How EPDs Are Helping to Achieve Low-Emission Product Strategies Along the Value Chain
Environmental product declarations (EPDs) have become an accepted means of communicating the environmental footprints of construction products such as paints and coatings. As a manufacturer of iron oxide pigments, LANXESS recently started offering EPDs for a large number of its products. In this interview, Head of Market Segment Paint and Coatings at LANXESS Inorganic Pigments, Daniela Schmitt, looks ahead and explains how raw material suppliers can help improve the life cycle assessments (LCA) of products for the construction industry and what role EPDs play in this.