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AS ISO 14044:2019
[Current]Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Requirements and guidelines
The objective of this Standard is to specify requirements and provides guidelines for life cycle assessment (LCA) including - (a) definition of the goal and scope of the LCA; (b) life cycle inventory analysis (LCI) phase; (c) life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) phase; (d) life cycle interpretation phase; (e) reporting and critical review of the LCA; (f) limitations of the LCA; (g) relationship between the LCA phases; and (h) conditions for use of value choices and optional elements.
Published: 17/07/2019
Pages: 43
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Table of contents
Header
About this publication
Preface
Foreword
Introduction
1 Scope
2 Normative references
3 Terms and definitions
4 Methodological framework for LCA
4.1 General requirements
4.2 Goal and scope definition
4.2.1 General
4.2.2 Goal of the study
4.2.3 Scope of the study
4.2.3.1 General
4.2.3.2 Function and functional unit
4.2.3.3 System boundary
4.2.3.3.1
4.2.3.3.2
4.2.3.3.3
4.2.3.4 LCIA methodology and types of impacts
4.2.3.5 Types and sources of data
4.2.3.6 Data quality requirements
4.2.3.6.1
4.2.3.6.2
4.2.3.6.3
4.2.3.7 Comparisons between systems
4.2.3.8 Critical review considerations
4.3 Life cycle inventory analysis (LCI)
4.3.1 General
4.3.2 Collecting data
4.3.2.1
4.3.2.2
4.3.2.3
4.3.3 Calculating data
4.3.3.1 General
4.3.3.2 Validation of data
4.3.3.3 Relating data to unit process and functional unit
4.3.3.4 Refining the system boundary
4.3.4 Allocation
4.3.4.1 General
4.3.4.2 Allocation procedure
4.3.4.3 Allocation procedures for reuse and recycling 4)
4.3.4.3.1
4.3.4.3.2
4.3.4.3.3
4.3.4.3.4
4.4 Life cycle impact assessment (LCIA)
4.4.1 General
4.4.2 Mandatory elements of LCIA
4.4.2.1 General
4.4.2.2 Selection of impact categories, category indicators and characterization models
4.4.2.2.1
4.4.2.2.2
4.4.2.2.3
4.4.2.2.4
4.4.2.3 Assignment of LCI results to the selected impact categories (classification)
4.4.2.4 Calculation of category indicator results (characterization)
4.4.2.5 Resulting data after characterization
4.4.3 Optional elements of LCIA
4.4.3.1 General
4.4.3.2 Normalization
4.4.3.2.1
4.4.3.2.2
4.4.3.3 Grouping
4.4.3.4 Weighting
4.4.3.4.1
4.4.3.4.2
4.4.3.4.3
4.4.4 Additional LCIA data quality analysis
4.4.4.1
4.4.4.2
4.4.5 LCIA intended to be used in comparative assertions intended to be disclosed to the public
4.5 Life cycle interpretation
4.5.1 General
4.5.1.1
4.5.1.2
4.5.2 Identification of significant issues
4.5.2.1
4.5.2.2
4.5.2.3
4.5.3 Evaluation
4.5.3.1 General
4.5.3.2 Completeness check
4.5.3.3 Sensitivity check
4.5.3.4 Consistency check
4.5.4 Conclusions, limitations and recommendations
5 Reporting
5.1 General requirements and considerations
5.1.1
5.1.2
5.1.3
5.2 Additional requirements and guidance for third-party reports
5.3 Further reporting requirements for comparative assertion intended to be disclosed to the public
5.3.1
5.3.2
6 Critical review
6.1 General
6.2 Critical review by internal or external expert
6.3 Critical review by panel of interested parties
Annex A
A.1 General
A.2 Example of data sheet for upstream transportation
A.3 Example of data sheet for internal transportation
A.4 Example of data sheet for unit process
A.5 Example of life cycle inventory analysis data collection sheet
Annex B
B.1 General
B.2 Examples for the identification of significant issues
B.2.1
B.2.2
B.2.3
B.2.4
B.2.5
B.2.6
B.2.7
B.2.8
B.3 Examples of the evaluation element
B.3.1 General
B.3.2 Completeness check
B.3.3 Sensitivity check
B.3.4 Consistency check
Bibliography
Amendment 1
ISO 14044:2006/Amd.1:2017
Amendment control sheet
Amendment No. 1 (2019)
Revised text amendment
Cited references in this standard
Content history
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