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ARGE has released its latest documents from the annual conference in Budapest.   Now available on the ARGE website are the minutes from the latest General Meeting, and the two further proposals for the delivery of generic EPDs for ARGE members. These can all be found in the member resource area – with the General…

Following its successful 2013 conference, ARGE has uploaded its latest documents to the website.  All documents from the conference in Budapest can be downloaded from the members’ resource area or public documents can be found in the downloads section.  Documents include Executive Board presentations detailing ARGE’s sustainability roadmap and route to EPDs, as well as…

Thanks to everyone for attending this year’s ARGE conference – I think you’ll all agree it was a great success.  The main talking points to arise from the conference were ARGE’s decision to pursue its sustainability agenda through the creation of generic EPDs and its new management board.  After voting on the issue, ARGE has…

At its General Meeting on September 5th, ARGE elected a Chairman and two additional members of the  Executives Board. The new ARGE Chairman is Hans Weissenboeck. Hans, Austrian from birth is a representative of KABA Switzerland, where he works as a Senior Vice President. Hans wants to drive the ARGE Sustainability Agenda and work closely…

Following a successful conference in Budapest, ARGE is delighted to announce that it will be developing its own entry level EPDs.  Members voted in favour of pursuing ARGE’s sustainable roadmap, which will deliver the generic EPDs for all member associations.  ARGE will now take the next step and decide which EPD proposal to adopt, after three…

The offcicial ARGE conference has begun!  If you’re at the conference, then we’d like to hear from you. Why not tell us about your first day at the conference? What has been the highlight so far and what are you most looking forward to? Plus, we want to know your opinions on the proposed delivery…

This is the week of the official ARGE annual conference and we look forward to welcoming you all in Budapest this Thursday and Friday, where the sustainability agenda will take centre stage. ARGE has received approaches on how to develop and deliver to its members generic EDPs from three different European countries. The options open…

If you’ve been keeping up to date with our forum posts of late or following us on Linked In then you’ll probably be aware that we believe Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs) are the most effective way for communicating a product’s verifiable and accurate environmental information. And what’s more following the introduction of the new Construction…

The ARGE work groups have been developing solutions for the upcoming sustianability requirements that will affect everyone across the industry. In ARGE’s special Work Group for Sustainability detailed tenders for the best possible solution for ARGE members have been prepared.  These will be present and evntually deliver generic market entry EPDs, which should be accepted…

With the annual ARGE conference just a few weeks away and with EPDs very much the priority on the agenda, we take a look in more detail at the route to EPDs.  It has been established that EPDs will be mandatory for the growth and commercial success of any business, so let’s examine the background…