What is ISO/TS 14071 - Life cycle assessment (LCA) about?
ISO/TS 14071 is an international standard used for environmental management. ISO/TS 14071 best practice guide helps in performing critical review processes and reviewer competencies for Life cycle assessment (LCA).
ISO/TS 14071 provides additional specifications to ISO 14040:2006 and ISO 14044:2006 .
It provides requirements and guidelines for conducting a critical review of any type of LCA study and the competencies required for the review.
ISO/TS 14071 provides:
Details of a critical review process, including clarification with regard to ISO 14044:2006 ;
Guidelines to deliver the required critical review process, linked to the goal of the life cycle assessment (LCA) and its intended use;
Content and deliverables of the critical review process;
Guidelines to improve the consistency, transparency, efficiency and credibility of the critical review process;
The required competencies for the reviewer(s) (internal, external and panel member);
The required competencies to be represented by the panel as a whole.
Note: ISO/TS 14071 does not cover the applications of LCA (as illustrated in ISO 14040:2006 , Figure 1).
Who is ISO/TS 14071 - Life cycle assessment (LCA) for ?
ISO/TS 14071 on Environmental management is useful for:
Local Governments
Pollution control board
Environmental pr...