International Standardisation of Carbon Footprinting. Operationalizing LCA. LCA food. Home - Klimatdeklaration. The concept of climate declaration was introduced by the International EPD System in 2007 and was then named “single-issue EPD” on the market. This concept clarifies that a climate declaration is an EPD according to ISO 14025, but that the information focuses on the product's climate impact. The international launch of climate declarations took place at the same time as the publication of the ISO standard 14067 on climate footprints (Carbon Footprint) and was therefore somewhat overshadowed by the market's interest in this new standard.
However, as the use of ISO 14067 increased, it emerged that it could not be used for different applications where the market requires common and openly available calculation rules, comparability of results and third-party review of the LCA calculations. It is precisely these characteristics that an EPD climate declaration offers. Setac.org. The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment. GaBi Software: GaBi.
LCA Links! - Links to LCA topics found on the web. DTIE SCP Branch: Safer Production. Sustainable consumption and production (SCP) is about promoting resource and energy efficiency, sustainable infrastructure, and providing access to basic services, green and decent jobs and a better quality of life for all. The implementation of SCP as an integrated approach helps to achieve overall development plans, reduce future economic, environmental and social costs, strengthen economic competitiveness and reduce poverty. Sustainable consumption and production is defined as “the use of services and related products, which respond to basic needs and bring a better quality of life while minimising the use of natural resources and toxic materials as well as the emissions of waste and pollutants over the life cycle of the service or product so as not to jeopardise the needs of future generations.”
Norwegian Ministry of Environment, Oslo Symposium, 1994. Sustainable consumption has been recognized as an integral element of sustainable development and an issue of paramount importance. UNEP SETAC Life Cycle Initiative. Site on LCA Tools, Services and Data - Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Assessment - Carnegie Mellon University.