Terms of Use - International Climate Intelligence System

Terms of Use

The International Climate Intelligence System (ICIS) Website available at www.climateintell.com  and all subdomains and related services, such as but not limited to  EPD Registry, PCR, (hereafter the “Website”) is provided by The International Climate Intelligence System, with address 71-75 Shelton Street,
London, WC2H 9JQ, United Kingdom.

The International Climate Intelligence System provides companies the opportunity to transparently declare the environmental impact of products and services from a life cycle perspective.

EPD is an environmental product declaration that provides objective, third-party reviewed and comparable information. All approved environmental product declarations are published via The International Climate Intelligence System web portal.

ICIS wants to be the facilitator of the development towards increased availability of product and service specific environmental performance information at large scale and provide these in a format that is attractive to communicate in a hyper-transparent, credible and understandable format.

The use of the Website is subject these General terms of use.

  1. By accessing and using information and data on the Website the User (the User defined as any person accessing and using the data shared on the Website) accepts these General terms of use without restriction and reserve. Thus, each User acknowledges that he/she has read and understood these General terms of use and agrees to be bound by them, as well as the Privacy policy and Cookie policy of The International Climate Intelligence System, https://climateintell.com/terms-of-use/
  1. Access to Register requires a license which can be obtained by the User registering in Register section at www.climateintell.com
  1. Information and data on the website to which The International Climate Intelligence System grants the User access are copyright-protected. All rights are reserved for the provider.
  • All data included in an EPD (EPD defined as Environmental product declaration) is owned by the original EPD owner. The EPD owner is usually the manufacturer of the affected product or a trade association in case of Factory/Sectoral EPD.
  • Ownership to data which is used for creating an EPD (e.g. LCI/A background data) will remain with the provider of such data.
  • It is possible to use the data for any application, provided that the application follows The International Climate Intelligence System terms of use and purpose.
  • When the User uses data included in an EPD there will be no transfer of ownership to the data included in the EPD.
  • The User may only use the data included in an EPD as it is. The User is not allowed to deconstruct the EPD data found on the website, nor to use them for the creation of another data product.
  • The User is not allowed to redistribute or sell the EPD data or any parts thereof. In other words, the User cannot create and/or distribute data products of their own.
  • All intellectual property rights and/or equivalent rights on the Website, including the underlying software, possible illustrations, logos, brand names, etc. are the exclusive property of The International Climate Intelligence System. Use of such intellectual property rights and/or equivalent rights is only authorized with the explicit prior consent of The International Climate Intelligence System.
  1. The International Climate Intelligence System has the right to distribute data from the website free of charge for all users and uses to other EPD access points, commercial EPD databases etc,
  1. The User may not make the application or software, when using the Data Website available to third parties or to sell or rent it to third parties, nor may he/she decompile, reverse engineer or modify the application or software. Moreover, the User is prohibited from removing or circumventing the technical provisions for protecting the application and software on the Website.
  1. When using data accessed on the Website the User must be transparent concerning data origin and quality by communicating that such data is The International Climate Intelligence System data by mentioning the source of the data (i.e International Climate Intelligence System) together with the trade mark EPD, CO2 and GHG as below.



  1. The International Climate Intelligence System cannot guarantee that the Website will always be available without interruption or defect or that they will be free from viruses. All the information and data on the website is published in good faith and for information purpose only. The International Climate Intelligence System does not make any representations or warranties about the completeness, reliability or accuracy of information and data on the Website. Any action which a User takes upon the information on the Website is strictly at the User’s own risk, and The International Climate Intelligence System will not be liable for any losses and damages in connection with the use of information or data on the Website. The User’s downloads or other use of such information or data is made under the sole responsibility of the User.

    The International Climate Intelligence System disclaims any and all liability for all damages (whether direct and/or indirect damages; such as consequential damages, loss of income, business or profit, reputation) occurring under these General terms of use. The International Climate Intelligence System shall consequently neither be liable for any loss of data, damage caused by computer viruses, interference on the User’s or third party’s computer.

    Any damage caused by the misuse of the data or information included on the Website or caused by the violation of the rules for use by Users shall be compensated by the User. Neither The International Climate Intelligence System or the owners of EPD have any liability of any kind, and the User shall indemnify and hold The International Climate Intelligence System harmless against all liabilities, claims, damages and expenses of every kind and character in that respect.

  1. The International Climate Intelligence System may terminate the User’s access to the Website with immediate effect and with no previous notice if the User breaches any of these Terms of use and/or acts unlawfully against The International Climate Intelligence System and the User will thereafter be prevented from having access to and using the Website.
    The International Climate Intelligence System reserves the right to temporarily or permanently block the Website at any time.

    If the rights granted to the User under these General terms of use would terminate, the User shall immediately cease using the Website, and destroy any and all entry codes and/or passwords to the Website. The User must delete any data downloaded through the Website, and undertakes not to use them again.

  1. The International Climate Intelligence System reserves the right to modify these General terms of use at any time. In case of modification the User will receive a notification and the User’s written consent will be requested again for continued access to the Website.
  1. These terms of use are governed by UK law. Any dispute, controversy or claim arising out of or in connection with the General terms of use, or the breach, termination or invalidity thereof, shall be finally settled by arbitration administered by the International Chamber of Commerce (the “ICC”). The Rules for Expedited Arbitrations shall apply, unless the ICC in its discretion determines, taking into account the complexity of the case, the amount in dispute and other circumstances, that the Arbitration Rules shall apply. In the latter case, the ICC shall also decide whether the Arbitral Tribunal shall be composed of one or three arbitrators. The seat of arbitration shall be agreed mutually. The language to be used in the arbitral proceedings shall be English