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Articles on what building-product credentials ask for, mapped requirement by requirement from the Klar Cite register.

• Behind the Logo: Mapping 20,000 Requirements Across 40 Schemes and Rating Tools

  To build Klar Cite, we mapped 241 documents from 40 schemes and rating tools, down to the clause. This is what the landscape looks like from the inside, and how to choose in it.

  Jonas Bengtsson · 12 October 2026 · figures as recorded in build 2026-10-11-0932

• Beyond the EPD: what a second credential adds

  Environmental product declarations have gone from niche to normal. For many specifiers the EPD is now the starting point, and the question has moved on to what comes next. I mapped the options for one interior product, wall paint, down to the clause.

  Jonas Bengtsson · 12 October 2026 · figures as recorded in build 2026-10-11-0932

• Circularity: what credentials actually ask

  Circularity is one of the two areas specifiers most want a label to cover, and the one with the least agreement on what it means. I mapped what the credentials in Klar Cite actually require of it, clause by clause.

  Jonas Bengtsson · 13 October 2026 · figures as recorded in build 2026-10-11-0932

• Who made it, and under what conditions?

  Ethical sourcing is near the top of what specifiers want a label to cover. I mapped what the labels in Klar Cite ask about the people behind a product, and how far back along the supply chain they look.

  Jonas Bengtsson · 14 October 2026 · figures as recorded in build 2026-10-11-0932