VALIS for reliable carbon performance

• Speira launches label for independently verified carbon threshold
• EPD-backed reliability simplifies material selection, product ecology and transparency

“With our new label VALIS, we define a clear and independently verified carbon threshold. Every product carrying the label is backed by an Environmental Product Declaration and confirmed by an external authority. This means carbon performance you can document, report and rely on,” explains Cédric Rauhaus, Speira’s Head of Marketing. VALIS is designed for markets where transparency defines trust and documentation drives decisions. The label marks products with a CO₂ footprint of less than 4 tonne CO₂e per tonne of aluminium and provides a reliable basis for reporting and enables consistent, verifiable carbon accounting over time.

Transparency creates value when it can be applied. That is why every VALIS product is backed by an Environmental Product Declaration (EPD) and independently verified by external experts. This ensures that the environmental data is not only accurate, but also ready to be used for ESG reporting, audits or customer requirements. VALIS provides a reliable basis that reduces internal validation effort and increases confidence in the manufactured products.

The verifications were carried out according to ISO 14025:2006 by Tetis Institute, a spin-off from the University of Genoa in Italy, and cover all major cold- and hot-rolled as well as coated products from Speira’s Specialties. These are primarily the alloys for transport applications and shipbuilding, for mechanical engineering and energy technology, and, most of all, for functional and aesthetic applications in architecture. Generally, the declarations are an important tool for planners and engineers to compare the environmental impact of products in concrete terms and optimise the sustainability of their projects. And in the construction sector in particular, sustainability standards such as BREEAM, LEED and DGNB – the world’s leading voluntary certification systems for sustainable construction and operation – require EPDs. Here, low-carbon aluminium from Speira can be used in façade elements as well as in roofing, window and shading technology and, thus, contribute to “green buildings”.

Speira’s EPDs follow the cradle-to-gate approach and consider the use of primary metal, internal and external scrap and alloy surcharges, as well as the composition, melting and casting, rolling and cutting. The Life Cycle Assessments included were carried out by Alea Design, a spin-off from the University of Modena in Italy.

Find out more abot VALIS: www.speira.com/sustainability/valis/ An overview of the EPDs can be found here: www.environdec.com/library?q=speira