Data Insights by 2050 Materials: The Furniture Industry’s Lack of Environmental Information to Drive Decision Making
The graph prepared using data from the 2050 Materials API highlights a telling deficit in the availability of Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for furniture, a sector contributing notably to global carbon emissions, especially due to the high frequency of fit-outs in commercial buildings.
The visualization shows a disparate distribution of EPDs across different countries, with a significant concentration in Europe and a few scattered instances in North America and Australia.
Despite the furniture industry’s substantial environmental footprint, the data reveals only 230 EPDs globally, suggesting a significant gap in life cycle assessments (LCAs) for these products.
This paucity of EPDs indicates a broader issue within the industry:
A lack of comprehensive environmental data to inform sustainable decision-making.
As regulatory pressures and consumer demands for transparency and sustainability intensify, the furniture industry faces an urgent need to enhance its environmental data practices, thereby enabling more informed and eco-conscious choices.
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