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To
mark World Environment Day (June 5 th), Volvo Trucks is presenting an
updated version of its web-based tool for transport companies -
Environmental Product Declaration (EPD).
With this
environmental declaration, both truck owners and transport customers can
see the environmental impact of different truck models during the
vehicle’s entire life-cycle as EPD describes the entire environmental
impact of a Volvo truck from production to scrapping and recycling. The
system also enables the user to make calculations based on their own
fleet of vehicles.
This web-based tool
is initially available on Volvo Trucks’ global website (www.volvo.com/trucks),however
there are plans to roll this out to all national-based Volvo Truck
websites in the near future.
“This makes it easy for customers, purchasers of transport services, and
governmental agencies to compare the environmental impact of different
models,” says Lars Mårtensson, head of Environmental Issues at Volvo
Trucks.
By
far the greatest environmental impact in the course of a truck’s
lifecycle is its use. According to EPD, this accounts for 95% of the
truck’s environmental impact during its service life.
The new version of EPD puts even greater emphasis on the vehicle’s fuel
consumption and correspondingly, its carbon dioxide emissions, which is
the primary contributing factor to the greenhouse effect.
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