ISO/DTR 7016

ISO/TC 59/SC 17/WG 5
Secretariat: UNE AFNOR
Date: 2025-06-02
Connection between the contributions of civil engineering works to
sustainability and achievement of the Sustainable Development
Goals
DTR stage
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Contents
Foreword . iv
Introduction . v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 Methodology . 1
5 Relations between assessment indicators and SDGs . 3
5.1 Environmental indicators . 3
5.2 Social indicators . 27
5.3 Economic indicators . 66
5.4 Management mechanisms . 71

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Introduction
The methodology for sustainability assessment defined in EN 17472 and ISO 21928-2 provides results
intended to be communicated to the interested parties in an understandable way.
The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) provide a common language to express sustainability, its
challenges and results, and for this reason it would be good to express sustainability performance in terms of
SDGs. However, they are not articulated in such a way that theyto form a comprehensive, structured and
rigorous complete set to evaluate the sustainability of a civil work. Therefore, it would be convenient ifto
express the evaluations carried out with the methodology provided by the according to EN 17472 and
ISO 21928--2 standards can be expressed in terms of SDGs, both to can facilitate the understanding of the
stakeholders and to declarecan demonstrate the progress made and the contributions made by the civil
engineering works to comply with the Sustainable Development Goalsmeeting the SDGs.
It is possible to establish linksLinks between the indicators in EN 17472 and ISO 21928-2 and SDGs can be
established. This can lead to improved performance on the indicator results and a greater likelihood of
achieving the SDG, and yet finding that the same indicator correlates negatively with the achievement of some
other SDG. This is because there are conflicts and apparent contradictions between the goals themselves and
their respective targets. For example, those that benefit from food production and agricultural crops often
collide with those that protect biodiversity. This document does not enter into such assessments and merely
expresses the relationship between the indicators and the SDGs, without making value judgements.SDGs. The
aim of the presentthis document is to findidentify linkages between the indicators used to assess the
sustainability performance of civil engineering works and the Sustainable Development GoalsSDGs adopted
by the United Nations.
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Connection between the contributions of CEW civil engineering works
to sustainability and achievement of the SDGsSustainable
Development Goals
1 Scope
This document shows the relationship between thosethe indicators in EN 17472 and ISO 21928-2, used to
assess the environmental, social, and economic performance of Civil Engineering Workscivil engineering
works (CEW)), and the Sustainable Development Goals, (SDGs), which can serve as a tool to express and
communicate the results of the assessment carried out with the methodology established in those
standardsEN 17472 and ISO 21928-2.
ItThis document does not provide any criteria or rule to performrules for performing any kind of assessment,
but just the link between the indicators actually used during the assessment and the SDGs.
This document also provides information about how the SDGs are influenced by the performance of several
CEW, based inon the results of the assessment done according to either EN 17472 and/or ISO 21928-2, or
both, and demonstrate their contributions to achieveachieving the SDGs targets and, consequently, to achieve
a sustainable development.
The links provided can also be applied to address efforts towards satisfying specific SDGs.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content constitutes
requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For undated references,
the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 21928-2, Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works — Sustainability indicators — Part 2:
Framework for the development of indicators for civil engineering works
EN 17472, Sustainability of construction works — Sustainability assessment of civil engineering works —
Calculation methods
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the terms and definitions given in ISO 21928-2 and EN 17472 apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminologicalterminology databases for use in standardization at the following
addresses:
— — ISO Online browsing platform: available at https://www.iso.org/obp
— — IEC Electropedia: available at https://www.electropedia.org/
4 Methodology
Five typologies of CEW will beare considered in the study:
— — Industrialindustrial process infrastructures.;
— — Linearlinear infrastructures.;
— — Damsdams and other fluvial works.;
— — Maritimemaritime works.;
— — Publicpublic spaces.
The objective of sustainability assessment of the CEW is to measure and evaluate the environmental,
economic, and social performance of each project and their area of influence. This assessment is carried out
with a list of indicators which, in some cases, define the adoption of measures. The list of indicators can be
found in the Excel file attached to this document, available in this linkat:
https://standards.iso.org/iso/tr/7016/ed-1/en.
Targets and indicators for each SDG are provided with a link to the relevant page on the United Nations (UN)
website, the first time they are cited (i.e. 5.1subclause ).). All information on the SDGs can be found on this
website: https://sdgs.un.org/.
The SDGs are illustrated in Figure 1 below.

Figure 1. Sustainable Development Goals
The method used to find relations is to study how each indicator (and those other items included within them,
expressed in the text with bullet points (—))each indicator) can contribute to achieving each of the targets of
the SDG, and, finally, determine whether the indicator has a direct or indirect influence on the SDG. The initial
assessment considered dams and other fluvial works typology, but the links can be generally applied in the
same way to the rest of theother typologies. For this reason, many of the examples provided in this document
are related to dams and other fluvial works.
Relationships are established through the following steps. Firstly, it is identified whether the possible
relationship is positive (contribution to the achievement of the objective) or negative. Then the intensity of
the relationship is determined, so that the relationship can be either very close or more indirect. Finally,
examples are provided to justify the type of relationship established or justified in a generic way with solid
arguments.
Source: https://www.un.org/sustainabledevelopment/news/communications-material/
If an indicator has a relation with more than one target of a SDG, the direct relations between the target and
the indicator will outweighoutweighs the indirect relations in the final assessment of the relation between the
indicator and the SDG. Therefore, for instance, if an indicator has a direct and an indirect relation with two
targets of the same SDG, that indicator will havehas a direct relation with the SGD.
In addition, each set of aspects will also havehas an assessment of the relation that it has with the SGD,
following the same criteria expressed previously.
5 Relations between assessment indicators and SDGs
5.1 Environmental indicators
5.1.1 SDG 1. End of poverty
5.1.1.1 General
5.1.1.1 GeneralGeneral
2 1)
The targets for SDG 1 are available on the United Nations website . . The relations between the indicators and
the targets of SDG 1 are explained in 5.1.1.2.
5.1.1.2 Indicator water management and target 1.5
For theThe following item: “Water is considered: water flooding”.
Reducing the risk of water flooding will improve the resilience and reduce the exposure to climate-related
extreme events and disasters.
5.1.2 SDG 2. Zero hunger
5.1.2.1 General
3 2)
The targets for SDG 2 are available on the United Nations website . . The relations between the indicators and
the targets of SDG 2 are explained in 5.1.2.2 to 5.1.2.5.
5.1.2.2 Indicator water management and target 2.3
For theThe following items are considered:
— — Consumptiveconsumptive use of fresh water.;
— — Waterwater scarcity.
CEW provide greater access to irrigation water, which makes it easie
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