BS EN ISO 14045:2012

This standard BS EN ISO 14045:2012 Environmental management. Eco-efficiency assessment of product systems. Principles, requirements and guidelines is classified in these ICS categories:

• 13.020.60 Product life-cycles
• 13.020.10 Environmental management

This International Standard describes the principles, requirements and guidelines for eco-efficiency assessment for product systems, including:

1. the goal and scope definition of the eco-efficiency assessment;

2. the environmental assessment;

3. the product system value assessment;

4. the quantification of eco-efficiency;

5. interpretation (including quality assurance);

6. reporting;

7. critical review of the eco-efficiency assessment.

Requirements, recommendations and guidelines for specific choices of categories of environmental impact and values are not included. The intended application of the eco-efficiency assessment is considered during the goal and scope definition phase, but the actual use of the results is outside the scope of this International Standard.