What is a climate declaration?

Climate declarations are a further development of environmental product declarations (EPD). An EPD shows the environmental impact of a product or service throughout its life cycle. A climate declaration is an excerpt of all climate-related data from an EPD, declared in so-called CO₂-equivalents.

When calculating the climate impact for a product or service it is important to take into account a number of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and methane. One must also calculate the emissions size for the whole life cycle. The climate declaration provides information on were in the life cycle that the emissions occur and the amount of greenhouse gases that is emitted.

The method for producing climate declarations follows relevant standards from the International Organization for Stadardization; for life-cycle analysis (ISO 14040 and 14044) and for environmental declarations (ISO 14025). Climate declarations are also reviewed and approved by an independent verification.