Fast, Pre-Verified Environmental Product Data

A pre-verified platform enabling construction material manufacturers to create, manage and verify environmental data, such as LCAs, EPDs and DPPs, and turn them into business value. The platform gives LCA managers control over environmental product data, provides leadership with transparency for decision-making, enables product and procurement teams to improve materials and sourcing, and helps sales teams respond faster to customer expectations with verified information.
Solutions ESG compliance and reporting

Problem Addressed

Environmental product data is increasingly becoming a core requirement to do business. It is requested by customers in tenders and purchasing decisions. In the UK, new construction projects already mandate a lifecycle assessment (LCA) for the building and sometimes even set upper CO2 limits, for which the product data is required.

Yet today, most manufacturers still rely on manual, slow processes to create Product Carbon Footprints (PCFs), Life Cycle Assessments (LCAs) and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). These workflows are expensive and not scalable, taking 6 to 12 months per EPD and producing static documents that are difficult to update or use in decision making across the company. This leads to delays in sales, losing large deals and higher margins today and in the future high fines in the EU (up to €100k/product for non-compliance).

Also, in the EU, the new construction products regulation (CPR) includes requirements for verified environmental data in Declaration of Performance and Conformity (DoPC) and its digital format, Digital Product Passport (DPP). Without accurate, verified environmental data, manufacturers risk compliance and competitiveness.

Solution Overview

Emidat shifts how environmental data is generated and used. The platform automates the creation, management and verification of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and integrates the data into Digital Product Passports (DPPs). Through the free Emidat Atlas, the data can be easily accessed and shared with customers. Creating verified environmental product data now takes <10 days and costs significantly less.

By providing greater transparency into products’ environmental impact, manufacturers can strengthen their market positioning and ensure compliance with evolving regulatory requirements. The data is used across teams, in leadership to gain assurance for strategic decisions, product and procurement teams to design and source more efficiently, and sales teams to respond more quickly to customer expectations with verified, up-to-date information.

In the long run, Emidat is building the digital infrastructure to enable circular business models and a link to the physical product, making models like Product-as-a-Service feasible and raw material sourcing cheaper.

The system integrates with enterprise software through bulk upload and APIs which simplifies environmental data management and enables reporting to scale across multiple plants and product lines without additional verification costs per EPD. A guided workflow with structured data inputs makes it accessible for non-LCA experts.

To ensure reliability, third-party verifiers ensure that the underlying LCA data complies with EN 15804 and respective Product Category Rules (PCRs). Things like raw materials, scenarios and production processes are pre-defined and checked for plausibility based on the PCR. In addition, all input data is double-checked by Emidat, the manufacturer and an independent third party.

This integrated approach delivers Quality at Scale. Data accuracy, verification and usability come together in one connected system that supports the entire organisation. The platform unites PCFs, LCAs, EPDs (also for different Program Operators) and DPPs in a single verified workflow so manufacturers can manage climate performance with the same precision as cost and quality.

Company name

Emidat

UK availability

Yes

Solution launch date

March 2024

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Facts and Figures

Up to 90%

time and cost savings

150+

building material manufacturers using Emidat

20

countries covered

150k

EPDs / DPPs integrated in the Emidat Atlas

Case Study

Tarmac, a CRH company, one of the world’s largest building materials manufacturers, highlights Emidat’s impact. Initially, Tarmac relied on manual PCF and EPD creation, which was slow and costly. With Emidat, they automated the process, reducing EPD generation time from months to days and cutting costs significantly. After a successful pilot with 3 manual EPDs, they upgraded to the platform subscription, now rolling out the solution across plants and product groups. With Emidat, they are able to use their hard work on decarbonization backed by verified data as a competitive advantage and get ready for upcoming regulation.

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