epd.world

Core Features

epd.world functions as a workflow management system that centralizes EPD-related activities. Its methodology is based on a digital-first approach, utilizing the openEPD data schema to ensure machine-readability and interoperability. The platform is designed to be agnostic, meaning it can integrate with various LCA software tools and work with any program operator. Some of its main features are:

• Digital Workflow Tools: The platform provides tools to manage the entire EPD lifecycle, replacing manual templates and email threads with a centralized system for real-time status tracking and version control.

• Integrated Verification: It includes built-in verifier workflows and role-based access for LCA practitioners, verifiers, and program operators, aiming to reduce verification time and increase transparency.

• Flexible LCA Import: Users can import LCA results from major third-party LCA software, including GaBi, OpenLCA, and SimaPro, or use WAP's own Theta LCA Software, providing flexibility in the initial assessment phase.

• Automated Formatting: The platform can automatically generate both PDF EPDs and structured, machine-readable OpenEPD files through its formatting engine, supporting different publication needs.

• Portfolio Management: epd.world acts as a central repository for a manufacturer's EPDs, offering a searchable platform to manage and control an entire portfolio from a single interface.

• Controlled Publishing: Manufacturers can publish verified EPDs to the OpenEPD database, maintaining control over data access and enabling advanced benchmarking by product category and region.

Closing Insights

epd.world sits at the heart of WAP Sustainability’s Omnichannel LCA & EPD Platform, launched in 2025 alongside Theta LCA Software and the OpenEPD Database. The idea is to treat EPDs as a strategic asset rather than a compliance afterthought: robust calculations in Theta or other LCA tools, structured digital records in epd.world, and broad discovery through OpenEPD. WAP's CEO William Paddock frames this as solving a gap in the existing market—manufacturers needed an integrated experience that didn’t sacrifice transparency or verifier-readiness.

Within this ecosystem, epd.world’s differentiator is ownership and scalability. WAP emphasizes that the platform gives producers control over their data and branding while still using an open, machine-readable schema (#OpenEPD) that program operators, databases and downstream tools can trust. From five products to five hundred, modelling-to-publication workflows can be replicated without locking manufacturers into a single EPD program or LCA engine.

The broader context is a fast-growing company: WAP Sustainability, founded in 2009, is now a global provider of sustainability software, data and consulting, recently named to the 2025 Inc. 5000 list with strong three-year growth. That combination of EPD expertise, open-data advocacy and software scale makes epd.world a notable option for manufacturers, trade associations and program operators that want to modernize EPD programs, respond to Buy Clean-style policies and build a future-proof, digital-ready EPD portfolio.