Product Data Becomes Business-Critical as EU Raises Requirements for the Construction Sector
Construction product manufacturers will be required under the revised EU Construction Products Regulation (CPR) to report environmental performance data as part of their Declaration of Performance and Conformity (DoPC) for inclusion in the Digital Product Passport. Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) offer both a compliance advantage and a strategic business opportunity as companies adapt to the new requirements.
The construction industry is entering a new era of transparency and accountability as updated EU regulations place greater emphasis on environmental product data. Under the revised Construction Products Regulation (CPR), manufacturers will be required to report environmental performance information as part of their Declaration of Performance and Conformity (DoPC), information that consequently will be fed into a Digital Product Passport.
For companies already working systematically with Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs), the transition presents both a compliance advantage and a strategic business opportunity. EPDs provide verified, life-cycle-based environmental data that can be used across climate calculations, procurement processes, sustainability reporting, and stakeholder communications.
EPD International, which operates one of the world’s leading EPD programmes and databases, sees strong alignment between today’s EPD practices and tomorrow’s regulatory requirements. The organisation is currently in the process of becoming an accredited notified body to verify environmental data for construction products under the updated EU framework.
According to CEO Sebastiaan Stiller, the goal is to help manufacturers not only meet upcoming regulatory requirements but also leverage high-quality environmental data in product development, purchasing, sales, Digital Product Passports, and market communication.
As the regulatory landscape evolves, environmental data is becoming as important to business success as price, quality, and delivery performance. The question is no longer whether environmental product data will become business-critical, but how quickly companies will adapt.
This article is a revised and expanded version of an article originally published in Dagens Industri and is reproduced here in English with permission.
