Volvo Trucks make it easier to select the most environmentally-sound whole-of-life vehicles

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 ( 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.