DS/EN ISO 14040
Environmental management - Life cycle assessment - Principles and framework
| Organization: | DS |
| Publication Date: | 21 March 2001 |
| Status: | inactive |
| Page Count: | 35 |
| ICS Code (Product life-cycles): | 13.020.60 |
scope:
The standard specifies the general framework, principles and requirements for conducting and reporting life cycle assessment studies. LCA is a technique for assessing the environmental aspects and potential impacts associated with a product by: compiling an inventory of relevant inputs and outputs of a product system; evaluating the potential environmental impacts associated with those inputs and outputs; interpreting the results of the inventory analysis and impact assessment phases in relation to the objectives of the study.
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