TWO VERY IMPORTANT ISO STANDARDS ON CARBON FOOTPRINT MEASURING

TWO VERY IMPORTANT ISO STANDARDS ON CARBON FOOTPRINT MEASURING

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<<We are all suffocating in the heat of global warming. A study showed that if greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise as they do, by 2100 74 % of the world’s population will be exposed to deadly heatwaves.

The only solution is to reduce our carbon footprint, but first we need to measure it.?

Internationally agreed ISO standards for quantifying the carbon footprint of products were published in 2018 and 2020.

According to the Global Footprint Network, an international non-profit research organization offering insights and metrics to advance sustainability, we are falling into ecological debt, and if we keep consuming the earth’s resources at the current rate, we will soon need the equivalent of 1.7 earths to survive.

Rising greenhouse gas emissions – mostly caused by our rapace consumption – have resulted in the climate chaos and consequent food and water supply disruption we see now. But much can be done to reverse this, by reducing our carbon footprint.

ISO 14067:2018, Greenhouse gases – Carbon footprint of products – Requirements and guidelines for quantification provides globally agreed principles, requirements and guidelines for the quantification and reporting of the carbon footprint of a product (CFP). It will give organizations of all kinds a means to calculate the carbon footprint of their products and provide a better understanding of ways in which they can reduce it.

Daniele Pernigotti, Convenor of the working group that developed the standard, said measuring the CFP is considered by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change as a key way of contributing to the achievement of international climate action goals.

“It allows organizations to more accurately see where the main impacts on their carbon footprint are generated related to the production of their products, and thus take appropriate actions to reduce it,” he said.

“For example, if it is related to raw materials, they can investigate using others, or if it is related to transport, they can look at improvements to their logistics model or investigate suppliers or distributors closer to home.”

Key changes from the technical specification include greater focus on quantification, moving other topics such as communication to standards in the ISO 14000 environmental management family; greater clarity on a range of aspects such as calculating the use of electricity; and the introduction of specific guidance for agricultural and forestry products.

ISO 14067 is part of the ISO 14060 family of standards for quantifying, monitoring, reporting and validating greenhouse gas emissions to support a low-carbon economy.

The standard was developed by working group WG 8 of ISO technical committee ISO/TC 207, Environmental management, subcommittee SC 7, Greenhouse gas management and related activities, the secretariat of which is held jointly by SCC, ISO’s member for Canada, and SAC, ISO’s member for China. It can be purchased from your national ISO member or though the ISO Store.>>

https://www.iso.org/news/ref2317.html

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<<ISO 14067:2018 Greenhouse gases — Carbon footprint of products — Requirements and guidelines for quantification

Abstract?

This document specifies principles, requirements and guidelines for the quantification and reporting of the carbon footprint of a product (CFP), in a manner consistent with International Standards on life cycle assessment (LCA) (ISO 14040 and ISO 14044).

Requirements and guidelines for the quantification of a partial CFP are also specified.

This document is applicable to CFP studies, the results of which provide the basis for different applications.

This document addresses only a single impact category: climate change. Carbon offsetting and communication of CFP or partial CFP information are outside the scope of this document.

This document does not assess any social or economic aspects or impacts, or any other environmental aspects and related impacts potentially arising from the life cycle of a product.

General information?

Status:?Published; Publication date: 2018-08

Technical Committee: ISO/TC 207/SC 7 Greenhouse gas and climate change management and related activities

ICS: 13.020.40 Pollution, pollution control and conservation

This standard contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goal: 13 - CLIMATE ACTION>>

Additional information: https://www.iso.org/standard/71206.html

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ISO 22948:2020 Carbon footprint for seafood — Product category rules (CFP–PCR) for finfish

Abstract?

This document specifies requirements for calculating the carbon footprint specific to finfish product category rules (CFP?PCR).?

This methodology builds on the requirements of International Standards for life cycle assessment (LCA) and products' carbon footprints.

This document is applicable to the calculation and communication of finfish products' carbon footprints from fishing and/or cultivation of feed ingredients to the consumption of finfish products.?

It is applicable to the carbon footprints of products from both fisheries and aquaculture value chains.

This document used alone does not apply to specifying a product's overall environmental or sustainability characteristics.

General information?

Status: Published Publication date: 2020-12

Technical Committee: ISO/TC 234 Fisheries and aquaculture

ICS :?67.120.30 Fish and fishery products

This standard contributes to the following Sustainable Development Goals: 2 - ZERO HUNGER; 11 - SUSTAINABLE CITIES AND COMMUNITIES; 12- RESPONSIBLE CONSUMPTION AND PRODUCTION; 14 - LIFE BELOW WATER

Additional details: https://www.iso.org/standard/74228.html

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