SIST EN ISO 14044:2006/A1:2018

Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Requirements and guidelines (ISO 14044:2006/Amd1:2017)

Umweltmanagement - Ökobilanz - Anforderungen und Anleitungen (ISO 14044:2006Amd1:2017)

Management environnemental - Analyse du cycle de vie - Exigences et lignes directrices (ISO 14044:2006/Amd 1:2017)

Ravnanje z okoljem - Ocenjevanje življenjskega cikla - Zahteve in smernice - Dopolnilo A1 (ISO 14044:2006/Amd1:2017)

General Information

• Status: Published
• Public Enquiry End Date: 26-Feb-2017
• Publication Date: 18-Jun-2018
• ICS: 13.020.10 - Environmental management
• ICS: 13.020.60 - Product life-cycles
• Technical Committee: UZO - Environmental management
• Current Stage: 6060 - National Implementation/Publication (Adopted Project)
• Start Date: 23-May-2018
• Due Date: 28-Jul-2018
• Completion Date: 19-Jun-2018
• Directive: 765/2008 - REGULATION (EC) No 765/2008 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 9 July 2008 setting out the requirements for accreditation and market surveillance relating to the marketing of products and repealing Regulation (EEC) No 339/93
• Directive: TP276 - Pravilnik o obrazcu vloge za dodelitev spodbude za investicije, ki bistveno prispevajo k razvoju slovenskega gospodarstva, in obrazcu vloge za strateško investicijo
• Mandate: M/417 - Standardisation mandate addessed to CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI for the use of Harmonised Standards in support of the new legal framework and sectoral certification schemes
• Ref Project: EN ISO 14044:2006/A1:2018 - Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Requirements and guidelines - Amendment 1 (ISO 14044:2006/Amd 1:2017)

Relations

• Amends: SIST EN ISO 14044:2006 - Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Requirements and guidelines (ISO 14044:2006)
• Effective Date: 30-Sep-2016

Overview

SIST EN ISO 14044:2006/A1:2018 is an important amendment to the international standard ISO 14044:2006, issued by the European Committee for Standardization (CEN). This amendment provides updated requirements and guidelines for conducting Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) as part of environmental management practices. The standard focuses on refining methodological approaches, reporting, and critical review processes for LCA, emphasizing transparency and consistency in environmental impact assessment.

This standard is essential for organizations committed to environmental stewardship and sustainability, providing a framework for evaluating the environmental performance of products and services throughout their life cycles. It bridges environmental management concepts across multiple languages and countries, ensuring harmonized implementation across CEN member states.

Key Topics

• Life Cycle Assessment Framework:
  The amendment clarifies methodologies for LCA practitioners, including goal and scope definition, inventory analysis, impact assessment, and interpretation phases.

• Footprint Quantification and Reporting:
  Introduces and standardizes the concept of environmental "footprints," such as carbon and water footprints, adhering to Annex C which details footprint quantification methods and specifies transparency requirements in footprint reporting.

• Critical Review Processes:
  Details requirements for critical reviews of LCA studies to uphold study integrity, referencing ISO/TS 14071 for reviewer competencies and guidance on conducting effective reviews.

• Terminology Enhancements:
  Adds new terms like "area of concern" (environmental or human health aspects relevant to society) and "footprint" (metrics addressing specific environmental concerns), aligning LCA vocabularies to current environmental communication needs.

• Communication Guidelines:
  Establishes protocols for communicating footprint information to third parties, emphasizing clear statements about the scope and limitations of footprint analyses to avoid misleading interpretations.

• Integration with Related Standards:
  Aligns with related ISO standards, such as ISO 14026 (environmental labels and declarations), ISO 14046 (water footprint), and ISO/TS 14067 (carbon footprint), supporting consistent application of environmental metrics.

Applications

• Environmental Impact Assessment:
  Organizations can use SIST EN ISO 14044:2006/A1:2018 to rigorously assess the environmental impacts of products or services from raw material extraction through disposal, ensuring comprehensive understanding of ecological footprints.

• Sustainability Reporting:
  Facilitates credible and transparent sustainability disclosures by providing internationally recognized guidelines for LCA and footprint reporting tailored to regulatory and stakeholder expectations.

• Product Development and Innovation:
  Integrates environmental considerations early in product design to reduce negative impacts and improve resource efficiency throughout the product life cycle.

• Corporate Environmental Management Systems:
  Supports ISO 14001 environmental management systems by offering detailed LCA methodologies to evaluate and reduce environmental footprints in organizational operations.

• Policy and Regulatory Compliance:
  Assists regulatory bodies and policymakers in standardizing environmental assessment methodologies to inform decision-making and promote sustainable practices across industries.

Related Standards

• ISO 14001:2015 – Environmental management systems - Requirements
• ISO/TS 14071 – Life cycle assessment - Critical review processes and reviewer competencies
• ISO 14026:2017 – Environmental labels and declarations - Communication of footprint information
• ISO 14046:2014 – Environmental management - Water footprint principles and guidelines
• ISO/TS 14067:2018 – Greenhouse gases - Carbon footprint of products

Summary

SIST EN ISO 14044:2006/A1:2018 serves as a vital amendment enhancing the robustness and clarity of life cycle assessment practices within environmental management frameworks. It integrates footprint quantification rigorously while emphasizing transparent reporting and critical review to support informed environmental decision-making. This standard is a key reference for environmental professionals, product developers, policymakers, and sustainability consultants aiming to measure and communicate environmental impacts reliably across Europe and beyond.

Standards Content (Sample)

SLOVENSKI STANDARD
01-julij-2018
Ravnanje z okoljem - Ocenjevanje življenjskega cikla - Zahteve in smernice -
Dopolnilo A1 (ISO 14044:2006/Amd1:2017)
Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Requirements and guidelines (ISO
14044:2006/Amd1:2017)
Umweltmanagement - Ökobilanz - Anforderungen und Anleitungen (ISO
14044:2006Amd1:2017)
Management environnemental - Analyse du cycle de vie - Exigences et lignes directrices
(ISO 14044:2006/Amd 1:2017)
Ta slovenski standard je istoveten z: EN ISO 14044:2006/A1:2018
ICS:
13.020.10 Ravnanje z okoljem Environmental management
13.020.60 Življenjski ciklusi izdelkov Product life-cycles
2003-01.Slovenski inštitut za standardizacijo. Razmnoževanje celote ali delov tega standarda ni dovoljeno.

EN ISO 14044:2006/A1
EUROPEAN STANDARD
NORME EUROPÉENNE
February 2018
EUROPÄISCHE NORM
ICS 13.020.10
English Version
Environmental management - Life cycle assessment -
Requirements and guidelines - Amendment 1 (ISO
14044:2006/Amd 1:2017)
Management environnemental - Analyse du cycle de Umweltmanagement - Ökobilanz - Anforderungen und
vie - Exigences et lignes directrices - Amendement 1 Anleitungen (ISO 14044:2006/Amd 1:2017)
(ISO 14044:2006/Amd 1:2017)
This amendment A1 modifies the European Standard EN ISO 14044:2006; it was approved by CEN on 24 December 2017.

CEN members are bound to comply with the CEN/CENELEC Internal Regulations which stipulate the conditions for inclusion of
this amendment into the relevant national standard without any alteration. Up-to-date lists and bibliographical references
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This amendment exists in three official versions (English, French, German). A version in any other language made by translation
under the responsibility of a CEN member into its own language and notified to the CEN-CENELEC Management Centre has the
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European Foreword . 3
European Foreword
This document (EN ISO 14044:2006/A1:2018) has been prepared by Technical Committee ISO/TC 207
"Environmental management" in collaboration with Technical Committee CEN/TC SS26 “Environmental
management” the secretariat of which is held by CEN.
This Amendment to the European Standard EN ISO 14044:2006 shall be given the status of a national
standard, either by publication of an identical text or by endorsement, at the latest by August 2018, and
conflicting national standards shall be withdrawn at the latest by August 2018.
Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of
patent rights. CEN shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights.
According to the CEN-CENELEC Internal Regulations, the national standards organizations of the
following countries are bound to implement this European Standard: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta,
Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland,
Turkey and the United Kingdom.
Endorsement notice
The text of ISO 14044:2006/Amd 1:2017 has been approved by CEN as EN ISO 14044:2006/A1:2018
without any modification.
INTERNATIONAL ISO
STANDARD 14044
First edition
2006-07-01
AMENDMENT 1
2017-12
Environmental management — Life
cycle assessment — Requirements and
guidelines
AMENDMENT 1
Management environnemental — Analyse du cycle de vie —
Exigences et lignes directrices
AMENDEMENT 1
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