Register your product in the Dutch Environmental Database
Would you like to have an environmental declaration for your product registered in the Dutch Environmental Database? You will then follow a fixed admission procedure. This process safeguards quality, transparency and independent review of environmental data. On this page you can read which steps to take, who is responsible for which role and what is required to have your product included in the database.
Submitting a product starts with compiling a life cycle assessment and registering an environmental declaration. This is entered via the input platform and reviewed by a recognised LCA reviewer. After approval, the Dutch Environmental Database publishes the environmental declaration. Registration is not free of charge. Current rates can be found on the Rates page.
Submitting a product means having an environmental declaration registered, reviewed and published in the Dutch Environmental Database. After publication, the environmental declaration can be applied in environmental performance calculations for buildings and civil engineering works.
Step-by-step guide: how to get an environmental declaration for your product in the Dutch Environmental Database
Submitting data always follows a fixed procedure.
Stap 1: Express your interest
First indicate that you are interested in creating an environmental declaration in the NMD. Use this form to easily and without obligation express your interest. We will then contact you personally to discuss the possibilities and next steps.
Stap 2: Find an LCA consultant and (have an) LCA carried out
An LCA maps the environmental impact of your product across its entire life cycle. If you cannot do this yourself, engage a (recognised) LCA consultant to prepare this analysis correctly.View the overview of LCA consultants here.
Stap 3: Registreren als data-eigenaar
The producer (or industry association) registers with Stichting NMD as a data owner. This is required for billing and to be formally responsible for the environmental declaration. Not yet registered? Register your details here.
Stap 4: Enter environmental data
The LCA consultant enters the environmental data via the NMD input portal. The consultant needs their own input account for this. The data is entered based on the environmental declaration resulting from the LCA. Read more about entering data.
Stap 5: Review
A recognised, independent LCA expert checks whether the data complies with the NMD protocols.
Stap 6: Publication in the NMD
After approval, Stichting NMD publishes the environmental declaration.
Stap 7: Apply for the Filling the Gaps Compensation Scheme
Financial support is available for certain product groups through the Filling the Gaps Compensation Scheme. Check whether your product group qualifies before starting to prepare an LCA. Read more about the Filling the Gaps Compensation Scheme
From step 6 onwards, your product can be included in validated environmental performance calculations (EPB/ECI).
Would you like to register your product?
Practically: what do you need to do now?
Are you a producer or supplier? -> Register as a data owner.
Are you an LCA consultant? -> Make sure you have an input account.
Registreer als data-eigenaar Klik hier als u LCA-opsteller bent
Support: Compensation scheme Filling the Gaps
Commissioning an LCA involves costs. For certain product groups, financial support is available. With the compensation scheme Filling the Gaps, Stichting NMD lowers the threshold for having an environmental declaration prepared.
Whitepaper
Would you like to know more about the full process and the benefits of registering in the Dutch Environmental Database? Download our whitepaper Visible with your product in the Dutch Environmental Database.
Frequently asked questions environmental data
If an LCA of your product has not yet been drawn up in accordance with the Assessment method, the first step is to have this analysis carried out by a (recognised) LCA practitioner of your choice.
Find a recognised LCA practitioner in our overview
Or check the list of companies that draw up LCA practitioners. These companies are mostly affiliated with the VLCA.
Have you found an LCA practitioner? Then see the next steps here
Before the LCA practitioner can enter the environmental data, you must be registered as data owner with Stichting NMD. You then indicate that you agree to the NMD Terms of Use and the General Terms and Conditions. There are costs associated with registering data in the NMD. In order for invoicing to proceed in good order, we need billing details from you. It is also important that you indicate in the form which LCA practitioner will provide the data entry, so that login details for the entry module can be provided.
An LCA is a quantitative method to determine the total environmental impact across the product life cycle; from raw material extraction and production to end-of-life use and disposal. It allows companies to understand the environmental impact of their products and raw materials through the entire value chain. Read more information on environmental data here. Environmental declarations in the NMD must be prepared according to the The Environmental Performance Assessment Method for Construction Works (Assessment Method). Chapter 2 of the Assessment method provides the methodical requirements for determining the environmental performance of (building) products, installations and processes.
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