News

2026

New e-learning courses about the BASTA system

Published 12 Oct 2026

Learning about the BASTA system has just become easier. BASTA is launching two new free e-learning courses that provide a flexible introduction to both the system and the audit process. The courses were developed by Cecilia Groth, Expert in Sustainable Building Materials, and are available in both Swedish and English.

How the ESPR regulation works

Published 30 Sep 2026

ESPR, the Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation, is the EU’s new framework for sustainable products. Formally known as Regulation (EU) 2024/1781 of the European Parliament and of the Council, it entered into force on 18 July 2024. It replaces the previous Ecodesign Directive, which primarily covered energy-related products, and expands the scope to potentially include almost all physical products sold on the EU market.

More and more companies are choosing BASTA's API for sustainability data

Published 28 Sep 2026

Interest in integrating sustainability data directly into digital tools and systems continues to grow. Today, BASTA's API is used by an increasing number of companies to access quality-assured information on products, climate impact, and compliance requirements. Charlotte Stjernqvist, Technical Expert and Product Owner at BASTA, shares her insights on this development and explains how the API is being used in practice

CLP Regulation: the foundation for classification and labelling of chemical products

Published 17 Sep 2026

The CLP Regulation is one of the European Union's most important pieces of chemicals legislation and forms the basis for how hazardous chemical substances and mixtures must be classified, labelled and packaged within the EU.

What is the REACH Regulation?

Published 09 Sep 2026

REACH is the European Union's main chemicals legislation and serves as a foundation for the management of chemicals in products, construction materials and articles. The acronym stands for Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals.

What is Omnibus?

Published 28 Aug 2026

Omnibus is the European Commission's initiative to simplify several of the EU's sustainability regulations. The package was presented on 26 February 2025 and aims to reduce the administrative burden on companies while maintaining the EU's overall climate and sustainability objectives.

What is ESRS?

Published 19 Aug 2026

ESRS is a set of standardized disclosure requirements for companies operating within the European Union and is closely linked to the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD, Directive 2022/2464). ESRS stands for European Sustainability Reporting Standards.

What is CSRD and sustainability reporting?

Published 19 Aug 2026

Updated fees

Published 17 Aug 2026

Double launch: The Butterfly and expanded support for external requirement setters

Published 11 Jun 2026

We are proud to present two major new launches: Byggkeramikrådet’s Butterfly and ten new external requirement providers on the product pages. Our Product Owner, Charlotte Stjernqvist, shares more about these updates.

Byggmaterialhandlarna and BASTA launch a strategic partnership

Published 09 Jun 2026

At a time when transparency, digitalisation, automation and sustainability are high on the agenda, Byggmaterialhandlarna and BASTA are taking a major step forward. A strategic partnership is now being launched to make industry-owned and open sustainability data accessible to the building materials trade, with the aim of ensuring the right data is available where decisions are made.

Recticel on working with circular material flows

Published 25 May 2026

We interviewed Hannes Mettler, Technical Manager at Recticel, about their new recycling facility and how they work with BASTA.

New features: expiration date and Swedish Wood

Published 19 May 2026

We are launching two new features in the system: expiration dates and an integration with Svenskt Trä.

BASTA Day 2026

Published 12 May 2026

Registration for BASTA Day 2026 is now open – a full-day event for professionals in the built environment sector. This year’s edition once again offers a packed program with speakers from across the industry

How Welin & Co Work with BASTA

Published 05 May 2026

We interviewed Johanna Svanmo, Environmental and Sustainability Manager at Welin & Co.

GS1 and BASTA: expanding collaboration for more sustainability information in the building materials trade

Published 13 Apr 2026

GS1 will become the new standard for product information as Byggmaterialhandlarna, the industry association for the building materials trade, transitions from the in-house developed Vilma standard. We interviewed Jonatan Tullberg, CEO of GS1 Sweden, about how they use BASTA’s data.

We are at Nordbygg.

Published 24 Mar 2026

Together with our sister companies eBVD, EPD International, CCBuild, and BM, we will be present from April 21–24 at Nordbygg at Stockholmsmässan. Read more about everything that’s happening and the opportunities available.

Enhanced Article Export

Published 03 Mar 2026

In the second part of the IT system updates, we are introducing a highly anticipated feature: enhanced article export through filtering or selection.

New functionality in the system

Published 25 Feb 2026

We have released several new features in the BASTA system designed to make it easier for all users. Here, we will present four of them — next week, we will review the remaining features.

New feature – view all eBVD fields

Published 23 Jan 2026

This week, we launched new functionality that makes it even easier to share sustainability information: you can now view all eBVD fields in the BASTA system.