Application of the EHSA tool for EPD

Abstract

The aim of this paper is to organize information on various environmental aspects and to explore how to utilize hotspot analysis in Type III Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and how to declare it. Looking at trends such as the Natural Capital Coalition, the EU Environmental Footprint, the project on hotspot analysis of UNEP / SETAC Life Cycle Initiative, and a variety of other private schemes, it has been suggested, as the evaluation scheme of various environmental aspects of products and so forth, the balance between corporate identity and common rules is important, and EPD can be used to be one of the key performance indicators (KPI) for efforts on environmental issues.