British Standards Institution

Sector: Sustainability

Categories: Environmental management | Environmental economics | Ecolabelling | Product life-cycles | Environment and environmental protection. General

Overview: Under the direction of SES/1, leads and co-ordinates UK contributions to the development and review of standards which provide tools and techniques for the planning, delivery, assessment and review of life cycle thinking in the context of environmental management. This may include ‘life cycle assessment’, environment-related ‘footprinting’, environmental labelling, environmental accounting and resource efficiency. It is also responsible for the UK input to ISO/TC 207/SC 3, ISO/TC 207/SC 5 and its working groups

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In Progress (7)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 14076	Eco-Technoeconomic Analyses: Principles, requirements and guidelines Categories: Environmental management Approval begins :	Approval
ISO/TC 207/SC 5 N 695, Reserved ISO/NP 59014	Secondary materials -- Principles, sustainability and traceability requirements Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Environment \| Environmental protection \| Environment and environmental protection. General \| Environmental management \| Environmental economics \| Environmental impact assessment Proposal begins : 2020-11-18	Proposal
ISO/NP 14075	Principles and framework for social life cycle assessment Categories: Information management \| Standardization. General rules \| Environment \| Environmental protection \| Environmental management \| Product life-cycles Proposal begins : 2021-01-28	Proposal
BS ISO 14077	Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines for application of Chain of Custody (CoC) approaches in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) Categories: Unclassified documents Drafting begins : 2025-12-29	Drafting
BS EN ISO 14025	ISO 14025 Environmental statements and programmes for products. Environmental product declarations (EPDs) Categories: Ecolabelling Public comment begins : 2025-04-03	Public comment
BS EN ISO 14024	Environmental statements and programmes for products — Ecolabels Categories: Ecolabelling Public comment begins : 2025-04-16	Public comment
BS EN ISO 14021	Environmental statements and programmes for products — Self-declared environmental claims Categories: Ecolabelling Drafting begins : 2025-01-28	Drafting

Published (14)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 14074:2022	Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Principles, requirements and guidelines for normalization, weighting and interpretation Categories: Environmental management \| Product life-cycles Published standard begins : 2023-05-24	Published standard
PD ISO/TR 14055-2:2022	Environmental management. Guidelines for establishing good practices for combatting land degradation and desertification. Regional case studies Categories: Environment and environmental protection. General Published standard begins : 2022-05-20	Published standard
PD ISO/TR 14049:2012	Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Illustrative examples on how to apply ISO 14044 to goal and scope definition and inventory analysis Categories: Environmental management \| Product life-cycles Published standard begins : 2012-08-29	Published standard
PD ISO/TR 14047:2012	Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Illustrative examples on how to apply ISO 14044 to impact assessment situations Categories: Environmental management \| Product life-cycles Published standard begins : 2012-08-28	Published standard
ISO/TR 14062:2002	ISO/TR14062 : 2002 Environmental management - Integrating environmental aspects into product design and development Categories: Environmental management Published standard begins : 2002-11-08	Published standard
DD ISO/TS 14048:2002	Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Data documentation format Categories: Environmental management \| Product life-cycles Published standard begins : 2002-06-13	Published standard
BS ISO 59014:2024	Environmental management and circular economy. Sustainability and traceability of the recovery of secondary materials. Principles, requirements and guidance Categories: Environmental economics \| Product life-cycles Published standard begins : 2024-10-07	Published standard
BS ISO 14075:2024	Environmental management — Principles and framework for social life cycle assessment Categories: Environmental management \| Product life-cycles Published standard begins : 2024-10-25	Published standard
BS ISO 14072:2024	Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Requirements and guidance for organizational life cycle assessment Categories: Product life-cycles Published standard begins : 2024-10-16	Published standard
BS EN ISO 14071:2024	Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Critical review processes and reviewer competencies Categories: Product life-cycles Published standard begins : 2024-10-25	Published standard

Withdrawn (9)

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Reference	Standards description	Status ? The standards development process is divided into chronological stages: Proposal; Drafting; Public comment; Comment resolution; Approval; Published standard.
PD ISO/TS 14072:2014	Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Requirements and guidelines for organizational life cycle assessment Categories: Product life-cycles Withdrawn begins : 2024-10-16	Withdrawn
PD ISO/TS 14071:2014	Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Critical review processes and reviewer competencies: Additional requirements and guidelines to ISO 14044:2006 Categories: Product life-cycles Withdrawn begins : 2016-04-29	Withdrawn
PD ISO/TR 14049:2000, ISO/TR 14049:2000	Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Examples of application of ISO 14041 to goal and scope definition and inventory analysis Categories: Product life-cycles Withdrawn begins : 2012-08-29	Withdrawn
PD ISO/TR 14047:2003	Environmental management. Life cycle impact assessment. Examples of application of ISO 14042 Categories: Environmental management \| Product life-cycles Withdrawn begins : 2012-08-28	Withdrawn
BS ISO 14046:2014	Environmental management. Water footprint. Principles, requirements and guidelines Categories: Environmental management \| Product life-cycles Withdrawn begins : 2016-03-22	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 14045:2012	Environmental management. Eco-efficiency assessment of product systems. Principles, requirements and guidelines Categories: Environmental management \| Product life-cycles Withdrawn begins : 2015-09-15	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 14044:2006+A1:2018	Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Requirements and guidelines Categories: Environment and environmental protection. General \| Environmental management \| Product life-cycles Withdrawn begins : 2021-06-07	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 14043:2000	Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Life cycle interpretation Categories: Product life-cycles Withdrawn begins : 2006-08-01	Withdrawn
BS EN ISO 14042:2000	Environmental management. Life cycle management. Life cycle impact assessment Categories: Product life-cycles Withdrawn begins : 2006-08-01	Withdrawn

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Committee members

Nominating organizations

A M D E A - Association of Manufacturers of Domestic Appliances
ACE U K
British Cables Association
Co-opted – Life Cycle Assessment
Committee Manager
Consumer and Public Interest Network
I E M A - Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment
Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining
Landscape Institute
Renewable Energy Association
Single Ply Roofing Association
UK Steel
University of Manchester

Liaisons with other committees

Chair - CB/506
Chair - SES/1
Co Opted - Labels, declarations & LCA
Co Opted - Oil & Gas Sector
Expert - ISO 14001
Individual Capacity - Raw Materials LCA Expert
Liaison – B/558 Sustainability of construction works

BSI roles

Committee Chair

Standards Development

SES/1/5 - Environmental Management - Life cycle tools and techniques

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