Bureau Veritas has become one of the first recognized third-party verification institutions of EPD platform in the steel industry

Recently, the EPD platform of the steel industry (www.cisa-epd.com) announced that Bureau Veritas has become one of its first recognized third-party verification institutions. In the same period, Bureau Veritas was entrusted by EPD platform to provide LCA life cycle assessment and EPD environmental product declaration data verification services for Shanxi TISCO Stainless Steel Co., Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as "Shanxi TISCO").

Ms. Zou Fengxian, general manager of Bureau Veritas certification business group, said: China's iron and steel industry, as the basic industry of China's economic construction, is a real national priority. We are also glad to see that under the guidance of the national 3060 double carbon ambitious goal, China's iron and steel industry has responded positively, been bold in taking responsibility, and explored and innovated. The establishment of China's steel industry EPD platform is undoubtedly an important milestone in the new journey of China's steel towards green and low-carbon development!

Bureau Veritas  ,as an international professional third-party service organization,  is willing to give full play to its strengths and wholeheartedly help China Iron and steel continue to explore and move forward confidently on the road of green and sustainable development!

Environmental product declaration (hereinafter referred to as "EPD") is a report on the environmental data of the whole life cycle of products in accordance with the international standard ISO 14025. It carries transparent and comparable environmental information of products, has high international recognition, and has become an important supporting document for enterprises to reflect social responsibility and carry out international trade. The introduction of EPD and its international standards has a strong supporting effect on product ecological design, green procurement, green consumption, etc. at the same time, it has also become one of the means for developed countries to set up green trade barriers. The preparation and release of EPD reports by enterprises can promote enterprises to improve environmental decision-making, quantify environmental performance, highlight social responsibility, enhance brand image, break through international trade barriers, and promote green consumption.

In May 2022, the EPD platform for the iron and steel industry organized by China Iron and steel industry association was officially launched. The platform will standardize and quantify the product environmental footprint, meet the green and low-carbon data needs of the whole value chain, and become one of the important means for the iron and steel industry to complete the environmental performance evaluation with high quality. In addition, the launch of the platform is a milestone for the national and even global steel industry to practice the "double carbon" development:

Taking the iron and steel industry as a pilot, it standardized the requirements of quantifying the environmental footprint of products, met the needs of green and low-carbon data in the whole value chain, opened up channels for standardized language dialogue at home and abroad, responded to various international carbon tax systems, and guided foreign trade decisions and foreign trade activities.

The EPD platform of the iron and steel industry is committed to becoming one of the important means for the iron and steel industry to complete environmental performance evaluation with high quality, one of the important foundations for low-carbon development and green transformation of the iron and steel industry, and a tool for iron and steel enterprises to obtain credible third-party verification of product environmental footprint information.

Help downstream enterprises obtain accurate environmental information of upstream steel materials, realize green procurement, and help enterprises formulate and realize a carbon reduction roadmap more scientifically by carrying out environmental performance evaluation of product life cycle.

In the future, with the professional technical ability accumulated in the sustainable field for many years, Bureau Veritas experts will cooperate with the platform to provide fair and credible LCA and EPD report verification services for more steel enterprises. In addition, Bureau Veritas can also provide enterprises with carbon neutral comprehensive solutions, including energy audit, green manufacturing system evaluation, carbon verification, ESG social responsibility report verification, green finance and other services, aiming to help promote China's green and low-carbon development and finally achieve the "double carbon" goal.