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AI Is Reviewing Sustainability Data. Who Reviews AI?

AI hasn't earned its way into sustainability review; it was pulled in because manual review cannot scale to CSRD, LCA, and EPD volumes. The real question is not whether AI should check the data, but whether AI-assisted review can be governed so that a named, accountable person still answers for the result.

  • AI
  • CSRD
  • Assurance
  • Governance
  • EPD
Verdatir 6 min read Read
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Verification Infrastructure Is the Product

Sustainability standards rely on accredited verifiers, but the real product of any programme is the verification infrastructure behind it. Consistency, independence, scalable capacity, and continuous feedback loops are what make a standard trustworthy in the market. Verdatir argues that verification should be engineered as a core design element, not treated as background plumbing.

  • Verification
  • EPD
  • CSRD
5 min Read
Two life cycle assessment reports side by side with mismatched structures
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Why Verified LCAs Still Aren't Comparable

Third-party verification confirms a life cycle assessment followed its own rules. It says nothing about whether two studies followed the same rules. Comparability needs shared Product Category Rules and a structured format to carry them.

  • LCA
  • PCR
  • EPD
5 min Read
Industrial imports at a European border with carbon pricing overlay
Research

A Price and a Playbook: What EU's Latest CBAM Related Moves Mean

CBAM's definitive phase is live, the certificate price is set, and two open negotiations in Brussels will decide what importers actually pay. A practical read on prices, deadlines, exemptions, and scope.

  • CBAM
  • EU ETS
  • Carbon Pricing
4 min Read
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ISO 14025:2026 reflects the growing maturity of the global EPD ecosystem

On 24 June 2026 ISO published the biggest update to the EPD standard since 2006. The six changes look unrelated but form one sequence: tightened terminology, a harder boundary against unverified claims, mandatory harmonisation, verified digital tools, formalised prospective EPDs, and a governance regime built for a regulated market.

  • EPD
  • ISO 14025
  • Sustainability
13 min Read

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