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ISO TC207 WORKSHOP Oslo (Norway) 27.06.
2011
Life cycle assessment (ISO 14040/44)

as basis for environmental declarations
and carbon footprint of products
Matthias Finkbeiner
Reginald Tan
Melanie Raimbault
ISO TC207 WORKSHOP Oslo (Norway) 27.06.2011
Agenda
1. What is LCA and ISO 14040/44?
2. Relation to EPDs (ISO 14025)
3. Relation to carbon footprint (ISO
14067)
4. Relation to other standards
5. Challenges
6. Outlook
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Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Input Output
Waste
Energy Mining Material Production Waste Water
Production
- electrical Waste Heat
- mechanical Co-Products
- thermal Emissions into
Raw materials - Air
Intermediates - Water
Auxilliaries - Soil
Recycling Use & Maintenance

Disposal
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Outline of the last revision

Structureofofthe
Structure current ISOISO
previous 14040-43
14040-43standards
standards
(all
(allcontain
contain requirements)
requirements)
1997
ISO 14040 ISO 14041 ISO 14042 ISO 14043 -
2000
ISO 14044 with all requirements

ISO 14040 without requirements
"LCA - Requirements and 2006
"LCA - Principles and Framework"
Guidelines"
Structure of the new standards ISO 14040 / 14044
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Improved user-friendliness and

efficiency of last revision
previous standards for LCA current standards for LCA
co-convenors:
44
45
Atsushi Inaba, Japan
40
Reginald Tan, Singapore
35 Matthias Finkbeiner, Germany
30 26
25 secretariat:
20
Kim Christiansen, Denmark
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10 7 about 1900 comments
project completed with
4 4
5 2
0 unanimous vote four

number of pages containing annexes months ahead of schedule.
standards requirements
5
Evolution of Life Cycle Thinking Worldwide and

Capability Development in Non OECD Countries
6
One of the top 10 ideas changing the world right now
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Agenda
14067)
5. Challenges
6. Outlook
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Relation LCA and EPD

An EPD is an environmental declaration
to communicate LCA results.
LCAs are used to develop PCRs.
PCRs are basically a predetermined
Goal and Scope Definition for a
particular product group.
Alignment between 14040/44 and
14025 achieved in last revision.
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Agenda
3. Relation to carbon footprint
(ISO 14067)
5. Challenges
6. Outlook
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Relation LCA and CF

A CF is an LCA with the limited focus
on one impact category only, i.e.
climate change.
All methodological requirements and
principles of LCA apply to CF (except
for comprehensiveness).
Current draft of ISO 14067 contains a
good share of ISO 14040/44 content.
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Relation LCA and CF

Example:
pages 19-21 are
basically 14040/44
originally text
boxes, now notes
NOTE: The whole
X.X.X was adapted
from ISO 14040:
2006, Y.Y.Y
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Agenda
14067)
5. Challenges
6. Outlook
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Other Standards(I)
ISO 14045: Environmental management
Eco efficiency assessment of product
systems Principles, requirements and
guidelines
PWI ISO 14046: Water Footprint
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Other Standards(II)
Water Footprint: impact vs. volume
GWP of 25 kg CO2e vs.
2 kg CO2e, not 1 kg
GHG vs. 2 kg GHG
To be consistent with
CF, to avoid confusion
and to ensure that a
lower footprint is really
better WF needs to
address impacts, too.
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Agenda
14067)
5. Challenges
6. Outlook
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The two main challenges with regard to

derivative standards in TC207?
1. Trade-off between proliferation of existing standards
vs. market need for a particular derivative standard
addressed by CAG Markets and Portfolio Task Forces and
Stakeholder Forum
2. Derivative standards as Stand-alone- or Delta-

Standards, i.e. either including the necessary text of
parent generic standard or just referencing
parent generic standard text?
generally: ISO/TC 207 Sector, Aspect and Element Policy
specifically: not yet (fully) addressed
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ISO/TC 207 Sector, Aspect and Element Policy

The policy aims to maintain alignment and
consistency with ISO/TC 207s generic environmental
management standards and to avoid the proliferation
of unnecessary sector-, aspect-, or element- specific
environmental management standards;
ISO technical committees or subcommittees
developing sector-, aspect- or element-specific
environmental management standards shall:
Normative reference
Distinguish ISO 14000 series text if it is reproduced;
Not interpret, change, or subtract from the requirements of
the generic ISO 14000 series standards
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Delta-Standard vs.Stand-alone-Standard
"Delta" "Stand-alone"
length of docs short long
process efficiency high low
time to market short long
consistency built-in risk
revision needs case by case automatic
"ownership" TC SC/WG
user friendliness good for pros good for rookies
no. docs for user 2 1
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Agenda
14067)
5. Challenges
6. Outlook
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From product towards organisations
Source: GHG Protocol
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Long history, but relevant just now

Braunschweig & Mller-Wenk:
(1993): kobilanzen fr Unter- Product A Product B Product C Product X Product N
nehmungen Verlag Paul Haupt,

Company A
Bern (e.g. Raw Material Supplier)
Assessment
Company B
Unilever: Taylor & Postlethwaite (e.g. Intermediate Supplier)
(1996): Overall Business Impact Company C
Assessment (OBIA), SETAC Case (e.g. Product Supplier)
Cycle
Study Symposium, Brussels Environmental Management System
Company X
Life
(e.g. Manufacturer)
Finkbeiner, Wiedemann & Saur Company E

(e.g. Recycling)
(1998): Comprehensive Approach
Towards Product and Organisation USE PHASE
Related Environmental Manage-
ment Tools, Int. J. LCA 3 169
178
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address the big impacts and aspects
Task Group LCA for organisations

Task Group Critical Review
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Finally
ISO 14040/44 are THE globally accepted
standards for life cycle based environmental
assessments.
We strive to keep this leading position as the
only globally relevant standard in the field.
We appreciate the growing use of ISO
14040/44 inside and outside TC207.
We work towards applying, improving, deep-
ening and broadening of our core standards.
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ISO TC207 WORKSHOP Oslo (Norway) 27.06.

Life cycle assessment (ISO 14040/44)

Life Cycle Assessment (LCA)

Recycling Use & Maintenance

Outline of the last revision

ISO 14044 with all requirements

Structure of the new standards ISO 14040 / 14044

Improved user-friendliness and

0 unanimous vote four

Evolution of Life Cycle Thinking Worldwide and

One of the top 10 ideas changing the world right now

Relation LCA and EPD

Relation LCA and CF

Relation LCA and CF

PWI ISO 14046: Water Footprint

The two main challenges with regard to

2. Derivative standards as Stand-alone- or Delta-

ISO/TC 207 Sector, Aspect and Element Policy

From product towards organisations

Source: GHG Protocol

Long history, but relevant just now

nehmungen Verlag Paul Haupt,

(1996): Overall Business Impact Company C

Assessment (OBIA), SETAC Case (e.g. Product Supplier)

Finkbeiner, Wiedemann & Saur Company E

address the big impacts and aspects

Task Group LCA for organisations

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