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AS ISO 14040:2019
[Current]Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Principles and framework
The objective of this Standard is to describe the principles and framework for life cycle assessment (LCA).
Published: 18/06/2019
Pages: 20
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 General description of life cycle assessment (LCA)
4.1 Principles of LCA
4.1.1 General
4.1.2 Life cycle perspective
4.1.3 Environmental focus
4.1.4 Relative approach and functional unit
4.1.5 Iterative approach
4.1.6 Transparency
4.1.7 Comprehensiveness
4.1.8 Priority of scientific approach
4.2 Phases of an LCA
4.2.1
4.2.2
4.2.3
4.3 Key features of an LCA
4.4 General concepts of product systems
5 Methodological framework
5.1 General requirements
5.2 Goal and scope definition
5.2.1 General
5.2.1.1
5.2.1.2
5.2.2 Function, functional unit and reference flows
5.2.3 System boundary
5.2.4 Data quality requirements
5.3 Life cycle inventory analysis (LCI)
5.3.1 General
5.3.2 Data collection
5.3.3 Data calculation
5.3.4 Allocation of flows and releases
5.4 Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA)
5.4.1 General
5.4.2 Elements of LCIA
5.4.3 Limitations of LCIA
5.5 Life cycle interpretation
6 Reporting
7 Critical review
7.1 General
7.2 Need for critical review
7.3 Critical review processes
7.3.1 General
7.3.2 Critical review by internal or external expert
7.3.3 Critical review by a panel of interested parties
Annex A
A.1 Application areas
A.1.1
A.1.2
A.1.3
A.2 Application approach
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