13.020 - Environmental protection
ICS 13.020 Details
Environmental protection
Umweltschutz im allgemeinen 1302000
Protection de l'environnement
Varstvo okolja
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ICS 13.020 is a classification code in the International Classification for Standards (ICS) system. It covers "Environmental protection". The ICS is a hierarchical classification system used to organize international, regional, and national standards, facilitating the search and identification of standards across different fields.
There are 1636 standards classified under ICS 13.020 (Environmental protection). These standards are published by international and regional standardization bodies including ISO, IEC, CEN, CENELEC, and ETSI.
The International Classification for Standards (ICS) is a hierarchical classification system maintained by ISO to organize standards and related documents. It uses a three-level structure with field (2 digits), group (3 digits), and sub-group (2 digits) codes. The ICS helps users find standards by subject area and enables statistical analysis of standards development activities.
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IEC 62321-3-1:2026 is available as IEC 62321-3-1:2026 RLV which contains the International Standard and its Redline version, showing all changes of the technical content compared to the previous edition.
IEC 62321-3-1:2026 describes the screening analysis of substances, specifically lead (Pb), mercury (Hg), cadmium (Cd), total chromium (Cr), total bromine (Br), total phosphorus (P), assuming the source of P is related to TCEP (CAS 115‑96‑8), Trixylyl-phosphate (CAS 25155‑23‑1), total chlorine (Cl), assuming the source of Cl is related to SCCP (CAS 85535‑84‑8), TCEP (CAS 115‑96‑8) , TBTC (CAS 1461‑22‑9), total tin (Sn), assuming the source of Sn is related to restricted organo-tin compounds, total antimony (Sb), assuming the source of Sb is related to Pyrochlore, and antimony lead yellow (CAS 8012‑00‑8) in uniform materials found in electrotechnical products, using the analytical technique of X‑ray fluorescence (XRF) spectrometry.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous editions of IEC 62321-3-1:2013 and IEC 62321:2008:
a) This second edition of IEC 62321-3-1 includes the analysis of additional elements as indicators for additional substances. The selection is based on IEC TR 62936:2016. There are also comments about using the same methology for screening for content of critical raw materials (CRMs).
This document has been given the status of a horizontal document in accordance with the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1.
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This document provides general product category rules (PCR) for Type III environmental declarations for wood and wood-based products, including wood-based panels, for use in construction and related construction and in-service processes.
This document complements the core rules for the product category of construction products as defined in EN 15804 and is intended to be used in conjunction with EN 15804.
This document does not cover the assessment of social and economic performances at product level.
The core PCR:
— define the parameters to be declared and the way in which they are collated and reported;
— describe which stages of a product’s life cycle are considered in the EPD and which processes are to be included in the life cycle stages;
— define rules for the development of scenarios;
— include the rules for calculating the life cycle inventory and the life cycle impact assessment underlying the EPD, including the specification of the data quality to be applied;
— include the rules for reporting predetermined, environmental and health information, that is not covered by LCA for a product, construction process and construction service where necessary;
— define the conditions under which construction products can be compared based on the information provided by EPD.
For the EPD of construction services, the same rules and requirements apply as for the EPD of construction products.
Additionally, to the common parts of EN 15804, this document for wood and wood-based products:
— defines the system boundaries;
— defines the rules for modelling and assessment of material-specific characteristics such as carbon content and net calorific value of wood;
— defines allocation procedures for multi-output processes along the wood chain;
— defines allocation procedures for reuse, recycling and energy recovery;
— includes the rules for calculating the life cycle inventory and the life cycle impact assessment underlying the EPD, including the assessment of carbon and net calorific value of wood;
— provides guidance/specific rules for the determination of the reference service life (RSL).
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This document specifies principles and requirements and gives guidance on ecolabelling programmes and ecolabels This document is applicable to ecolabelling programme development, selection of product categories, product environmental criteria and product function criteria, and the process for assessing and certifying products that are licensed to use an ecolabel. It provides guidance on how ecolabels in conformity with this document can be differentiated from other environmental statements and ecolabels in the market. NOTE Ecolabels and ecolabelling programmes address environmental aspects of products but can also include social and economic aspects in support of sustainable development.
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There are numerous pathways to produce hydrogen. This document specifies a methodology for different hydrogen production pathways for determining the greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions associated with the hydrogen supply chain from the raw material extraction up to the production gate.
This document considers the GHG emissions associated with hydrogen production up to the production gate. This document applies to and includes every step within the production process up to the production gate (see Figure 2 in the Introduction).
NOTE Complementary documents in the ISO 19870 series will consider hydrogen conditioning, conversion and transport methods.
ISO 14044 requires the goal and scope of a life cycle assessment (LCA) be clearly defined and be consistent with the intended application. Due to the iterative nature of LCAs, it is possible that the LCA scope needs to be refined during the study. According to ISO 14040:2006, A.2, the goals and scope of LCAs correspond to one of the following two approaches:
an approach that assigns elementary flows and potential environmental impacts to a specific product system, typically as an account of the history of the product (see 4.1.2);
an approach that studies the environmental consequences of possible (future) changes between alternative product systems (see 4.1.3).
In this document, approach a) is referred to as an attributional approach, while approach b) is referred to as a consequential approach. Complementary information is accessible in the ILCD handbook[4].
A carbon footprint of a product (CFP) (3.1.2) or partial CFP (3.1.3) as defined by ISO 14067 can be estimated using either the attributional or the consequential approach, the latter corresponding to the use of “system expansion via substitution” to avoid allocation when a unit process yields multiple co-products. This document applies to the CFP for hydrogen production.
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Building on the consolidated definitions of NbS, this document establishes a terminology to support the development of an agreed vocabulary, forming the basis of the standardisation process.
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This document specifies the requirements for an environmental management system that an organization can use to enhance its environmental performance. It is intended for use by an organization seeking to manage its environmental responsibilities in a systematic manner that contributes to the environmental pillar of sustainability. This document helps an organization to achieve the intended outcomes of its environmental management system, which provide value for the environment, the organization itself and interested parties. The intended outcomes of an environmental management system include: enhancing environmental performance; meeting compliance obligations; achieving environmental objectives. This document is applicable to any organization, regardless of size, type or nature, and applies to the environmental aspects of its activities, products and services that the organization determines it can either control or influence considering a life cycle perspective. This document does not state specific environmental performance criteria. This document can be used in whole or in part to systematically improve environmental management. Claims of conformity to this document, however, are not acceptable unless all its requirements are incorporated into an organization’s environmental management system and fulfilled without exclusion.
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This document specifies the requirements for an environmental management system that an organization can use to enhance its environmental performance. It is intended for use by an organization seeking to manage its environmental responsibilities in a systematic manner that contributes to the environmental pillar of sustainability.
This document helps an organization to achieve the intended outcomes of its environmental management system, which provide value for the environment, the organization itself and interested parties. The intended outcomes of an environmental management system include:
enhancing environmental performance;
meeting compliance obligations;
achieving environmental objectives.
This document is applicable to any organization, regardless of size, type or nature, and applies to the environmental aspects of its activities, products and services that the organization determines it can either control or influence considering a life cycle perspective. This document does not state specific environmental performance criteria.
This document can be used in whole or in part to systematically improve environmental management. Claims of conformity to this document, however, are not acceptable unless all its requirements are incorporated into an organization’s environmental management system and fulfilled without exclusion.
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The document gives guidance to organizations on the incorporation of sustainability aspects for IT asset management (ITAM). This document is applicable to any organization, regardless of size, type and nature, and applies to the sustainability aspects that an organization has implemented or will implement in its IT asset management system (ITAMS) in accordance with the scope definition of ISO/IEC 19770-1. This document also addresses what is material from the perspective of the organization and of its stakeholders.
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There are numerous pathways to produce hydrogen. This document specifies a methodology for different hydrogen production pathways for determining the greenhouse gases (GHG) emissions associated with the hydrogen supply chain from the raw material extraction up to the production gate. This document considers the GHG emissions associated with hydrogen production up to the production gate. This document applies to and includes every step within the production process up to the production gate (see Figure 2 in the Introduction). NOTE Complementary documents in the ISO 19870 series will consider hydrogen conditioning, conversion and transport methods. ISO 14044 requires the goal and scope of a life cycle assessment (LCA) be clearly defined and be consistent with the intended application. Due to the iterative nature of LCAs, it is possible that the LCA scope needs to be refined during the study. According to ISO 14040:2006, A.2, the goals and scope of LCAs correspond to one of the following two approaches: an approach that assigns elementary flows and potential environmental impacts to a specific product system, typically as an account of the history of the product (see 4.1.2); an approach that studies the environmental consequences of possible (future) changes between alternative product systems (see 4.1.3). In this document, approach a) is referred to as an attributional approach, while approach b) is referred to as a consequential approach. Complementary information is accessible in the ILCD handbook[4]. A carbon footprint of a product (CFP) (3.1.2) or partial CFP (3.1.3) as defined by ISO 14067 can be estimated using either the attributional or the consequential approach, the latter corresponding to the use of “system expansion via substitution” to avoid allocation when a unit process yields multiple co-products. This document applies to the CFP for hydrogen production.
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This document gives an overview and provides guidance on the main methods available to quantify the exchanges of greenhouse gases (CO2, N2O, CH4) and ammonia (NH3) between soils and the atmosphere. It is intended to help users to select the measurement method or methods most suited to their purposes by setting out information on the application domain and the main advantages and limitations of each methods.
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This document specifies the minimum and optional content of the product passport and the unified code relating to the identification of resilient, textile, laminate and modular mechanical locked floor coverings and their underlay necessary for the implementation of a circular economy. Packaging is excluded. The intended use of this standard is to provide information that allows different stakeholders to assess floor coverings and underlays on product content, environmental information, reuse, and/or recycling potential.
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IEC 63369-1:2026 addresses general requirements and methodology, whereas intended IEC 63369-2 and intended IEC 63369-3 address applications of the methodology and default values of the CFF parameters by geographic area (see Annex B).
This document provides a comprehensive methodology for the calculation of carbon footprint of industrial type Li-ion battery systems from cradle to grave.
Second life and/or usage that was not intended when the battery was put on the market is not taken into account in this document.
This document, along with the other parts of this series, does not apply to batteries for portable, SLI and electric road vehicle traction applications. The definition of the parameters used for the carbon footprint calculation allows for comparability of results for all rechargeable Li-ion chemistries.
Classes of representative products are defined in this document to allow comparison inside each class.
This methodology, based on the data provided by the battery manufacturer, is mainly intended to allow a carbon footprint assessment of several battery solutions over the Cumulated Requested Service (CRS). This assessment can be used in the selection process of the battery purchaser.
The methodology can also be used for a variety of purposes such as battery system development, eco-design and participation in voluntary or mandatory programs.
The methodology in this document is based exclusively on attributional life cycle assessment (LCA).
The carbon footprint calculation of charging equipment and power conversion equipment not necessary for battery functions is not covered in this document.
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Building on the consolidated definitions of NbS, this document establishes a terminology to support the development of an agreed vocabulary, forming the basis of the standardisation process.
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This document specifies requirements and provides guidance that enable an organization to reduce its energy-related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (ERGE). This document is applicable: to any organization regardless of its type, size, complexity, geographical location, organizational culture or the products and services it provides; to energy-related Scope 1 emissions and Scope 2 emissions; irrespective of the quantity, use or types of energy consumed. This document requires demonstration of absolute ERGE reduction aligned with ERGE target(s). Annex A provides information on the relationship between ISO 50001:2018 and this document. Annex B provides information on GHG emissions and GHG emission factors. Annex C provides guidance related to the decarbonization planning.
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This document: establishes requirements for the geological storage of CO2 streams in a way that minimizes risk of CO2 losses; is applicable for both onshore and offshore geological storage within permeable and porous geological strata including hydrocarbon reservoirs where a CO2 stream is not being injected for the purpose of enhancing hydrocarbon production; includes activities associated with site screening and feasibility investigation, characterization, design and development, operation of storage projects, and preparation for project termination; recognizes that the geological characteristics, physical boundaries, management, intrinsic technical risk and uncertainties, of each site are likely to be unique for each project and that intrinsic technical risk and uncertainty will be dealt with on a site-specific basis; provides requirements for integrated project management, including elements of risk management unique to the geological storage of CO2 streams; and establishes a methodology for quantifying the net mass of CO2 that geological storage projects store in storage unit(s). Figure 1 illustrates the limits of this document. This document does not apply to: temporary storage in tanks or by other means; the post-termination phase; injection of CO2 for enhancing production of hydrocarbons or for storage associated with CO2-EOR; disposal of other acid gases except as considered part of the CO2 stream; disposal of waste and other matter added for purpose of disposal; or underground storage using any form of buried container. If production of hydrocarbons in commercial quantities occurs from the storage unit(s), the storage project is outside of the scope of this document and ISO 27916 applies to CO2 storage. A CO2-EOR project that has stored CO2 in association with CO2-EOR can transition to operate under this document after all production of hydrocarbons from the storage unit(s) has ceased.
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IEC 63372:2026 describes principles and methodologies, specifies requirements and provides guidance for quantification and communication of carbon footprint a product (CFP), emission reductions and avoided emissions from electric and electronic (EE) products and systems. This document is also applicable to product-related GHG projects.
The GHG quantification such as CFP is based on life cycle assessment (LCA) methods.
This document is a basic environment horizontal publication focusing on essential requirements and is primarily intended for use by committees in the preparation of publications within the area of environment in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 123. Wherever applicable, it is the responsibility of committees to make use of environment basic publications in the preparation of their environment group and product publications. Committees can apply this document directly to products when they do not develop a product publication in the area of environment.
This first edition of IEC 63372 cancels and replaces IEC TR 62725:2013 and IEC TR 62726:2014, which have been technically revised.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) updating and enhancing content related to carbon footprint of a product to align with new or updated reference standards;
b) including product and system in quantification of GHG emission reductions;
c) adding the content related to avoided emissions including use cases in Annex D.
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This document specifies a methodology to calculate the environmental impact of operational energy use for large yachts and enables the comparative assessment of a yacht's environmental performance against a defined baseline fleet. The method established herein is robust and based on the best available data, with transparency and comparability across various yacht types and technical characteristics. This document explicitly addresses operational energy consumption during the yacht's use phase, emphasizing the efficiency of onboard systems benchmarked against the found average operational profile and the environmental emissions coming from this energy, both upstream and downstream. It excludes behavioural variables arising from individual yacht operation patterns. Additionally, the production and maintenance materials and processes (upstream impacts), as well as yacht end-of-life considerations (part of downstream impacts), are outside the scope of this document. The operational profile specified in this document assumes that the yacht is professionally crewed year-round and capable of independent transoceanic voyages. NOTE For motor yachts, this operational assumption generally aligns with IMO MARPOL requirements, which apply to ships exceeding 400 GT that must be surveyed and certified for MARPOL compliance. Sailing yachts typically exhibit lower GT for equivalent length; however, their cruising behaviours align closely with motor yachts of comparable length.
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This document provides use cases on the practices of global cities and communities, including policies, supporting techniques and tools, and management approaches that drive towards achieving lower greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions for cities and communities as a key step towards net zero carbon cities in response to climate change and global carbon neutrality. This document takes into account varying contexts including climate conditions, scale, available resources or economic structures in these practices. This document is in line with the sustainability purposes and issues provided in ISO 37101 that are relevant to GHG emissions.
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IEC 60050-831:2025 gives the terms and definitions used in smart cities and smart city systems, as well as general terms pertaining to specific applications and associated technologies. This terminology is consistent with the terminology developed in the other specialized parts of the IEV. It has the status of a horizontal standard in accordance with IEC Guide 108.
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This document specifies general principles and requirements for the validation/verification of declared sustainability information, including reporting on environmental, social, governance and other sustainability matters.
This document is applicable to quantitative and qualitative information.
NOTE These principles and requirements complement the set of rules and procedures that are provided in validation/verification programmes.
This document is also applicable as the basis for validation/verification activities that support other conformity assessment schemes.
This document is applicable to validation/verification bodies operating in accordance with ISO/IEC 17029.
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This document specifies requirements and gives guidance on the verification of declared sustainability information, including information presented in quantitative and qualitative formats.
NOTE 1 Declared sustainability information can include reporting on environmental, social, governance and other sustainability matters.
NOTE 2 A verification programme can include a combination of validation and verification activities, and result in mixed engagements.
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This document specifies principles and requirements for the competence, consistent operation and impartiality of bodies performing validation/verification of declared sustainability information.
This document is an application of ISO/IEC 17029, which contains general principles and requirements for the competence, consistent operation and impartiality of bodies performing validation/verification as conformity assessment activities.
This document includes specific requirements related to bodies performing validation/verification of declared sustainability information in addition to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17029.
Any programme requirements related to bodies are additional to the requirements of this document.
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This document establishes a common framework of process descriptions for describing the life cycle of systems created by humans, defining a set of processes and associated terminology from an engineering viewpoint. These processes can be applied to systems of interest, their system elements, and to systems of systems. Selected sets of these processes can be applied throughout the stages of a system's life cycle. This is accomplished through the involvement of stakeholders, with the ultimate goal of achieving customer satisfaction.
This document defines a set of processes to facilitate system development and information exchange among acquirers, suppliers, and other stakeholders in the life cycle of a system.
This document specifies processes that support the definition, control, and improvement of the system life cycle processes used within an organization or a project. Organizations and projects can use these processes when acquiring and supplying systems.
This document applies to organizations in their roles as both acquirers and suppliers.
This document applies to the full life cycle of systems, including conception, development, production, utilization, support and retirement of systems, and to the acquisition and supply of systems, whether performed internally or externally to an organization. The life cycle processes of this document can be applied iteratively and concurrently to a system and recursively to the system elements.
This document applies to one-of-a-kind systems, mass-produced systems, and customised, adaptable systems. It also applies to a complete stand-alone system and to systems that are embedded and integrated into larger more complex and complete systems.
This document does not prescribe a specific system life cycle model, development methodology, method, modelling approach or technique.
This document does not detail information items in terms of name, format, explicit content, and recording media. ISO/IEC/IEEE 15289 addresses the content for life cycle process information items (documentation).
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This document specifies requirements for and gives guidance on the development, embedding, communication, validation and verification of sustainable finance products and services (SFPS). It addresses the product and service areas of lending, asset management, insurance, payment accounts and digital assets. This document is applicable to any organization that intends to provide or is providing SFPS with an integration of defined environmental, social and governance (ESG) aspects and proof of intended impacts. It can be used for aligning existing SFPS or designing new ones. This document enables organizations to define, embed, communicate, attribute and effectively evaluate SFPS. It further enables successful marketing and documenting of SFPS objectives, properties and impacts, as well as validation and verification.
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This document provides requirements and best practices for planning, conducting and documenting in-water cleaning (IWC) operations safely, efficiently and in an environmentally sound manner. Additionally, this document provides requirements and best practices for reporting on the effectiveness of IWC operations. This document addresses all forms of IWC of external submerged surfaces, which are hull and niche areas, all types and levels of biofouling, which means biofilms, microfouling and macrofouling, conducted both with or without capture. It does not address internal piping. The document has been established to inform ports, regulatory agencies, ship biofouling IWC service providers, inspection service providers, IWC equipment manufacturers, coating manufacturers, shipowners, ship managers, ship operators and other relevant stakeholders.
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IEC TR 63645:2026 provides a comprehensive range of environment related information sources to assist with understanding, assessing, and advancing the environmental performance of lighting products.
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This document provides an analysis of various case studies for the implementation of specific aspects of the circular economy in organizations, regardless of their status. This document specifically focuses on performance-based approaches such as functional economy, service economy, product-as-a-service (PaaS) and other performance-based approaches. This document mainly describes a selection of use cases of operational implementation of such performance-based approaches as observed in different organizations. It stresses the challenging context faced by concerned organizations in changing their economic and business models. This document depicts cultural, organizational and industrial changes induced by the move of business models toward a performance-based approach. It emphasizes to what extent the total economic value can increase and how this is converted into revenue streams for the concerned organizations. This document does not apply to the implementation of any circular economy domain of actions (circular design, recycling; responsible purchase policy, etc.), but focuses on the systemic level of development of economic models based on the commercialization of various performance aspects.
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IEC 63372:2026 describes principles and methodologies, specifies requirements and provides guidance for quantification and communication of carbon footprint a product (CFP), emission reductions and avoided emissions from electric and electronic (EE) products and systems. This document is also applicable to product-related GHG projects. The GHG quantification such as CFP is based on life cycle assessment (LCA) methods. This document is a basic environment horizontal publication focusing on essential requirements and is primarily intended for use by committees in the preparation of publications within the area of environment in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 123. Wherever applicable, it is the responsibility of committees to make use of environment basic publications in the preparation of their environment group and product publications. Committees can apply this document directly to products when they do not develop a product publication in the area of environment. This first edition of IEC 63372 cancels and replaces IEC TR 62725:2013 and IEC TR 62726:2014, which have been technically revised. This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition: a) updating and enhancing content related to carbon footprint of a product to align with new or updated reference standards; b) including product and system in quantification of GHG emission reductions; c) adding the content related to avoided emissions including use cases in Annex D.
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This document is applicable to environmental matters for a digital service. It establishes requirements and recommendations applicable for requirements gathering, design, implementation, operations, maintenance and the end of life of digital services in order to minimise adverse environmental impacts during all stages of its life cycle. It also establishes a common language and understanding on this subject. This document focuses on reducing the environmental impacts of a digital service. It therefore does not address all aspects of digital service design. For example, it does not address other aspects such as performance, resilience, reliability, availability or development language choice (see other standards covering these topics, e.g. ISO/IEC 25010 and ISO/IEC 27001). This document does not include matters linked to other corporate social responsibility (CSR) topics, e.g. social, cultural, diversity, inclusion or exclusion. This document is applicable to all development methodologies (waterfall, agile, etc.).
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This document gives guidelines for the restoration of rivers, including their channels, riparian zones and floodplains. The word ‘river’ is used as a generic term to describe permanently flowing and intermittent watercourses of all sizes, with the exception of artificial water bodies such as canals. Some aspects of landscape restoration beyond the boundaries of what are often considered typical river processes are also considered.
A clear framework of guiding principles to help inform the planning and implementation of river restoration work is provided. These principles are applicable to individuals and organizations wishing to restore rivers, and stress the importance of monitoring and appraisal. This document makes reference to existing techniques and guidance, where these are appropriate and within the scope of this document.
This document gives guidelines on:
- the core principles of restoration;
- aims and overall outcomes of river restoration;
- the spectrum of typical approaches to river restoration with a focus on those that are nature-based and restore both physical and ecological aspects;
- identifying opportunities for restoration and possible constraints, with a focus on physical and natural rather than socio-economic aspects;
- different scales of restoration and how restoration works across different catchments and landscapes;
- the importance of monitoring and appraising restoration work across the range of approaches and scales.
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IEC Guide 109:2026 provides requirements and guidance on how to consider aspects resulting in impacts on the environment caused by electrotechnical products. It is intended for standards writers developing documents containing provisions relevant to environment as defined in this document.
This fourth edition cancels and replaces the third edition published in 2012.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) provide standards writers with reference documents, especially horizontal standards, for alignment;
b) align with other guides (such as IEC Guide 108 and relevant documents published by other standards development organizations);
c) introduction of checklists and recommendations to help product committees identify relevant environmental issues to their products.
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This document specifies general principles and requirements for the validation/verification of declared sustainability information, including reporting on environmental, social, governance and other sustainability matters.
This document is applicable to quantitative and qualitative information.
NOTE These principles and requirements complement the set of rules and procedures that are provided in validation/verification programmes.
This document is also applicable as the basis for validation/verification activities that support other conformity assessment schemes.
This document is applicable to validation/verification bodies operating in accordance with ISO/IEC 17029.
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This document presents case studies and insights into the practical application of green logistics. The cases are delineated across various operational scenarios, including transport, storing, loading and unloading, handling, package, distribution processing, distribution and information processing. The objective of this document is to facilitate organizations in comprehending green logistics activities.
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This document specifies requirements and gives guidance on the verification of declared sustainability information, including information presented in quantitative and qualitative formats.
NOTE 1 Declared sustainability information can include reporting on environmental, social, governance and other sustainability matters.
NOTE 2 A verification programme can include a combination of validation and verification activities, and result in mixed engagements.
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This document specifies principles and requirements for the competence, consistent operation and impartiality of bodies performing validation/verification of declared sustainability information.
This document is an application of ISO/IEC 17029, which contains general principles and requirements for the competence, consistent operation and impartiality of bodies performing validation/verification as conformity assessment activities.
This document includes specific requirements related to bodies performing validation/verification of declared sustainability information in addition to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17029.
Any programme requirements related to bodies are additional to the requirements of this document.
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IEC 60364-8-81:2026 provides additional requirements, measures and recommendations for the design, erection, operation and verification of all types of low-voltage electrical installation including local production and storage of energy for optimizing the overall efficient use of electricity.
It introduces requirements, recommendations and methods for the design and the energy efficiency (EE) assessment of an electrical installation within the framework of an energy efficiency management approach in order to get the best permanent functionally equivalent service for the lowest electrical energy consumption and the optimal availability and acceptable cost-effectiveness.
These requirements, recommendations and methods apply, within the scope of the IEC 60364 series, for new installations and modification of existing installations.
This document is applicable to the electrical installation of a building or system and does not apply to products. The energy efficiency of products and their operational requirements are covered by the relevant product standards.
It is possible that another standard provides specific requirements for a particular system or installation application (e.g. manufacturing system covered by ISO 20140 series).
This document does not specifically provide requirements for building automation systems. The contribution of building automation systems to improve energy efficiency of the installation is considered.
This group energy efficiency publication is primarily intended to be used as an energy efficiency standard for the low-voltage electrical installations mentioned in the scope, but is also intended to be used by technical committees in the preparation of publications, in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 118
This first edition cancels and replaces the second edition of IEC 60364-8-1 published in 2019. This edition constitutes a technical revision.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) modified numbering that allows IEC 60364-7 subparts to amend this document;
b) alignment of the definitions with IEC 60050-826;
c) introduction of minimum energy moment method in Annex A;
d) improvements in Annex B
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This document gives guidance on planning, evaluating the risks, and conducting activities and techniques remotely for internal or external verification/validation (i.e. first, second and third party) of greenhouse gas (GHG) statements. It is applicable to cases where a verifier determines that the circumstances defined in ISO 14064-3:2019, 6.1.4.2, do not require an in-person site or facility visit or a validator determines that an evidence-gathering plan can include activities and techniques performed remotely as defined in ISO 14064-3:2019, 7.1.6. Activities and techniques applied remotely can be used by a verifier for activities such as inquiry of persons and documents, analytical testing, recalculation, estimate testing, cross-checking and reconciliation when a verifier’s risk assessment does not require the use of on-site activities and techniques. Activities and techniques applied remotely can be used by a validator when their use does not compromise the validator’s ability to assess whether the characteristics of GHG activities (see ISO 14064-3:2019, Clause 7) will meet the needs of intended users. This document is applicable to verifications/validations that use: a combination of activities and techniques applied remotely and on-site; exclusively activities and techniques applied remotely. NOTE Legislation can differ from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. It is the user’s responsibility to determine how applicable legal requirements relate to this document.
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This document specifies requirements and gives guidance on adaptation planning for local governments and communities. This document supports local governments and communities in adapting to climate change based on vulnerability, impacts and risk assessments. In working with relevant interested parties, it also supports the setting of priorities, and the development and subsequent updating of an adaptation plan.
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This document specifies general principles and requirements for the validation/verification of declared sustainability information, including reporting on environmental, social, governance and other sustainability matters. This document is applicable to quantitative and qualitative information. NOTE These principles and requirements complement the set of rules and procedures that are provided in validation/verification programmes. This document is also applicable as the basis for validation/verification activities that support other conformity assessment schemes. This document is applicable to validation/verification bodies operating in accordance with ISO/IEC 17029.
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This document specifies principles and requirements for the competence, consistent operation and impartiality of bodies performing validation/verification of declared sustainability information. This document is an application of ISO/IEC 17029, which contains general principles and requirements for the competence, consistent operation and impartiality of bodies performing validation/verification as conformity assessment activities. This document includes specific requirements related to bodies performing validation/verification of declared sustainability information in addition to the requirements of ISO/IEC 17029. Any programme requirements related to bodies are additional to the requirements of this document.
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This document specifies requirements and gives guidance on the verification of declared sustainability information, including information presented in quantitative and qualitative formats. NOTE 1 Declared sustainability information can include reporting on environmental, social, governance and other sustainability matters. NOTE 2 A verification programme can include a combination of validation and verification activities, and result in mixed engagements.
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IEC 62933-3-1:2025 is applicable to EES systems designed for grid-connected indoor or outdoor installation and operation. This document considers:
necessary functions and capabilities of EES systems; sizing and design of EES system; operation of EES system; test items and performance assessment methods for EES systems; requirements for monitoring and acquisition of EES system operating parameters; exchange of system information and control capabilities required; maintenance of EES system. Stakeholders of this document comprise personnel involved with EES systems, which include:
- planners of electric power systems and EES systems;
- owners of EES systems;
- operators of electric power systems and EES systems;
- constructors;
- suppliers of EES systems and its equipment;
- aggregators.
Use-case-specific technical documentation, including planning and installation specific tasks such as system design, monitoring, measurement, tests, operation and maintenance, are very important and can be found throughout this document.
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IEC 62933-4-3:2025 applies to the effects of the environmental conditions on Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS). This document addresses these effects and identifies causes, chain of events and final effects on the BESS. Based on those effects, preventative or mitigating measures are described. Typical environmental effects on the BESS include, but are not limited to, the effects of lightning, seismic activities, water, air, flora, fauna, and humans. The described measures focus as a guideline on the entire BESS including all power and communication connections and its Point of Connections (POCs).
The scope of this document is limited to BESS specific requirements and operating conditions. Specific design or safety requirements of individual BESS subsystems are excluded from this document.
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This document provides guidance to manage cork oak forests in a sustainable way. This document provides orientation for protecting cork oak forest while allowing appropriate use of the resources. It describes practices mainly focused on cork production while promoting cork oak forest regeneration, multiple benefits and mitigating global change. This document also points out practices to avoid or that are forbidden. The information given in this document can be also used for assessing future development of cork oak forests under different management scenarios as a guidance on how trade-offs between different forest functions should be dealt with.
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This document defines and establishes methodologies for developing a set of indicators to steer and measure the performance of sustainable mobility offers. This document applies to the digital governance part of the mobility system of a city engaged in sustainability. It aims at achieving sustainability goals of the local community. This document targets urban mobility and its connections with intercity and other long-distance transport solutions. It applies to mobility of people and goods. This document follows the principles set out in ISO 37101 and ISO 16481. This document is applicable to any city, municipality or local authority that undertakes to measure its performance in a comparable and verifiable manner, irrespective of size and location. It aims at helping mobility policy planners to measure the performance of the mobility systems.
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IEC 63372:2026 describes principles and methodologies, specifies requirements and provides guidance for quantification and communication of carbon footprint a product (CFP), emission reductions and avoided emissions from electric and electronic (EE) products and systems. This document is also applicable to product-related GHG projects.
The GHG quantification such as CFP is based on life cycle assessment (LCA) methods.
This document is a basic environment horizontal publication focusing on essential requirements and is primarily intended for use by committees in the preparation of publications within the area of environment in accordance with the principles laid down in IEC Guide 123. Wherever applicable, it is the responsibility of committees to make use of environment basic publications in the preparation of their environment group and product publications. Committees can apply this document directly to products when they do not develop a product publication in the area of environment.
This first edition of IEC 63372 cancels and replaces IEC TR 62725:2013 and IEC TR 62726:2014, which have been technically revised.
This edition includes the following significant technical changes with respect to the previous edition:
a) updating and enhancing content related to carbon footprint of a product to align with new or updated reference standards;
b) including product and system in quantification of GHG emission reductions;
c) adding the content related to avoided emissions including use cases in Annex D.
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This document defines and establishes methodologies for a set of indicators to steer and measure the performance of organizations in terms of sustainability. The requirements and guidance in this document can be used to implement these tourism sustainability indicators. This document is applicable to any organization in the tourism value chain that wishes to: a) monitor, measure, analyse and evaluate the sustainability performance of the organization; b) ensure its conformity with its defined sustainability policy; c) measure, evaluate and monitor the results of sustainable practices implemented at the organization; d) evaluate the fulfilment of the established sustainability objectives; e) monitor compliance with applicable legislation.
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IEC 62933-3-1:2025 is applicable to EES systems designed for grid-connected indoor or outdoor installation and operation. This document considers: necessary functions and capabilities of EES systems; sizing and design of EES system; operation of EES system; test items and performance assessment methods for EES systems; requirements for monitoring and acquisition of EES system operating parameters; exchange of system information and control capabilities required; maintenance of EES system. Stakeholders of this document comprise personnel involved with EES systems, which include: - planners of electric power systems and EES systems; - owners of EES systems; - operators of electric power systems and EES systems; - constructors; - suppliers of EES systems and its equipment; - aggregators. Use-case-specific technical documentation, including planning and installation specific tasks such as system design, monitoring, measurement, tests, operation and maintenance, are very important and can be found throughout this document.
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This document lays down a framework for a standardization project to establish and document best practice in the design and execution of smart and sustainable services made available by local government to citizens, both for residents and for visitors to a community. This document sets out the basic principles that are needed to be observed across the full range of services to be provided; it does not cover specific services.
The project covers services, whether these are directly delivered by authorities or whether their delivery is outsourced to arms-length public bodies or private enterprises.
The project does not cover specific technologies used in the delivery of electronic services.
The work takes due account of, and complement, the work of ISO/TC 176 concerning local authorities’ quality management systems, and of ISO/TC 312 concerning service excellence.
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This part of IEC 62271 provides guidance to suppliers, manufacturers, users, and waste operators of high-voltage switchgear and controlgear as well as their assemblies having a rated voltage above 1 kV AC and 1,5 kV DC, together with their associated auxiliary equipment, on environmentally conscious design, and on assessing environmental impacts when used in systems. This document also gives guidance on effective communication of environmental information throughout the entire life cycle.
This document provides guidance on the process and general aspects to select UN sustainable development goals (UN sustainable development goals (SDG)), especially those dealing with health and environmental impacts and their assessments, represented respectively by:
• SDG 3-Good Health and Well-being;
• SDG 6-Clean Water and Sanitation;
• SDG 7-Affordable and Clean Energy;
• SDG 12-Responsible Consumption and Production;
• SDG 13-Climate Action;
• SDG 14-Life Below Water;
• SDG 15-Life on Land.
This document gives guidance on the process and general aspects to implement environmentally conscious product design (ECD) principles, as given in IEC 62430, essential
for high-voltage electrical power equipment and power control equipment.
This document gives guidance on executing the life cycle assessment (LCA) based on product category rules (PCR) in accordance with IEC 63366, ISO 14040 and ISO 14044 and on applying the Type III environmental declaration in accordance with ISO 14025, both for high-voltage switchgear and controlgear. This guidance provides standardized product specific rules (PSR) summarized as follows:
1) Common rules for the LCA process describing functional units, system boundaries, life cycle inventory analysis, scenarios, environmental impact categories;
2) Common rules for communicating information about the presence of regulated substances and the materials contained in the product, according to IEC 62474;
3) Common rules for communicating information about the end-of-life treatment of the product including material efficiency.
This document does not address the environmental declaration programme, however it can be used by program operators.
This document focuses on describing the LCA process referring to the functional unit, system boundary, scenarios, etc.
Owing to variability of influencing factors, such as flows, allocations, not balanced and timestable energy mix under different programmes, equipment customization, durability related to environmental conditions, it is not possible to compare two similar high-voltage switchgear and controlgear analysed in different contexts.
This document does not address by-products from arcing which are generated in sufficiently small quantities such that their environmental impact can be neglected. Any by-product generated by arcing during the use of equipment is strongly dependent on operating conditions and cannot a priori be qualified nor quantified. However, they are not expected to be released in air and will be managed at end-of-life by a dedicated process.
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During the use of high-voltage switchgear and controlgear the handlings of normally arced gas are covered by IEC 62271-4. When the volume of gaseous by-product is below 1 % of normally arced gas, it is not considered compared to the cut-off rules specified in this document. The scenarios related to the system boundary do not take into account leakages from failures except if an agreement is reached on this between user and manufacturer (see Table 7, item h).
Power transformers, low-voltage switchgear and controlgear, and the interconnections with such equipment are not covered by this document. Therefore, assemblies according to IEC 62271-202 or IEC 62271-212 comprising any of the above equipment are not within the scope of this document.
This document supports material efficiency for circular economy. However, one of the major issues related to remanufacturing is the consideration of used parts
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