ISO is developing the ISO 14067 standard to provide a consistent methodology for quantifying and communicating the carbon footprint of products. ISO 14067 will have two parts - Part 1 will specify principles and requirements for quantifying carbon footprints based on life cycle assessment, while Part 2 will specify requirements for communicating carbon footprint information and guidelines for its use. The standard aims to harmonize with other carbon footprint standards like PAS 2050 and WRI/WBCSD while balancing practicality and environmental integrity. The next steps include additional working group meetings in 2010 to progress the committee draft before seeking approval as an International Standard in 2012.

1. ISO and its Carbon Footprint
standardization work
WTO CTE Information Session on
“Carbon Footprint and Labelling Schemes”
Rob Steele, ISO Secretary-General
Klaus Radunsky, ISO Working Group Convener for ISO 14067
WTO, Geneva, 2010-02-17

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• IT tools
• Standards
development
procedures
• Consensus
building
• Dissemination
162 national members
98% of world GDP
97% of world population
192 active TCs
3 183 technical
bodies
50 000 experts
Central
Secretariat
in Geneva
153 FTE staff
Collection of 17 765
ISO Standards
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produced in 2008
The ISO System as at Dec 2009

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International Standards and “Private Standards”
 Trade, public policies and
international standards
 Formal international
standardization
 Private standards in the ICT
sector, in agri-food and on
social/environmental issues
 Claims, labels, certification,
schemes and compliance

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ISO work responding to climate change (1)
Greenhouse Gas Work (TC 207/SC7)
 GHG quantification and reporting
 Competence of GHG
validation/verification teams
 Requirements for GHG bodies for use
in accreditation
 Carbon footprint of products and
organizations
Energy efficiency and performance
 Concepts and terminology
 Building performance and efficiency
 Equipment standards (heat pumps)
 ISO 50001 energy performance
Renewable energy sources
 Solar: H/C technologies, terminology,
performance ratings, test methods
 Wind: Gears, turbines, IEC joint work
 Biofuel specs: gas, solid and liquid

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ISO work responding to climate change (2)
Measuring impacts of climate change
 UN-ISO cooperation on Global
Terrestrial Observing System: river
discharge, snow/land cover, biomass
Transportation
 Electric vehicles, batteries, vehicle-to-
grid technologies
 Intelligent transport systems
Sustainability perspectives
 ISO 26000 on Social Responsibility
 Bioenergy sustainability criteria
 Sustainability in building construction
 Sustainable event management 250)
 ISO workshop on sustainable business
districts
 Sustainable tourism

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Development of ISO 14067 on
Carbon footprint of products
(Part 1 Quantification and Part 2 Communication)
Presented by:
Klaus Radunsky
ISO Working Group Convener
Information Session on PCF & Labelling Schemes
WTO, Geneva, 17 Feb 2010

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Overview
Development of ISO 14067 - milestones
ISO TC207/SC7/WG2
ISO 14067-1, contents
ISO 14067-2, contents
Comparison of objectives
Role of CFP
Harmonization
Challenges
Next steps
Vision and realities

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Milestones
 Apr 2008: 1st meeting of ISO/TC 207 WG 2 (Vienna)
 Jun 2008: 2nd meeting of ISO/TC 207 WG 2 (Bogota)
 Nov 2008: NWIP on CFP agreed
 Dec 2008: WD of ISO 14067
 Jan 2009: 3rd meeting of ISO/TC 207 WG 2 (Kota
Kinabalu)
 Apr 2009: WD 1 of ISO 14067
 Jun 2009: 4th meeting of ISO/TC 207 WG 2 (Cairo)
 Sept 2009: WD2 ISO 14067
 Oct 2009: 5th meeting of ISO/TC 207 WG 2 (Vienna)
 Dec 2009: WD 3 ISO 14067
 Feb 2010: 6th meeting of ISO/TC 207 WG 2 (Tokyo)
 Mar 2010: CD of ISO 14067

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ISO/TC 207/SC 7 WG 2
 Convenors: Klaus Radunsky (Austria); Daegun Oh
(Korea)
 Secretary: Katherina Wührl (DIN, DE)
 107 Experts from ~ 30 countries (including DC such
as China, Argentina, Indonesia, Malaysia, Mexico,
Brazil)
 Capacity building program by Sweden (SIS-Sida
project): MENA region (Lebanon, Syria, Israel,
Palestine, Jordan)
 Liasions
–Within TC207, with other TCs
–With other organisations (ANEC, IAI, EC, IEC, GEN,
WRI/WBCSD)

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ISO 14067 Carbon footprint of products - Part 1: Quantification
Contents
 INTRODUCTION
 SCOPE
 NORMATIVE REFERENCES
 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
 PRINCIPLES
 METHODOLOGICAL FRAMEWORK
– GENERAL
– GOAL AND SCOPE DEFINITION OF THE QUANTIFICATION OF CFP
– GOAL OF CFP STUDY
– SCOPE OF CFP STUDY (FUNCTIONAL UNIT, BOUNDARIES,
OFFSETTING, DATA & DATA QUALITY, USE STAGE & USE PROFILE)
– INVENTORY ANALYSIS OF CFP
– GENERAL
– TIME PERIOD FOR ASSESSMENT OF GHG EMISSIONS
– TREATMENT OF SPECIFIC GHG EMISSION SOURCES AND SINKS
(ELECTRICITY SUPPLY, LAND USE CHANGE)
– ALLOCATION TO CO-PRODUCTS
– IMPACT ASSESSMENT OF CFP
 INTERPRETATION OF CFP
 REPORTING
 ANNEXES (informative): A (GWP), D (Limitations), E (LUC)

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 INTRODUCTION
 SCOPE
 NORMATIVE REFERENCES
 TERMS AND DEFINITIONS
 OBJECTIVE
 PRINCIPLES
 USE OF PRODUCT CATEGORY RULES
 GUIDANCE ON COMMUNICATION
 REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES FOR COMMUNICATION OF CFP
– General (Declarations, Requirements for Declarations Directed to End
Consumers, Confidentiality, Units of measurement, Age of data)
– Declaring Overall Emissions
– Declaring emissions for specific stages of the life cycle
– Declarations making Comparisons
 VERIFICATION
 Annex (normative): The content of the CF-PCR document
ISO 14067 Carbon footprint of products - Part 2: Communication
Contents

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Comparison of objectives/expectations (1)
PAS 2050
internal assessment of life cycle GHG emissions of products;
Facilitates evaluation of alternative product configurations;
Benchmark for programmes aimed at reducing GHG emissions;
Allows for comparison of goods and services;
Supports reporting on corporate responsibility;
Provides a common basis for reporting and communicating life cycle GHG
emissions;
Provides an opportunity for greater consumer understanding of life cycle
GHG emissions
WRI/WBCSD
Guidance for companies and other organizations to prepare an inventory of
emissions associated with a product;
Primary purpose to support public reporting of product life cycle GHG
emissions to help users reduce these emissions;
Public reporting refers to providing emissions-related information for a product,
in accordance with the reporting requirements specified under the standard;
Standard
 does not directly enable comparative assertions or product labeling;
 Is not intended to support the accounting of GHG emission offsets or
claims of carbon neutrality;

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Comparison of objectives/expectations (2)
ISO
Benefits organizations, governments, project proponents and stakeholders by
providing clarity and consistency for quantifying, monitoring, reporting and
verifying the carbon footprint of products;
Part 1 specifies principles and requirements for studies to quantify Carbon
Footprint of Products (CFP), based on the method of life cycle assessment
(LCA);
Part 2 specifies
 requirements for the development of information to communicate the
carbon footprint of products, calculated according to Part 1 of ISO 14067;
 Guidelines how to use such information on the CFP;

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Harmonization
Harmonization: common goal for PAS2050,
WRI/WBCSD & ISO
Focus on requirements
Also relevant: principles; terms & definitions;
verification
Means of harmonization
Limits of harmonization
Added value of more than one approach

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Role of CFP
 Refers to the calculation of the amount of GHG
emissions associated with a company, event, activity,
or the lifecycle of a good/service,
 Enables to ascertain and manage GHG emissions
along the supply chain
 Safeguards the survival of companies in the changing
regulatory and economic business landscape
 Furthers the understanding of the risks and
opportunities in the supply chain
 Allows to focus effort in response to new regulatory,
shareholder and consumer pressures

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Challenges - CFP
 Basic challenge:
–right balance between practicality – environmental
integrity/credibility
–Role of PCRs
–Timing
 Harmonization WRI/WBCSD – PAS2050 – ISO 14067
–Common basis: Life Cycle Assessment (ISO 14040)
–ISO: also ISO 14020 (labelling) and ISO 14064
(verification)

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Next steps
Next meeting: 6th meeting WG 2: León (Mexico) July 2010
Current planning:
 CD registration March 2010
 DIS registration Sept 2010
 FDIS registration Sept 2011
 IS publication March 2012
Faster track option:
 DIS registration March 2010
 FDIS registration June 2011
 IS publication Oct 2011

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Vision and realities
Transition to a zero/low-carbon society implies
that the CFP of all products and services have to
be managed
Economic crises offers a unique opportunity to
restructure the supply chains of products
Bottom-up efforts along supply chains
complement top-down efforts at national and
international level
Reducing the risks of climate change may require
negative global GHG emissions after 2050

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