{"id":74505,"date":"2025-03-11T16:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-03-11T15:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/lca-software\/epd-tools\/"},"modified":"2026-07-06T10:48:37","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T08:48:37","slug":"epd-tools","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/en\/epd-tools\/","title":{"rendered":"EPD tool"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-white-color has-darkgreen-background-color has-text-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding-top:3.13rem;padding-bottom:4.5rem\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-content-justification-left is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c3e7b9f4 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\"><div style=\"padding-top:0;padding-right:0;padding-bottom:0;padding-left:0;--bb--crumb-gap:.4em\" class=\"wp-block-boldblocks-breadcrumb-block has-16-px-font-size\"><nav role=\"navigation\" aria-label=\"Breadcrumbs\" class=\"breadcrumb\"><ol class=\"breadcrumb-items\"><li class=\"breadcrumb-item breadcrumb-item--current breadcrumb-item--home\"><span class=\"breadcrumb-item-name\">Start<\/span><\/li><\/ol><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:15px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-45-px-font-size\" style=\"margin-bottom:1.5rem\">EPD Tool \u2013 Create Your Own Environmental Declarations<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"ingress-longer has-30-px-font-size wp-block-paragraph\">A pre-verified EPD tool is a customized solution for companies that want to take control of their sustainability work. With your own EPD tool, you can create life cycle assessments (LCA) and environmental product declarations (EPD) yourselves \u2014 quickly, quality-assured, and cost-effectively. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:42px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-overlay-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-66346760386e09c09fa0c4cde188324d\">Why a Pre-Verified EPD Tool?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9ba6dbca wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developing your own EPD tool means that you can:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Reduce costs over time and decrease dependency on external expertise<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Independently generate EPDs without consultant support<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Standardize and automate the process to save time<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Build organizational knowledge capital in the form of data, models, and routines<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:21px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtool_example-02.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtool_example-02-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61861\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtool_example-02-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtool_example-02-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtool_example-02-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-overlay-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-a8ce2073858dcb24917f3c7cb0b0c9ec\">With LCA Expertise as the Foundation, We Customize Tools for You <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">At Milj\u00f6giraff, we are experts in life cycle assessments and EPDs \u2014 and we are also reviewers of EPD tools. This means we know what is required for your tool to be approved and to work in practice. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We develop a pre-verified tool that follows current PCRs and program requirements, with all the documentation needed for review. The content and user interface are customized for your business \u2014 with your language, your logic, and your data. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtool-MG2-1.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtool-MG2-1-1024x512.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61878\" style=\"width:673px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtool-MG2-1-1024x512.png 1024w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtool-MG2-1-300x150.png 300w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtool-MG2-1-768x384.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-overlay-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-61334cb250077eca3e79d2c77b861c5b\">Support License \u2013 Reliable Long-Term Management <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Your tool grows with you.<br\/>With our support license, you receive ongoing technical and functional support, updates when PCRs or background data change, and help with adding new products or materials.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Milj\u00f6giraff manages updates to the LCA model<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Our partner manages the user interface and integrations<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You receive annual service and management of your tool<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>This means you have support from our experts, and your EPD tool is always up to date and ready for new requirements.<\/strong> <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:46px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:13px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-overlay-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-410561dd6c19a89eda1e0537981e9ae3\">How We Do It<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">We build the tools on top of leading LCA software \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.simapro.se\">SimaPro<\/a>. Together with our partner <a href=\"https:\/\/www.businessvision.se\/\">Business Vision<\/a> and Microsoft Power Apps, we build a tool adapted to your logic and user interface.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Adapted to your products and processes <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Integrated with SimaPro Synergy and Power Apps <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pre-verified by a third party for smooth publication of EPDs in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.environdec.com\/home\">International EPD System<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtoolpartners-1-1024x242.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"242\" src=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtoolpartners-1-1024x242.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-61830\" style=\"width:744px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtoolpartners-1-1024x242.png 1024w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtoolpartners-1-300x71.png 300w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtoolpartners-1-768x181.png 768w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtoolpartners-1-1536x362.png 1536w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2025\/03\/EPDtoolpartners-1-2048x483.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:74px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-overlay-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-46df187e09db4c612aff9f14cec0e4d3\">Integrated LCA Software \u2013 No Static Index Lists<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:24px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milj\u00f6giraff builds tools that are integrated with LCA software, where data is used to calculate environmental impact directly. Many other tools are instead based on results that are calculated separately and transferred as finished indexes. In this way, Milj\u00f6giraff\u2019s tools are continuously updated, safer, and more transparent.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:75px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9ba6dbca wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-periglacial-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-overlay-color has-periglacial-background-color has-text-color has-background has-link-color wp-elements-a9abb6726742a0547c3d0de1437faa7d\">Interested in How We at Milj\u00f6giraff Can Help You Develop Your EPD Tool? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignwide has-periglacial-background-color has-background is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-935d2c37 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\" style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--60)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/en\/kontakt\/\" style=\"padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">Contact us<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:64px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9ba6dbca wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-overlay-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-3601e403425541c4d7792f755cd3f671\">What Is Behind It? <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:14px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Milj\u00f6giraff\u2019s EPD tools are based on SimaPro Synergy and the libraries of LCI data, such as ecoinvent, that are available in SimaPro Synergy. Since 1990, the desktop version, SimaPro Craft, has been a market-leading LCA software. SimaPro Synergy is a cloud-based version launched in 2024. It is an API solution designed to better integrate LCA functionality into other software, thereby opening the door to solutions such as EPD tools.   <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:43px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SimaPro-logo-margins-500px-1024x491.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"491\" src=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SimaPro-logo-margins-500px-1024x491.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11937\" style=\"width:350px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SimaPro-logo-margins-500px-1024x491.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SimaPro-logo-margins-500px-300x144.jpg 300w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SimaPro-logo-margins-500px-768x369.jpg 768w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/SimaPro-logo-margins-500px.jpg 1042w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:47px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9ba6dbca wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/accuracy.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"250\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/accuracy.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11927\" style=\"width:158px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/accuracy.png 250w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/accuracy-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 250px) 100vw, 250px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:7px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Accuracy<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/quality.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"453\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/quality.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11929\" style=\"width:133px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/quality.png 453w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/quality-265x300.png 265w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:17px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Quality<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<div style=\"height:18px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/transparency.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"897\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/transparency.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11931\" style=\"width:215px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/transparency.png 897w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/transparency-300x171.png 300w, https:\/\/miljogiraff.se\/app\/uploads\/2024\/08\/transparency-768x438.png 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 897px) 100vw, 897px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Transparency <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:40px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EPD Tool \u2013 Create Your Own Environmental Declarations A pre-verified EPD tool is a customized solution for companies that want to take control of their sustainability work. With your own EPD tool, you can create life cycle assessments (LCA) and environmental product declarations (EPD) yourselves \u2014 quickly, quality-assured, and cost-effectively. Why a Pre-Verified EPD Tool? 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