Eight organizations participating in ANSI Pilot Program on EPDs and Type I Eco-labels

The new American National Standards Institute (ANSI) pilot program on assessing organizations that publish and/or verify and validate Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) and assessing organizations that issue eco-labels for products is now underway. Eight organizations have applied and have been accepted to participate in the pilot program. Six of the organizations are either program operators, which publish EPDs, and/or verifiers/validators of EPDs, which review the EPDs to ensure that all technical standards and requirements are met. Details on the industry leaders involved in the pilot program can be found in the April 25, 2014 issue of Standards Action.