Silestone® improves its Environmental Product Declaration

The renewal and improvement of this certification –given by the external organisation The International EPD® System - endorses the Cosentino’s sustainability policy aim to improving the efficiency in the use of raw materials and energy, and to waste reduction.

Dekton® has also seen its EPD renewed with significant improvements in the reduction of the environmental impact of the product.

Cosentino Group, the leading global company in the production and distribution of innovative and sustainable surfaces for architecture and design, has renewed the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD®) for the entire portfolio of the hybrid mineral surfaces Silestone®, following an assessment of its environmental impact on product entire life cycle.

By updating this certification from an external organization such as The International EPD® System, serves to consolidate the policy that Cosentino continues to implement regarding its full commitment to sustainability, improving its efficiency in the use of raw materials and energy, and to waste reduction. On this occasion the renewal of the Silestone® EPD has shown significant improvements in the environmental criteria and indicators of the product.

Although the Silestone® EPD had not yet expired, Cosentino was known that the environmental impact of manufacturing this product, now under HybriQ® technology, would be reduced. This upgraded certification joins to the recent DNV Verification Statement that made sure HybriQ® and also HybriQ+® comply with the highest environmental standards, as well as the entire Silestone® portfolio maintains the same level of performance and properties as before.

The updated Silestone® EDP is published and can be downloaded here

Dekton® EPD Renovation

This update and improvement has also been obtained for ultracompact surfaces brand Dekton®. An analysis that has shown even more efficient ratios in the production process and in all stages of the product life cycle. Comparing the new Dekton® EPD with its predecessor in 2016, highest environmental impact categories are reduced.

The updated Dekton® EDP is published and can be downloaded here

Relevance of the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD)

EDP is a certified Environmental Product Declaration that provides information on the environmental data of a product or services life cycle, in compliance with the International Standard ISO 14025:2006 and UNE-EN 15804:2012+A2:2019. Not only does it demonstrate the reduction in any negative impact generated for the environment, but it also provides any information necessary to compare products or services in the market that perform the same function.

This certification also helps for obtaining LEED and BREEAM points as well as for obtaining the GBCe green certification, which are used to evaluate the sustainability of buildings. LEED scores higher for product-specific and externally verified EPDs, while BREEAM scores higher for EPDs specific to an industrially manufactured product. For these reasons, both Silestone® and Dekton® are consolidated with these updates as ideal surfaces for promoting the development of construction based on sustainable criteria and high efficiency.

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