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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), EPDs, and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

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  • Life Cycle Assessment (LCA), EPDs, and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)

1) ISO Standards (10)

  • What is ISO 14020? Understanding Environmental Labels and Declaration Types
  • What is ISO 14021? Self-Declared Environmental Claims Explained
  • What is ISO 14024? Type I Environmental Labelling Explained
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2) Goal and Scope (3)

  • What is System Expansion?
  • What is Allocation?
  • What is a Functional Unit?
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4) Life Cycle Impact Assessment (1)

  • What is openLCA?
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Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) (15)

  • 1. What is an EPD? Environmental Product Declarations Explained
  • 2. Why Your Business Needs an EPD
  • 3. EPD vs Carbon Footprint vs LCA: What's the Difference?
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  • 1) ISO Standards
    • What is ISO 14020? Understanding Environmental Labels and Declaration Types
    • What is ISO 14021? Self-Declared Environmental Claims Explained
    • What is ISO 14024? Type I Environmental Labelling Explained
    • What is ISO 14025? The Framework Behind Type III Environmental Declarations
    • What is ISO 14040/44? The Complete Guide to LCA Standards
    • What is ISO 14046? Water Footprint Assessment
    • What is ISO 14064? Greenhouse Gas Accounting and Verification
    • ISO 14067: Carbon Footprinting Without the Checks
    • What is EN 15804? Understanding Construction EPD Standards (Plus ISO 21930)
    • What is EN 16485? Understanding EPDs for Wood and Wood-Based Products
  • 2) Goal and Scope
    • What is System Expansion?
    • What is Allocation?
    • What is a Functional Unit?
  • 4) Life Cycle Impact Assessment
    • What is openLCA?
  • Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs)
    • 1. What is an EPD? Environmental Product Declarations Explained
    • 2. Why Your Business Needs an EPD
    • 3. EPD vs Carbon Footprint vs LCA: What's the Difference?
    • 4. How to Read an EPD
    • 5. EPD Modules Explained: What Do A1-A3, B, C, and D Mean?
    • 6. Understanding EPD Impact Categories (Beyond Carbon)
    • 7. What is Module D in an EPD?
    • 8. How to Get an EPD for Your Product: The Complete Process
    • 9. Choosing an EPD Programme Operator
    • 10. What are Product Category Rules (PCRs)?
    • 11. EPD Data Requirements: What You Need to Collect
    • 12. EPD Verification: What to Expect
    • 13. How to Spot a Quality EPD
    • 14. When Can You Compare EPDs? (And When You Can't)
    • 15. EPDs in LEED and BREEAM: How They Work

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