Standards
ISO, NSF and others have developed standards relating to LCA and life cycle inventory analysis to help advanced sustainability and developing greener products. These standards allow a way to measure products sustainability attributes.
- Environmental Product Declaration, EPD – Product Category Rules
- ISO 14040:2006 Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Principles and Framework
- ISO 14044:2006 Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Requirements and Guidelines
- ISO/TS 14048:2002 Environmental Management – Life Cycle Assessment – Data Documentation Format
- ISO/TR 14049: 2012 Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Illustrative examples on how to apply ISO 14044 to goal and scope definition and inventory analysis
- ISO 21930:2007 Sustainability in Building Construction – Environmental Declaration of Building Products
- LEO-4000 National Sustainable Agriculture Standard
- LEO-SCS-002 Type III Life-Cycle Impact Profile Declarations for Products, Services and Systems
- NSF International – PCRs
- Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
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