Sectoral environmental product declaration
Optional
Required? Optional, earns points: not required; meeting it adds to the score.
Superseded
The document this clause was read from is superseded. It is kept so older citations resolve.
Klar Cite summary
This clause concerns sectoral environmental product declaration. Optional; earns points. An independent assessor checks it. This is possibly linked to climate.
Concrete Sustainability Council·clause E1.01·p.64
Climate Health · Human Health · Circular Economy · Ecosystem Health
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- Exemption
- OR Confirmation by the local sector association that no EPD is available or in the preparation phase in the country where the plant requesting certification is located. OR E1.03 is fulfilled.
Original wording
CSC Technical Manual clause E1.01 — words not shown. Read it at the source. The publisher reserves the right to its wording, so it is not republished here. The clause is held and cited here, and its words are read at the source.
The clause is held and verified. Only its words are withheld.
Details
What the product must meet
- Exemptions
- OR Confirmation by the local sector association that no EPD is available or in the preparation phase in the country where the plant requesting certification is located. OR E1.03 is fulfilled.
How it is proven
- Evidence required
- Evidence confirming that the company has contributed - by providing data - to the generation of at least one industry-wide concrete/Cement/Aggregate EPD in the country where the plant requesting certification is located. The EPD needs to be either valid or in the preparation phase.
- Who checks it
- Independent body verifies — a certifier, auditor or verifier with no stake
Klar Cite’s reading
Klar Cite’s reading of the clause, not the scheme’s own claim.
- Type of requirement
- Meet a limit or condition — e.g. a maximum emission or a minimum recycled content
- Required?
- Optional, earns points — not required; meeting it adds to the score
- Topic
- Climate Health — the topic the clause addresses, grouped by the Common Materials Framework (CMF)
- Also relevant to
- Human Health, Circular Economy, Ecosystem Health — other topics the clause addresses
Cite this clause
Concrete Sustainability Council · CSC Technical Manual · version v2.1 · clause E1.01 · page 64 · build 2026-10-27-1239 · https://klarcite.com/r/6d13e1ae247a0167
Record details
Page 64, Environmental - Life Cycle Impact. Read in build 2026-10-27-1239, harvested 2026-10-27.
uid 6d13e1ae247a0167 · document 1a9857eb57c8253e · fidelity verbatim · published 2021-11-22