Colas Canada Inc. recently announced that Miller Paving Ltd., a Colas company, is the first Canadian asphalt concrete pavement producer to offer Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) for its asphalt mixtures. Colas’ support during the 18-month process, partnering with WAP Sustainability and by association, the National Asphalt Pavement Association (NAPA) was key in making the NAPA Emerald Eco-Label tool for the development of asphalt mixture EPD available in Canada.

The Miller Whitby Asphalt Plant now has several EPDs published on the NAPA website, and it expects to add more EPDs for each product/mix produced in 2024.

EPDs are like the nutrition facts found on food labels, which give a full, impartial, third-party verified report on the environmental, cradle-to-gate impact on the specific product produced at a particular plant. The process used to develop an EPD ensures consistency in data collection, analysis, and reporting, and third-party verification ensures trustworthiness in the information communicated through an EPD.

The purpose of EPDs is twofold: on the one hand, they help decision-makers assess a product from an environmental perspective, allowing them to make informed decisions regarding the impact of that product on a project. On the other hand, the information contained in the EPDs helps asphalt manufacturers benchmark their products and continue to strive to find solutions to reduce their environmental impact.

“Having EPDs for the asphalt we produce is important to us at Colas because it helps improve our processes, the asphalt we produce, and their environmental impact. They also help us keep accurate carbon score and help us meet our carbon reduction goals that are part of our corporate CSR program,” said François Vachon, President of Colas Canada. “We expect more of our Colas companies in Canada to participate in the program and begin offering EPDs for the asphalt produced in their facilities.” 

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