I believe, as members of the EU, the UK really does influence the Standards and Regulations which the EU creates. I have seen this as a UK expert on the Standards Committee I work on. If we leave, we will have no influence but exporters will still have to meet the standards created without our input. This will be the worst of all worlds.
Author: Jane Anderson
An expert in Life Cycle Assessment for the Construction industry
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Recent Posts
- ASBP publish a comprehensive list of EPD for UK produced construction products in our new Briefing Paper
- UK Government has required Whole Life Carbon assessments, which means embodied carbon assessments, for all new public works projects and programmes since December 2020
- #RegulateEmbodiedCarbon – ACAN’s campaign
- More than 10,000 EN 15804 EPD at the start of 2021!
- When is an EPD not an EPD?
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Well said Jane; Even those with only half a brain will be with you. Leaving will be a disaster.
Crucial point made here by Jane. Unfortunately all of the exciting debates appear to have somehow clouded such facts!
Whole Europe is looking with disbelieve to what happened. What a mistake.