STW Steel’s suppliers are committed to sustainable development and environmentally responsible operations. The Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) for hot dip galvanized grating products and aluminum perforated sheets raises both awareness and understanding of the environmental footprint of various construction products. It also helps guide the construction industry toward selecting more climate-friendly products and solutions.
STW Steel’s EPD summarizes the total environmental footprint of each product group. Through the EPD, our customers can select products and suppliers with the lowest environmental impacts already at the early stages of design.
Increasingly stringent sustainability requirements have been set for our customers, manufacturers, and the entire supply chain. The EPD certification of our products brings transparency and helps our customers make more sustainable and environmentally impactful choices.
What is an EPD?
An Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) describes a construction product’s environmental impacts throughout its entire life cycle. This information is used as a basis for building life cycle assessments (LCA). The abbreviation EPD comes from the English term Environmental Product Declaration.
All manufacturing activities have environmental impacts. We aim to reduce these impacts through thoughtful material selection, sustainable energy use, and intelligent energy production.
Investments in sustainable development reflect our manufacturers’ commitment to environmental responsibility and strategic choices. Investing in sustainability is one of many important measures to promote long-term profitable growth and to ensure that the supply chain can continue developing our operations.
Developing production processes toward better utilization of materials and energy is effective environmental work. Manufacturers strive to minimize environmental impacts to achieve sustainable development. Environmental efforts enhance competitiveness and economic profitability across the entire supply chain, offering customers a competitive advantage by providing an environmentally responsible supplier alternative.
Structure of Environmental Efforts:
- Saving energy and natural resources
- Reducing, sorting, and recycling waste
- Complying with environmental laws, regulations, and other manufacturing-related requirements
- Preventing environmental damage
- Utilizing modern technology and expertise in operations
Quality
Manufacturers enhance environmental responsibility by improving production processes and optimizing the use of materials and energy. At STW Steel Oy, we support this development by selecting leading European partners committed to reducing their environmental impact.
Effective supply chain management and competitive manufacturers increase cost-efficiency by delivering the right products and solutions at competitive prices and within agreed delivery times. This creates added value for both customers and the supply chain.
High-Quality Operations:
- Operations are based on creating added value for customers
- A comprehensive, long-term view of operations
- Activities must meet the supply chain requirements from both customer needs and environmental perspectives
- Commitments made are taken seriously and honored
EPD Files