EN ISO 14020:2023
(Main)Environmental statements and programmes for products - Principles and general requirements (ISO 14020:2022)
Environmental statements and programmes for products - Principles and general requirements (ISO 14020:2022)
This document establishes principles and specifies general requirements that are applicable to all types of product-related environmental statements and environmental statement programmes. Environmental statements result from environmental statement programmes and include self-declared environmental claims, ecolabels, environmental product declarations (EPDs) and footprint communications.
This document is intended to be used in conjunction with other standards in the ISO 14020 family.
NOTE Those other standards contain additional terms and definitions, principles and requirements that are relevant to their specific scopes.
Umweltaussagen für Produkte und deren Programme - Grundsätze und allgemeine Anforderungen (ISO 14020:2022)
Dieses Dokument legt Grundsätze und allgemeine Anforderungen fest, die für alle Arten von produktbezoge
nen Umweltaussagen und Programmen für Umweltaussagen gelten. Umweltaussagen gehen aus Programmen für Umweltaussagen hervor und umfassen selbsterklärte Umweltansprüche Umweltzeichen,
deklarationen(EPDs) und Fußabdruckkommunikationen.
Dieses Dokument ist für die Anwendung in Verbindung mit anderen Normen der Normenfamilie ISO14020 vorgesehen.
ANMERKUNG Diese anderen Normen enthalten ergänzende Begriffe, Grundsätze und Anforderungen, die für den jewei
ligen Anwendungsbereich relevant sind.
Déclarations environnementales et programmes pour les produits - Principes et exigences générales (ISO 14020:2022)
Le présent document établit les principes et spécifie les exigences générales qui sont applicables à tous les types de déclarations environnementales et programmes de déclarations environnementales de produits. Les déclarations environnementales sont issues de programmes de déclarations environnementales et comprennent les autodéclarations environnementales, les écolabels, les déclarations environnementales de produits (DEP) et les communications d’empreinte.
Le présent document est destiné à être utilisé conjointement avec d’autres normes de la famille ISO 14020.
NOTE Ces autres normes contiennent des termes et définitions supplémentaires, ainsi que des principes et des exigences pertinents pour leur domaine d’application.
Okoljske izjave in programi za proizvode - Načela in splošne zahteve (ISO 14020:2022)
Ta dokument določa načela in splošne zahteve, ki veljajo za vse vrste okoljskih izjav v zvezi s proizvodi in programe okoljskih izjav. Okoljske izjave so rezultat programov okoljskih izjav in vključujejo okoljsko samodeklarirane trditve, znake za okolje, okoljske deklaracije o proizvodih (EPD) in okoljsko samodeklariranje.
Ta dokument je namenjen uporabi skupaj z drugimi standardi iz skupine standardov ISO 14020.
OPOMBA: Ti drugi standardi vsebujejo dodatne izraze in definicije, načela in zahteve, ki so pomembni za določena področja uporabe.
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SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-februar-2024
Nadomešča:
SIST EN ISO 14020:2002
Okoljske izjave in programi za proizvode - Načela in splošne zahteve (ISO
14020:2022)
Environmental statements and programmes for products - Principles and general
requirements (ISO 14020:2022)
Umwelterklärungen und -programme für Produkte – Grundsätze und allgemeine
Anforderungen (ISO 14020:2022)
Déclarations environnementales et programmes pour les produits - Principes et
exigences générales (ISO 14020:2022)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 14020:2023
ICS:
13.020.50 Označevanje z ekološko Ecolabelling
nalepko
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.
EN ISO 14020
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
January 2023
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.020.50 Supersedes EN ISO 14020:2001
English Version
Environmental statements and programmes for products -
Principles and general requirements (ISO 14020:2022)
Déclarations environnementales et programmes pour Umwelterklärungen und -programme für Produkte -
les produits - Principes et exigences générales (ISO Grundsätze und allgemeine Anforderungen (ISO
14020:2022) 14020:2022)
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European foreword . 3
European foreword
This document (EN ISO 14020:2023) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 207
"Environmental management" in collaboration with CCMC.
This European Standard shall be given the status of a national standard, either by publication of an
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This document supersedes EN ISO 14020:2001.
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Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 14020:2022 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 14020:2023 without any modification.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 14020
Third edition
2022-12
Environmental statements and
programmes for products —
Principles and general requirements
Déclarations environnementales et programmes pour les produits —
Principes et exigences générales
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ISO 14020:2022(E)
ISO 14020:2022(E)
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Contents Page
Foreword .v
Introduction . vi
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
3.1 Terms related to the environment . 1
3.2 Terms related to environmental statements . 2
3.3 Terms related to programmes . 5
3.4 Terms related to life cycle. 6
3.5 Terms related to conformity assessment of environmental statements . 6
4 Principles . 7
4.1 General . 7
4.2 Credibility . 7
4.2.1 Principle . 7
4.2.2 Rationale . 7
4.3 Evidence-based methodology . 7
4.3.1 Principle . 7
4.3.2 Rationale . 7
4.4 Transparency and availability . 8
4.4.1 Principle . 8
4.4.2 Rationale . 8
4.5 Confidentiality . 8
4.5.1 Principle . 8
4.5.2 Rationale . 8
4.6 Life cycle perspective . 8
4.6.1 Principle . 8
4.6.2 Rationale . 8
4.7 Environmental performance improvement and innovation . 9
4.7.1 Principle . 9
4.7.2 Rationale . 9
4.8 Accessibility and avoidance of unnecessary information and administrative
demands . 9
4.8.1 Principle . 9
4.8.2 Rationale . 9
4.9 Interested parties and consultation . 9
4.9.1 Principle . 9
4.9.2 Rationale . 9
4.10 Voluntary . 10
4.10.1 Principle . 10
4.10.2 Rationale . 10
4.11 Regionality . 10
4.11.1 Principle . 10
4.11.2 Rationale . 10
5 Types of environmental statements .10
5.1 General .
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