When buyers ask for evidence, EPD+ makes your EPD easier to trust.
Supply chains are moving toward a stronger evidence culture. Questionnaires, tender criteria, and downstream reporting increasingly rely on credible product data. EPD+ strengthens verification of primary data hotspots — without creating a new declaration.
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Credibility Signal:
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Procurement Ready:
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Traceability:
Reduces greenwashing risk via Registry listing.
Result: Less friction in compliance reviews.
Why supply chains care about verified data
Three forces are converging: procurement scrutiny, reporting pressure, and future product information requirements.
1. Evidence Culture
Buyers increasingly request defensible product footprints, assumptions, and traceable inputs — especially for high-impact materials.
2. Reporting Risk
Large organisations must justify decisions (CSRD, Scope 3). Suppliers are asked for stronger proof to reduce uncertainty and reputational risk.
3. Digital Passports
The market direction is clear: structured, verifiable product data. EPD+ supports readiness through stronger verification of key inputs.
Important Note
EPD+ does not claim to be a mandatory legal requirement for all products. It is a voluntary signal of enhanced verification designed to help your EPD perform better when stakeholders ask: “How reliable is this data?”
How value-chain pressure travels
A real-world pattern: buyer obligations create data requests for suppliers.
What EPD+ adds (Plain Language)
Not more marketing. More verification clarity.
Reducing the "Verification Gap"
Many stakeholders read EPD numbers but struggle to judge how robust the underlying primary data is. EPD+ focuses on the inputs and processes that most influence credibility and variability.
Procurement Outcomes:
- Clear signal of Programme Operator oversight.
- Confidence in upstream impact calculations.
- Easier screening in tenders.
How to describe EPD+ to buyers
Use this consistent definition in emails and tenders:
“This EPD is supplemented with EPD+ — a Programme-Operator awarded mark indicating enhanced verification of primary data hotspots, including compliance with CPR 3+ requirements or an on-site verification component.”
See Mark & Use for rules and logos.
On-site verification: why it resonates
The market understands "on-site" as a stronger assurance signal (similar to AVCP logic).
Trust what you see
Factory context, procedures, and source evidence are easier to validate on-site than via documents alone.
Alignment with Audit Culture
Procurement and compliance functions are used to audits. On-site verification fits familiar control logic.
Less Ambiguity
When a buyer asks “How do you know?”, EPD+ gives a short, credible answer backed by programme rules.
Ready to upgrade your evidence?
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