Environmental Declarations: FDES, EPD and PEP

FDES, EPD, PEP: The Complete Guide to Environmental Product Declarations

In the face of increasing regulatory requirements (RE2020, EU Taxonomy, public procurement), Environmental Product Declarations have become essential for manufacturers and industrial players. FDES, EPD, PEP: each format caters to specific markets and standards. WeLOOP supports you in understanding, creating, and leveraging your declarations with rigor and independence

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What Is an Environmental Declaration?

A product environmental declaration is a standardised document based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA). It transparently quantifies the environmental impacts of a product, from raw material extraction through to its end-of-life.

EXTRACTION

of raw
materials

PRODUCTION

and manufacturing

TRANSPORT

and distribution

USE

of the product

END-OF-LIFE

recyclage,
valorisation
ou élimination

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Why Are Environmental Declarations Essential?

Measuring Environmental Performance

FDES, EPDs and PEPs translate a product’s environmental impacts into structured data and recognised indicators across its entire life cycle.

Meeting Market Requirements

Increasingly required for projects, calls for tenders and specification processes, environmental declarations facilitate market access and meet the expectations of project owners and clients.

Providing Reliable and Comparable Data

Based on recognised standards, environmental declarations provide transparent, traceable and comparable environmental information.

Showcasing Your Products in Projects

The declared data can be used in environmental assessments of buildings and projects, while highlighting the environmental performance of your products to specifiers.

Which Format Is Right for Your Product and Market?

FDES, EPD or PEP: each declaration has its own scope, standards and specific applications.

01 France

FDES

Construction Products

The reference format for showcasing the environmental performance of construction products on the French market.

Publication INIES Database

Use RE2020 & Buildings

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02 International

EPD

International Markets

An internationally recognised declaration that supports your products across European and international markets.

Standards ISO 14025 / EN 15804

Use Export & International Projects

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03 Équipements

PEP

Electrical & Electronic Products

A sector-specific declaration designed for electrical, electronic, and HVAC equipment.

Programme PEP ecopassport®

Use Sector-specific Standards

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The regulatory and normative framework

Environmental declarations are part of a structured normative and regulatory framework.

In France, publication on INIES determines the regulatory use of FDES and PEP within the framework of RE2020. Internationally, EPDs are published through recognized organizations, in accordance with the standards ISO 14025 and EN 15804.

Compliance is based on:

a rigorous LCA modelling;
the strict application of reference frameworks;
independent verification where required;

What we secure

Scope: Consistent definition of the product, scenarios and life cycle under study.
Representativeness: Alignment of the data used with the product, processes and context under study.
Consistency: Alignment between the LCA modelling, the results obtained and the information declared.
Long-term reliability: Anticipation of methodological and regulatory developments that may affect your declarations.