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EPD International AB, a limited company registered in Sweden, is the programme operator and has the overall responsibility for the administration and operation of the International EPD® System.

EPD International is a subsidiary to IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute: an independent, non-profit research institute, owned by a foundation jointly established by the Swedish Government and Swedish industry. As a limited company, EPD International AB has a board of directors. Further information is published in the annual reports of IVL.

The programme operator has a number of mandatory obligations according to ISO 14025. These duties are mainly divided between the Secretariat, the Technical Committee (TC), and the International Advisory Board (IAB).

Board of Directors EPD International AB

EPD International AB has a Board of Directors appointed by the company's sole shareholder IVL Swedish Environmental Research Institute.
Currently, the Board has one independent member. The Board of Directors is responsible amongst other things for (source: www.bolagsverket.se):

• Overall responsibility for EPD International AB
• Call the shareholders to the Annual General Meeting
• Paying taxes
• Ensure the preparation of annual reports and, where necessary, the auditor's report and the submission of documents to The Swedish Companies Registration Office

The Board has produced rules of procedure for its work, which are updated annually.

EPD Secretariat

The EPD Secretariat has the overall operational responsibility and manages the day-to-day running of The International EPD System, including the registration and publication of the new EPDs.

• According to ISO 14025 shall the programme operator have a Secretariat to fulfil a range of tasks.
  These tasks are described in detail in our General Programme Instructions (GPI).
• The EPD Secretariat is managed by the Managing Director (CEO), Sebastiaan Stiller, together with the Director Operations, Sebastian Welling.
  For inquiries regarding Customer Support/EPD Helpdesk, Compliance, LCA/PCR methodology, PCR development, invoices, a.s.o. please consult our Contact page for the contact details.
• As the official programme operator to the International EPD System, the Secretariat may delegate parts of the tasks of the Secretariat in specified regional markets to local organisations, e.g. the marketing and registration rights of EPDs.