prEN ISO 14019-4

Sustainability information - Part 4: Principles and requirements for bodies validating and verifying sustainability information (ISO/DIS 14019-4:2024)

This document provides specific requirements for bodies performing validation and verification of declared sustainability information.
This document adopts the principles and general requirements of ISO/IEC 17029 for the competence, consistent operation and impartiality of bodies performing validation/verification as conformity assessment activities. This document includes additional principles and requirements that are necessary to contextualise ISO/IEC 17029 for validation and verification of sustainability information.
Any programme requirements related to bodies are additional to the requirements of this document.

Nachhaltigkeitsinformationen - Teil 4: Grundsätze und Anforderungen für Stellen, die Nachhaltigkeitsinformationen validieren und verifizieren (ISO/DIS 14019‑4:2024)

Informations en matière de durabilité - Partie 4: Principes et exigences pour les organismes validant et vérifiant les informations en matière de durabilité (ISO/DIS 14019-4:2024)

Informacije o trajnostnosti - 4. del: Načela in zahteve za organe, ki potrjujejo in preverjajo informacije o trajnostnosti (ISO/DIS 14019-4:2024)

General Information

• Status: Not Published
• Publication Date: 09-Jun-2026
• ICS: 13.020.20 - Environmental economics. Sustainability
• Technical Committee: CEN/CLC/TC 1 - Criteria for conformity assessment bodies
• Current Stage: 4020 - Submission to enquiry - Enquiry
• Start Date: 14-Nov-2024
• Completion Date: 14-Nov-2024
• Ref Project: oSIST prEN ISO 14019-4:2025 - Sustainability information - Part 4: Principles and requirements for bodies validating and verifying sustainability information (ISO/DIS 14019-4:2024)

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-januar-2025
Informacije o trajnostnosti - 4. del: Načela in zahteve za organe, ki potrjujejo in
preverjajo informacije o trajnostnosti (ISO/DIS 14019-4:2024)
Sustainability information - Part 4: Principles and requirements for bodies validating and
verifying sustainability information (ISO/DIS 14019-4:2024)
Nachhaltigkeitsinformationen - Teil 4: Grundsätze und Anforderungen für Stellen, die
Nachhaltigkeitsinformationen validieren und verifizieren (ISO/DIS 14019-4:2024)
Informations en matière de durabilité - Partie 4: Principes et exigences pour les
organismes validant et vérifiant les informations en matière de durabilité (ISO/DIS 14019
-4:2024)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: prEN ISO 14019-4
ICS:
03.120.20 Certificiranje proizvodov in Product and company
podjetij. Ugotavljanje certification. Conformity
skladnosti assessment
13.020.20 Okoljska ekonomija. Environmental economics.
Trajnostnost Sustainability
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

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Sustainability information —
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Principles and requirements for
bodies validating and verifying
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sustainability information
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction .vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Principles for the validation/verification process and for validation/verification bodies
and teams. 4
4.1 General .4
4.2 Professional scepticism .4
4.3 Conservativeness.4
5 General requirements . 5
5.1 Legal entity .5
5.2 Responsibilities for deliverables.5
5.3 Management of impartiality .5
5.4 Liability .5
6 Structural requirements . 5
6.1 Organizational structure and top management .5
6.2 Operational control .5
7 Resource requirements . 5
7.1 General .5
7.2 Personnel .6
7.3 Management process for the competence of personnel .6
7.4 Outsourcing .6
8 Validation/verification programme . 6
9 Process requirements . 7
9.1 General .7
9.2 Pre-engagement .7
9.3 Engagement .7
9.4 Planning .7
9.5 Validation/verification execution.8
9.6 Review .8
9.7 Decision and issuance of the assurance opinion .9
9.7.1 Decision .9
9.7.2 Issuance of the assurance opinion .10
9.8 Facts discovered after the issue of the validation/verification conclusion .10
9.9 Handling of appeals .11
9.10 Handling of complaints .11
9.11 Records .11
10 Information requirements .11
10.1 Publicly available information . . .11
10.2 Other information to be available .11
10.3 Reference to validation/verification and use of marks .11
10.4 Confidentiality . 12
11 Management system requirements .12
11.1 General . 12
11.2 Management review . 12
11.3 Internal audits. 12
11.4 Corrective action . 12
11.5 Actions to address risks and opportunities . 12
11.6 Documented information . 12

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Annex A (normative) Competence requirements .
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