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What is EPD certification and why it is important?

The Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) is an independently verified document that quantifies the environmental impact of a product or service along all its life cycle and communicates it in a transparent and comparable way, facilitating comparison between products fulfilling the same function.

The impact of a product is measured by means of the Life Cycle Assessment methodology, an objective procedure which takes into account all the inputs and outputs associated with its life cycle, from raw materials extraction to the reuse, recycling or disposal of final waste.

For Valagro, the EPD certification implements our concrete commitment to creating a sustainable future for people and nature. We believe that our goal of a more sustainable agricultural production while retaining quality and quantity can be reached only by making every single link of the value chain sustainable, starting by our own solutions. That is why the EPD certification is important to us: not only it communicates in a clear and objective way the impact of our products, but also allows us to gain deeper understanding of our environmental performances with the aim of continuous improvement.

 

Valagro’s commitment to sustainability: a journey started long ago

The EPD certification continues Valagro’s years-long journey in the multi-faceted field of sustainability. For us, care of the environment, product quality and workers’ health and safety are pivotal concepts, and the certifications obtained by our historical Atessa plant testifies to our commitment through time:

  • At the end of the 1990s, Valagro obtained the ISO 14001 environmental certification, the international standard certifying a management system that monitors the environmental impacts of its activities, and the ISO 9001 quality system certification, attesting the adoption of business processes aimed at improving effectiveness and efficiency of the organization and customer satisfaction. Years later, also traceability was implemented.
  • In 2007, Valagro obtained the ISO 45001 certification, the international standard that establishes the requirements of a management system to protect the safety and health of workers. Since then, the attention to safety has been continuously improved by the continuous training of all the staff.
  • In 2022, Valagro has obtained the certification of the EPD elaboration process. This will allow us to obtain and certify Environmental Product Declarations for all our products autonomously.
  • Today, our commitment continues with the extension of EPD process certification to all our plants worldwide and with the progressive expansion of EPD certification to the other products of our portfolio. 

 

On the right: vintage advertising about Carbon Foot Print certification for our products. 

 

Our milestones

Click through to see the Valagro way to sustainability

  • 1990s

    Valagro obtained the ISO 9001 and 14001 environmental certification.

  • 2007

    Valagro obtained the ISO 45001 quality system certification.

  • 2014

    Valagro obtained the ISO 22005 certification.

  • 2016

    Valagro obtained the ISO 14064 (Corporate Carbon Footprint) certification for emissions and the EMAS certification. The former, was dismissed in 2017 since product emissions are now covered by EMAS certification.

  • 2022

    EPD process certification of the Atessa plant and certification of 4 products.

  • 2023 and beyond

    Kick-off for EPD process certification of all our plants worldwide and certification extension to more products in our portfolio.

1990s

Valagro obtained the ISO 9001 and 14001 environmental certification.

2007

Valagro obtained the ISO 45001 quality system certification.

2014

Valagro obtained the ISO 22005 certification.

2016

Valagro obtained the ISO 14064 (Corporate Carbon Footprint) certification for emissions and the EMAS certification. The former, was dismissed in 2017 since product emissions are now covered by EMAS certification.

2022

EPD process certification of the Atessa plant and certification of 4 products.

2023 and beyond

Kick-off for EPD process certification of all our plants worldwide and certification extension to more products in our portfolio.

 

Find out more about the available solutions

Download the product data sheets. 

Download the product data sheets. 

Download the product data sheets. 

Download the product data sheets. 

 

We are working to provide Environmental Product Declaration certification for all our products. As for now, the EPD data sheets of the above products are already available. 

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