All Volvo FE and FL trucks now come complete with Volvo Trucks’ unique Environmental Product Declaration – EPD. This means that all buyers or owners of new Volvo trucks in Europe have access to a detailed lifecycle analysis of the vehicle’s environmental footprint.
The environmental product declaration was first introduced back in 2001 in connection with the launch of Volvo’s new FH and FM series trucks.
Since then, the service has undergone continuous development with the help of better know-how and new data. Now it is time to offer lifecycle analysis of the FE and FL trucks too. With this move, the entire model range in Europe will come with an environmental product declaration.
“We were the world’s first truck manufacturer to provide an environmental product declaration, and almost ten years later we are still the only vehicle manufacturer in the world to offer customers this type of information,” says Lars Mårtensson, Environmental Director at Volvo Trucks.
“Demand for detailed information about our trucks’ climate and environmental footprint has increased in recent years. We have made the data easily accessible via an interactive service available on our website,” says Mårtensson.
Naturally, environmental concerns are at the top of the agenda in Volvo Trucks’ contacts with its major global customers.
“Environmental issues are an increasingly important factor in our customers’ business dealings with haulage purchasers. With the EPD tool, they can calculate the total environmental footprint for a given transport assignment and also clearly show what is covered,” says Anna Sjölin, Global Key Account Manager at Volvo Trucks.
