Congratulations FIPCO, first EPDs are live

What just launched

FIPCO published its first‑ever Environmental Product Declaration in October 2025. The EPD is a portfolio covering key product families rather than a single SKU, including Jumbo Bags, PP woven small bags, Leno bags, valve bags, cable fillers, and twisted products. It is verified and published with program operator EPD Hub. The governing rule set listed is EPD Hub’s Core PCR v1.1. The LCA developer is not stated in the record.

Who FIPCO serves, and why this matters

FIPCO manufactures woven‑polypropylene packaging solutions for heavy materials and powders that feed construction, industrial, and agricultural supply chains. Think cement, aggregates, petrochemical granules, fertilizers, and bulk food ingredients. These users face more carbon reporting in bids and vendor onboarding. An EPD gives procurement teams a comparable, third‑party verified data sheet that reduces friction and keeps FIPCO in the spec conversation when sustainability screens apply.

The program‑operator upside

EPD Hub is a digital‑first operator with a rapidly growing library and ECO Platform recognition, which helps listings surface in European discovery channels. The program reports more than 4,000 published EPDs and a 132 percent year‑over‑year increase in 2024, with recognition as an Established ECO EPD Programme Operator in December 2025 that enables the ECO EPD mark and ECO Portal presence (EPD Hub, 2026) (EPD Hub, 2026).

Competitive lens

In heavy‑duty packaging for construction materials there are two practical comparison sets. Paper sack leaders such as Billerud have broad EPD coverage across packaging papers and liners, which signals maturity in that route to market. By contrast, among woven‑PP bag specialists we did not find current product EPDs in EC3 for Greif’s FIBC division, LC Packaging, or Emmbi Industries as of January 16, 2026. That suggests FIPCO’s portfolio EPD arrives ahead of many direct peers in PP woven packaging, while matching the disclosure expectations paper‑based alternatives already meet.

What buyers will care about first

EPDs is not a marketing brochure. Specification teams look for clear scope, declared unit, and a product name that maps to what appears on purchase orders. FIPCO’s family coverage means distributors and bulk users can reference one declaration across multiple bag formats. That makes prequalification faster and simplifies internal carbon accounting when projects request documentation that extends beyond core building products into logistics consumables.

Quick wins to maximize ROI

Publish the PDF where customers look. We could not find a dedicated EPD page on fipco.com.sa at the time of writing. Adding a simple sustainability or documentation hub with a direct download link will help sales and tender teams retrieve it in seconds. Registering with hubs the operator supports also improves discoverability because some owner teams search in those portals first (EPD Hub, 2026) (EPD Hub, 2026).

For future scope, consider plant‑specific variants if customers ask for site‑level data, or adjacent families like container liners and FFS film. The same data model can be extended with minimal rework when the reference year is clean and collection is organized.

What this signals to the market

FIPCO just moved from “interested” to “invested” in measurable transparency. The launch meets the bar set by paper‑bag competitors and creates an early mover edge in woven‑PP packaging. It is a smart, spec‑relevant step that helps FIPCO win conversations it might otherwise never recieve.