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Updated ISO 14004 Environmental Management Guidance Standard Published

Following the revision of the ISO 14001 environmental management systems standard, the International Organization for Standardization today released the updated version of its complementary standard, ISO 14004, to helps organizations get the most out of their environmental management system. Managing environmental impacts — and the effects they have on business ... Read more »
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ISO 14004: Bring Environmental Management System Benefits to Your Business

Following the new ISO 14001 environmental management systems standard, the revision of its complementary standard, ISO 14004, has reached the final draft stage and is slated for release on March 1, 2016. The revised ISO 14004 aims to help organizations integrate an environmental management system such as ISO 14001 effectively ... Read more »

Businesses Save Millions by Adopting ISO 14001 Standard

An increasing number of global businesses are adopting the international environmental management systems standard ISO 14001, according to the latest ISO 14001 data, which shows that the number of certificates issued worldwide has grown 7 percent in one year. The worldwide total of certificates now stands at 324,148. Data published ... Read more »
Corporate Reporting Dialogue participants

Corporate Reporting Giants Publish Reporting Framework Navigation Tool

The biggest global names in corporate reporting — CDP, the Global Reporting Initiative, the Climate Disclosure Standards Board, the Financial Accounting Standards Board, IASB, ISO, SASB and the International Integrated Reporting Council — have published a landscape map that provides a snapshot of a comparison of their frameworks, standards and related ... Read more »

ISO Publishes Water Footprint Standard

The International Organization for Standardization has published a water footprint standard to help businesses and other organizations measure their potential environmental impact of water use and pollution. ISO 14046, Environmental management – Water footprint – Principles, requirements and guidelines, is based on a life cycle assessment and can assist in: ... Read more »

Standards & Certification Briefing: CODA, EPEAT, Facts

CODA’s energy storage system – the CODA Core – has received ‘subject 1973’ safety standards certification from UL. The CODA 40kWh high-voltage system is the first commercial scale energy storage system specifically targeted for behind-the-meter use to be subjected to UL 1973 and pass. The Green Electronics Council expanded the EPEAT environmental ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Laptop Chargers, Nanoparticle Measurements, LEED Certifications

The IEC has published specifications for a single external charger that could theoretically be used to power a wide range of laptops, following on from earlier work by the organization on standardized phone chargers. Technical Specification 62700: “DC power supply for notebook computer”  should deliver a significant reduction of electronic waste ... Read more »
IBR portal

ANSI, ISO, ASHRAE Publish Standards Cited in Law

The American National Standards Institute is now allowing access to standards that have been incorporated by reference (IBR) into federal laws and regulations. The standards will be available at the ANSI IBR Portal, which will offer free, read-only access. Thirteen major standards setters, including the ISO and International Electrotechnical Commission, have ... Read more »
TfS members

BASF, Bayer Among Chemical Firms Pushing Supply Chain Sustainability

Chemical companies BASF, Bayer, Evonik Industries, Henkel, Lanxess and Solvay have concluded their first year of piloting sustainability assessments and audits in global supply chains. The companies’ joint initiative, Together for Sustainability (TfS), aims to develop and implement a global supplier engagement program that assesses and improves chemical sustainability sourcing ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: LEED for Healthcare, ISO 14001, Vapor Intrusion

Group Health Cooperative’s medical office building in Puyallup, Wash., has become the first building in the nation to win LEED for Healthcare certification, USGBC says. The facility achieved Gold and earned several credits new to LEED, including connection to the natural world (providing landscaped areas for patients and visitors), reduced ... Read more »

Standards & Compliance Briefing: Steel CO2 Emissions, Recycled Concrete, Sediment Retention

The International Standards Organization (ISO) has published ISO 14404, a standard defining a method for calculating carbon emissions intensity from iron and steel production. The standard has two parts, addressing plants with blast furnaces and electric arc furnaces. The World Steel Association welcomed the standard, which it said is based ... Read more »


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