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Generating EPDs at Scale: The Challenge Cement Companies Have Solved with a Tool Developed by inèdit
This tool is the result of a joint project between IECA and inèdit, which adapted its environmental quantification tool, èdit, to the specificities of the Spanish cement sector. The cement companies CEMEX, Cementos Portland Valderrivas, Votorantim, Çimsa, and Molins have been the first to calculate and verify the Environmental Product Declaration for all their cements, reinforcing transparency and compliance with increasingly stringent regulations. The tool has also been used to develop sector-wide EPDs for Spanish cements, promoted by IECA.
The new European Construction Products Regulation (EU 2024/3110) requires manufacturers to provide reliable environmental data on their products, making Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) a key tool for the sector. However, quantifying the environmental impact of large volumes of products is a major challenge for the industry, prompting companies to seek solutions that allow them to do so efficiently, at scale, with comparable results, and with a fully professionalised process.
This is the case for cement companies associated with OFICEMEN, which use the tool developed by the Spanish Institute of Cement and its Applications (IECA) in collaboration with inèdit. This tool will also serve to generate the future Declaration of Performance and Conformity required by the new European Regulation.
The tool will enable companies in the sector to generate the Declaration of Performance and Conformity required by the new European Regulation.
The IECA tool is a customised version of èdit, inèdit’s environmental quantification tool. èdit is fully adaptable to the specific needs of each sector or company, ensuring calculations that are as precise as possible and tailored to different realities. Additionally, it enables the creation of calculators capable of generating EPDs at scale at a highly competitive cost.
From èdit, calculators can be generated to perform large-scale EPD calculations at a highly competitive cost.
Thanks to this tool, OFICEMEN-associated companies can obtain AENOR verification for the EPDs of all their cements and comply with the future Environmental Performance Declaration. Having third-party verified EPDs not only strengthens their commitment to transparency and provides additional assurances to their clients, but also helps companies prepare for an increasingly demanding regulatory framework.
Furthermore, public administrations are increasingly promoting green public procurement, through mechanisms such as the General State Administration’s Green Public Procurement Plan, which increasingly considers EPDs as a key criterion in awarding contracts.