The National Association of the Prefabricated Concrete Industry (ANDECE) has taken a significant step toward sustainability by releasing nine sector-specific Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs). These declarations cover a wide array of precast concrete products and showcase the industry’s commitment to transparency and environmental care.
The launch of these EPDs is part of ANDECE’s broader strategy to assist manufacturers in meeting increasingly strict sustainability regulations. Among these are the future implementation of environmental parameters in CE marking, the new Basic Document on Sustainability of the Technical Building Code, and the European Taxonomy Regulation.
The data collection project started in 2024, in collaboration with the environmental consultancy ABALEO. It involved voluntary participation from about 60 associated companies, enabling the gathering of a comprehensive and representative data set for the sector.
This development is grounded in a decade of effort by ANDECE in the realm of sustainability. The organization had already achieved previous milestones, such as the verification of the (A)DAP computer tool together with CERTINALIA, the creation of a roadmap for the sector’s decarbonization, and the development of a specific training catalog through its academy.
The Environmental Product Declarations have been verified by CERTINALIA, an entity accredited by ENAC, ensuring their international validity and reliability. The declarations cover nine product categories, including structures for building and civil engineering, precast floors, facades, conduits, hollow light elements, pavements, and urban and funeral furnishings.
With this validated information, ANDECE and its associated companies are in a better position to reduce the sector’s emissions. This effectively contributes to the European and global commitments to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. The sector-specific EPDs are available in Spanish on the ANDECE website and in English through The EPD International – ECOPLATFORM.
