Sempergreen products and EPD coverage at a glance
Sempergreen builds greenery into buildings with pre‑cultivated sedum blankets, living walls, and groundcover that install fast and look mature on day one. Here is how their portfolio stacks up, where Environmental Product Declarations show up, and where they do not. If you sell into projects that prefer or require EPDs, this snapshot will help you plan your next move.
Who Sempergreen is
Sempergreen is a Netherlands‑founded grower and systems supplier focused on vegetated roofs, living walls, and ready‑to‑roll groundcover. The company operates globally with a US base in Virginia. Think of them as horticulture plus building product, packaged for quick specification on roofs and facades.
What they sell
Across three product families, Sempergreen offers green roof vegetation blankets and components, SemperGreenwall living wall systems for indoor and outdoor applications, and groundcover mats for landscape and infrastructure. Each family splits into variants for weight, slope, climate, and maintenance preferences. The total catalog sits in the dozens of distinct SKUs rather than hundreds, which keeps choices navigable for design teams.
Sustainability signals on their site
The headline credential today is Cradle to Cradle certification for the SemperGreenwall line, listed as Bronze and valid until March 19, 2026 (Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, 2025) (C2C PI, 2025). Their living wall pages and a dedicated certifications section outline this and fire testing. If you want to explore those claims quickly, start with their certifications and awards page on SemperGreenwall.
EPD coverage today
As of December 19, 2025 we did not find Sempergreen product EPDs published in the major program operator libraries checked. That includes the living wall range and the widely promoted sedum vegetation blankets. This may change, yet it is the picture today. It’s definately a gap worth closing for public work, higher education, and corporate campuses where product‑specific EPDs are increasingly expected in bid documents and LEED v5 oriented specs.
What that means in real bids
A common Sempergreen best seller is the Sedum‑mix vegetation blanket for extensive roofs. Competing offerings with current EPDs exist, which can tilt a shortlist when a project team is tallying material transparency. Examples include a core EPD framework from ZinCo that covers most of their green roof systems after a 2025 verification update (ZinCo, 2025) (ZinCo, 2025). There is also a vegetation mat EPD for Veg Tech that remains valid through December 7, 2028 (EPD International, 2023) (EPD International, 2023). These are not identical build‑ups, yet they are close enough for many specifiers to count toward transparency requirements when comparing vegetated roof options.
Competitive set you will likely face
Green roofs often see ZinCo, Knauf Insulation’s Urbanscape line, XeroFlor network suppliers, Columbia Green Technologies, and regional tray‑based systems in the same bid stack. For living walls, peers include GSky and other modular wall providers where EPDs are still rare. On many projects, green roof vegetation competes indirectly with non‑vegetated roofs that bundle high‑performance membranes plus robust stormwater detention. Where EPDs are present on either the vegetation or a significant component, that product can look easier to document.
Where Sempergreen’s portfolio is strong
The company’s pre‑cultivated approach gives immediate coverage, simple logistics, and predictable maintenance plans. Living walls arrive with proven plant palettes and integrated irrigation. Those traits shorten install risk for GCs and owners. These are all advantages once the transparency box is also checked.
A practical path to close the EPD gap
Vegetation blankets and living wall panels sit cleanly under EN 15804 or ISO 14025 frameworks when the PCR choice is clear and data collection is disciplined. The fastest wins usually start with the top one or two sellers per family, aligned to the PCR common in your target competitions. A good LCA partner will benchmark competitor PCR use, map plant production and logistics, secure representative reference year data, and publish with the operator your channel prefers. That workflow keeps sales teams from avoiding specs that ask for EPDs, which is a hidden revenue leak.
Final take
Sempergreen has a distinct, well loved product range and credible C2C credentials on living walls. The absence of public EPDs across core SKUs leaves room for competitors to win tie‑breakers on transparency. Publishing product‑specific EPDs for the sedum blankets and flagship wall modules would protect specs in markets where documentation decides who gets installed. The commercial upside tends to arrive fast once those PDFs exist.
Frequently Asked Questions
Which of Sempergreen’s product families appear strongest for an initial EPD push
Start with the top sellers in vegetation blankets for extensive roofs and the core SemperGreenwall module. These feature repeatable bill of materials and broad market pull, so one EPD can cover significant volume.
Are there direct competitors with current EPDs in green roofs
Yes. ZinCo reports an updated, verified EPD framework covering most systems as of 2025 (ZinCo, 2025) and Veg Tech lists a vegetation mat EPD valid to 2028 (EPD International, 2023).
Does a Cradle to Cradle certificate replace an EPD
No. C2C speaks to material health and circularity. An EPD quantifies life‑cycle impacts per PCR and is the document many specs ask for. SemperGreenwall holds a C2C Bronze valid to March 19, 2026 (Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute, 2025).
About the Author
Eric works at the intersection of sustainability, regulation, and business strategy, helping manufacturers navigate the evolving landscape of EPDs and LCAs. Having spoken with hundreds of teams across North America, brings a deep understanding of what drives ROI, what regulators are asking for, and how companies can stay ahead with smart, scalable approaches to environmental reporting.
