EPD Guide

by Parq

Environmental Regulations & Laws Decoded

10 Articles
•Complete guide and resources

EU CPR, CSRD, UK PAS 2080, LEED v5! Acronyms everywhere! We translate legalese into plain English, flag looming deadlines, and share cheat‑sheets so you stay compliant (and sane) across markets.

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EPD News in August 2025

August 2025 Roundup: EPD Headlines Around the Globe

Carbon metrics never sleep. From Caltrans doubling down on Buy Clean to Beijing’s new digital...

Toby Urff
5 min read
9/11/2025
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A simple map of the US and Europe with states/countries that mandate EPDs lit up sequentially to show how rules spread from early adopters to neighbors.

Where EPDs Decide Who Wins Public Bids

Across the US and Europe, public buyers have put Environmental Product Declarations on the...

John Johnson
5 min read
9/15/2025
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A funnel diagram: raw plant data at top, EPD in the middle, CSRD report output at bottom, highlighting reduced workload.

EU CSRD: What Manufacturers Must Know Now

The Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive keeps shapeshifting: first the 2022 headlines,...

John Johnson
5 min read
9/15/2025
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Icons for plant, supplier, EPD database, and BIM model connected by arrows to visualise how verified numbers travel from factory meters to a project carbon budget.

PAS 2080: Your Ticket to UK Low-Carbon Infrastructure

Tender documents across the UK now slip a quiet question into the technical specs: “Show evidence...

Walker Ryan
5 min read
9/15/2025
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A construction product hand-passing a glowing QR tag to an architect, symbolising data flow from factory to specifier.

EU Construction Products Regulation: What Manufacturers Must Know

CE marking alone no longer cuts it. The recast EU Construction Products Regulation (effective 7...

John Johnson
5 min read
9/15/2025
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A customs officer scans a large steel beam’s QR code, revealing a minimalist digital interface with carbon, durability, and recyclability icons lighting up green.

ESPR: The EU’s New Eco-Design Rulebook

The EU just gave every product a sustainability scorecard. Miss the requirements and your next...

John Johnson
5 min read
9/15/2025
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A factory worker surfing on a wave of spreadsheets that morph into clean, organized data blocks headed toward a digital product passport icon.

EP Regulations: What 2025 Means for Manufacturers

Carbon rules are changing faster than a TikTok trend. Federal pullbacks in Washington sit beside...

Toby Urff
5 min read
9/15/2025
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A passport open to pages stamped with ‘Verified EPD’ icons, next to barred entry signs for missing paperwork, evoking travel document checks at a border.

Buy Clean Limits: Beat the Carbon Caps

State "Buy Clean" laws are moving from feel-good slogans to hard carbon caps. Miss the limit and...

Toby Urff
5 min read
9/10/2025
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Visual metaphor of scattered data sources (LCA, ERP, PIM) flowing into a single Digital Product Passport icon.

Digital Product Passports: Ready for Construction Products?

AI, BIM, EPDs—you finally felt caught up, then Brussels dropped the Digital Product Passport....

Toby Urff
5 min read
9/11/2025
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Close-up of a construction tender checklist with a bright green checkmark on the EPD line, other lines greyed out.

When Are Environmental Product Declarations Mandatory?

Plenty of manufacturers still ask, “Do we **have** to publish an EPD?” The short answer: sometimes....

Toby Urff
5 min read
9/9/2025
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