EPDs are standardised tools that provide information about the environmental footprint of the products they cover. The North American wood products industry has taken its EPDs one step further by obtaining third-party verification from the Underwriters Laboratories Environment (ULE), an independent certifier of products and their sustainability.
"For the first time, users have a science-based and third-party verified tool to understand and weigh what environmental factors are important to them when making their product selections," said AWC president & ceo Robert Glowinski.
