LG Electronics' high-end refrigerator object collection has obtained both 'International EPD' and 'EPD Norway' certification
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LG Electronics' high-end refrigerator, Object Collection, announced that it has acquired both international EPD and EPD Norway certification for the first time in the home appliance industry.
In November 2022, it won the first EPD certification from Norway's EPD-Norway in the home appliance industry, and this time, it will acquire additional EPD certification from Sweden's EPD certification body, International EPD.
International EPD and EPD Norway had a contract that recognized both mutual EPD certification, but the process was complicated and difficult. This time, LG Electronics has obtained EPD-Norway's EPD certification and then operated the procedure to obtain certification from International EPD for the first time in the home appliance industry, suggesting a plan to simplify the certification process, which will shorten the time to obtain both certifications in the future.
LG Electronics has obtained overseas EPD certification as a way to respond to the Digital Product Passports (DPP), which was introduced to implement the "Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation (ESPR)" legislation enacted in March 2022 in the EU.
ESPR is a regulation that takes into account environmental sustainability such as resource circulation and energy efficiency from the product development stage, and DPP is a system that digitizes and provides environmental information throughout the production, use, and recycling history of products and whether environmental regulations are implemented. In particular, environmental information also includes carbon footprint information in the entire product process.
"EPD is expected to contribute to achieving LG Electronics' strategic goals and achieving sustainability goals," said Lee Dong-eon, executive director of LG Electronics' Turkish subsidiary. LG Electronics also expects EPD to add added value to domestic and international growth, it said.
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