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International and national trades critically rest on standards provided by reputable standards organization, some of them are government laboratories, others nongovernmental. Products or process systems that can be claimed as sustainable and that change hands or cross borders must have their quality credibly supported by measurement standards. International organizations such as ISO and others have been producing documents to guide the development of such standards. The system of standards for sustainability is not mature yet, and much research needs to be conducted to provide common and acceptable standards. A conceptual framework for standards for sustainability has been proposed here. It provides ideas on the development of methods that would be useful for building standards.
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ISO/IEC 17000:2004, Conformity assessment—Vocabulary and general principles
“Third party attestation related to a conformity assessment body conveying formal demonstration of its competence to carry out specific conformity assessment tasks.”
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Certification and labeling are types of conformity assessment procedures. ISO/IEC 17000:2004, Conformity assessment—Vocabulary and general principles
Certification “Third party attestation related to products, processes, systems or persons”: A document, established by consensus and approved by a recognized body that provides, for common and repeated use, rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or their results, aimed at the achievement of the optimum degree of order in a given context. Note: Standards should be based on the consolidated results of science, technology, and experience, and aimed at the promotion of optimum community benefits.
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Standard ISO/IEC Guide 200:2004, Standardization and Related Activities—General Vocabulary.
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ISO 13065 “Sustainability criteria for bioenergy.”
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Used by IDO PC 248 as a base to construct ISO 13065.
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In manufacturing a product, the raw materials, water, energy and other ingredients are secured from suppliers and the sustainability impacts of these inputs, which are extraneous to the producer of the product, are important in conducting an overall LCA of the product. Those supply sources taken together is known as the supply chain.
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Possible exception: ISO 13065 and/or GBEP.
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The authors are indebted to Dr. Humberto Brandi of INMETRO, Brazil for preparation of this chapter.
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Sikdar, S.K., Sengupta, D., Mukherjee, R. (2017). Engineering Sustainability, Needs for Metrology and Standards. In: Measuring Progress Towards Sustainability. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-42719-5_3
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