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Redefining Product Strategy in a Low-Carbon Market
Pressure for credible EPDs and LCAs is reshaping how building products are specified and purchased. At the same time, as policies like Buy Clean increasingly favor low-carbon products, expectations around transparency, land stewardship, and water efficiency are rising. As regulators, owners, and specifiers increasingly require verified sustainability data, building product manufacturers can turn transparency into a competitive advantage, helping products get specified more often by architects and engineers and stand out in competitive bids.
The Challenges Building Product Companies Face Today
Building product manufacturers are navigating increasingly complex requirements around product transparency. When transparency is lacking, teams risk losing spec opportunities, slowing product approvals, and increasing compliance costs.
Growing Regulatory & Market Pressure for Transparency Demand for LCAs and EPDs is accelerating alongside evolving requirements like Buy Clean policies, IRA incentives, LEED v5, and ESG disclosures.
Raw Material Sourcing & Decarbonization Raw material extraction and processing are complex and environmentally intensive, creating challenges in evaluating new technologies and alternative materials for environmental optimization.
Limited Alignment on Scope 3 Emissions Scope 3 emissions span various operational departments, yet responsibility is often fragmented. Without a shared understanding of priorities and impacts, teams struggle to engage suppliers and translate emissions data into product and compliance decisions.
Restricted Internal Capacity to Quantify Sustainability Product teams often lack the time or specialized expertise to develop LCAs, evaluate material alternatives, or model improvements across product portfolios. This delay can slow innovation and limit the ability to demonstrate progress.
Sustainability Services for Building & Construction Product Companies
Sustainable Solutions Corporation provides building product teams with solutions focused on reducing costs and improving performance. We work with your team to develop sustainability solutions aligned with both immediate priorities and long-term strategy.
Training & Education
Consulting Services
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A customized roadmap that identifies opportunities across energy, carbon, water, and waste to reduce impacts and increase profits, resulting in significant cost savings and measurable ROI.
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A method for evaluating a product’s environmental impacts across its entire life cycle, enabling data-driven decisions that support compliance and product differentiation.
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A verified, market-ready report built on the results of a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) that improves product transparency and builds supplier trust.
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We provide product-level carbon footprinting services to support internal KPIs and meet retailer and regulatory disclosure requirements.
PCFs offer credible, defensible data that can support sustainability claims and customer reporting.
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We embed sustainability into R&D and Stage-Gate processes using practical tools and checklists to standardize sustainability decisions and identify lower-impact materials. This proactive approach reduces compliance risk and minimizes downstream delays.
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A tailored program that trains sourcing and procurement teams to reduce Scope 3 emissions through supplier engagement and sustainable procurement practices.
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A comprehensive program that trains suppliers to measure, report, and reduce their emissions, enabling them to provide accurate data and support your company’s Scope 3 goals.
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Our Life Cycle Assessment certified practitioners equip internal teams with the tools and expertise to conduct product life cycle assessments and support the development of credible Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs).
Case Studies
Global Building Products Company Achieves $1.83M in Potential
Annual Savings
Through targeted assessments and a facility site visit, SSC uncovered high-value opportunities to reduce energy, water, materials, and waste.
Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association Sets Industry Standard With LCA, Driving Continuous Improvement and Product Optimization
SSC conducted an industry-wide LCA with Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association, establishing benchmarks, achieving a 6% impact reduction, and highlighting PVC pipe’s durability, recyclability, and long-term sustainability benefits.
“I am very impressed with SSC’s professionalism, attention to detail, and, most of all, the level of cost savings identified through this project. Not only did they provide a roadmap of how to implement improvements at my facility, they quantified and emphasized recommendations that could be accomplished immediately with minimal upfront costs and quick paybacks.”
Connect with a Building Products Sustainability Expert
Our focus is delivering profit-driven solutions that reduce environmental impact. We partner with your business to solve the sustainability challenges that matter most to your teams.
Resources
Blog Posts
With rising regulatory pressure and consumer expectations, LCAs and EPDs have emerged as two of the most critical tools for assessing and clearly communicating sustainability efforts.
Selecting the right type of Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) is crucial. The goal and scope of your project will ultimately determine which LCA approach best supports your sustainability journey.
With nearly 25 years of experience completing LCAs for a wide range of industries, we gathered the most common questions we hear and added our expert insights to help guide you forward with confidence.
