparent communication of the life cycleenvironmental impacts of goods and services. Since the publication of the first EPD in 1999, the database at

www.environdec.com currently consists of more than 1 100 certified environmental product declarations from organisations in45 countries.

The programme operator of the International EPD® System is EPD International AB, registered in Sweden. EPD Internationalis a subsidiary to IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute.

This e-mail is sent to jessica.kristrom@ivl.se.