Siemens has secured official approval from EPD-Global — the Norwegian programme operator for verifying and publishing Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) — for its internal automated EPD creation tool.
This milestone allows Siemens to publish independently verified EPDs more efficiently, shortening the verification process and bolstering product-level environmental transparency.
An EPD is a standardised “environmental factsheet” for a product, detailing key lifecycle metrics such as CO₂ emissions, resource consumption and waste generation.
Until now, Siemens has offered ISO-compliant self-declared EPDs for over 50 % of its relevant product range. With the new certification of its internal EPD solution, the company aims to reach 100 % EPD coverage by 2030.
According to Eva Riesenhuber, Global Head of Sustainability at Siemens,
This partnership allows Siemens to expand the consistent, reproducible and high-quality generation of verified EPDs … It is a proof-point of how large-scale integration of industrial digitalisation supports environmental compliance.
She emphasised that the move underscores Siemens’ commitment to scaling sustainability impact across its product lines.
Håkon Hauan, Managing Director of EPD-Global, commented:
By making environmental transparency scalable and efficient, Siemens helps shape a more sustainable industrial future… we’re proud to support Siemens in setting a new benchmark for high-quality EPD generation.
Key Benefits & Strategic Significance
- Acceleration of verification: The new approval streamlines the process for third-party verified EPDs, reducing turnaround times and resource burden.
- Full coverage ambition: Siemens targets 100 % EPD coverage across its product portfolio by 2030.
- Better decision transparency: Buyers will gain clearer, comparable environmental data to guide procurement and sustainability decisions.
- Alignment with regulation and markets: As sustainability regulations intensify globally, verified EPDs are becoming essential in many sectors — not just construction.
Outlook
Siemens’ move affirms its ambition to lead in sustainable industrial innovation. The automation and verification capability now enables the company to scale credible environmental transparency across a broad product base.
Going forward, markets, regulators and customers may increasingly expect independently verified EPDs as standard. Siemens is positioning itself to meet those expectations while reducing the friction of scaling such declarations.
