Sustainable events with ISO 20121
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Sustainable Development Goal
12 Responsible Consumption and Production
Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns
Reducing our environmental impact, promoting the use of renewable sources of energy and encouraging responsible purchasing decisions are just some of the ways that ISO standards contribute to sustainable consumption and production.
Working towards these goals, ISO 20400, Sustainable procurement – Guidance, helps organizations incorporate sustainability into their procurement function. ISO has also developed standards for environmental labelling within the ISO 14020 series. These provide guiding principles for the development and use of environmental labels and self-declarations, as well as preparing for third-party certification programmes, which help validate environmental claims and thus encourage consumers to make better choices.
In addition, work is underway on a new standard for sustainable development and social responsibility in the agri-food sector. Sustainability is also highly relevant when it comes to construction. ISO 15392, Sustainability in building construction – General principles, identifies and establishes general principles for sustainability in buildings and other construction works throughout their whole life cycle, from inception to end of life. Also supporting sustainable lifestyle choices, ISO 20245, Crossborder trade of second-hand goods, establishes minimum screening criteria for goods traded between countries, helping to drive this alternative consumption pattern by reducing waste and environmental impact.
135 standards contributing to SDG 12
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Guidance principles for the sustainable management of secondary metals
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ISO/TMBG | |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engines -- Performance -- Part 1: Declarations of power, fuel and lubricating oil consumptions, and test methods -- Additional requirements for engines for general use
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engines -- Performance -- Part 3: Test measurements
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engines -- Performance -- Part 4: Speed governing
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engines -- Performance -- Part 5: Torsional vibrations
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engines -- Performance -- Part 6: Overspeed protection
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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ISO/CD 3046-6 [Under development]
Reciprocating internal combustion engines -- Performance -- Part 6: Overspeed protection
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Buildings and civil engineering works -- Vocabulary -- Part 1: General terms
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Building and construction | ISO/TC 59/SC 2 |
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ISO/WD 6707-1 [Under development]
Buildings and civil engineering works -- Vocabulary -- Part 1: General terms
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Building and construction | ISO/TC 59/SC 2 |
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Buildings and civil engineering works -- Vocabulary -- Part 2: Contract and communication terms
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Building and construction | ISO/TC 59/SC 2 |
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Buildings and civil engineering works -- Vocabulary -- Part 3: Sustainability terms
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Building and construction | ISO/TC 59/SC 2 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engines -- Measurement of emitted airborne noise -- Engineering method and survey method
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Hydraulic fluid power -- Sealing devices -- Standard test methods to assess the performance of seals used in oil hydraulic reciprocating applications
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 131/SC 7 |
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ISO/NP 8196-3 [Under development]
Milk -- Definition and evaluation of the overall accuracy of alternative methods of milk analysis -- Part 3: Protocol for the evaluation and validation of alternative quantitative methods of milk analysis
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Food and agriculture | ISO/TC 34/SC 5 |
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Child-resistant packaging -- Requirements and testing procedures for reclosable packages
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Freight, packaging and distribution | ISO/TC 122/SC 3 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating current generating sets -- Part 1: Application, ratings and performance
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating current generating sets -- Part 2: Engines
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating current generating sets -- Part 3: Alternating current generators for generating sets
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating current generating sets -- Part 4: Controlgear and switchgear
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating current generating sets -- Part 6: Test methods
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating current generating sets -- Part 7: Technical declarations for specification and design
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating current generating sets -- Part 8: Requirements and tests for low-power generating sets
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating current generating sets -- Part 9: Measurement and evaluation of mechanical vibrations
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engine driven alternating current generating sets -- Part 12: Emergency power supply to safety services
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Quality management systems -- Requirements
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Business management and innovation | ISO/TC 176/SC 2 |
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Quality management -- Customer satisfaction -- Guidelines for business-to-consumer electronic commerce transactions
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Business management and innovation | ISO/TC 176/SC 3 |
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Plastics -- Methods for the preparation of samples for biodegradation testing of plastic materials
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Non-metallic materials | ISO/TC 61/SC 14 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engines -- Handle starting equipment -- Part 1: Safety requirements and tests
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engines -- Handle starting equipment -- Part 2: Method of testing the angle of disengagement
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Sustainability criteria for bioenergy
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ISO/TMBG | |
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Packaging -- Child resistant packaging -- Mechanical test methods for reclosable child resistant packaging systems
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Freight, packaging and distribution | ISO/TC 122/SC 3 |
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Energy efficiency and renewable energy sources -- Common international terminology -- Part 1: Energy efficiency
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Energy | ISO/TC 301 |
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Energy efficiency and renewable energy sources -- Common international terminology -- Part 2: Renewable energy sources
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Energy | ISO/TC 301 |
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Reciprocating internal combustion engines -- Test code for the measurement of structure-borne noise emitted from high-speed and medium-speed reciprocating internal combustion engines measured at the engine feet
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 70 |
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Industrial furnaces and associated processing equipment -- Method of measuring energy balance and calculating energy efficiency -- Part 11: Evaluation of various kinds of efficiency
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Mechanical engineering | ISO/TC 244 |
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Tourism and related services -- Guidelines on developing environmental specifications for accommodation establishments
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Services | ISO/TC 228 |
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Environmental management systems -- Requirements with guidance for use
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 207/SC 1 |
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ISO/CD 14053 [Under development]
Environmental Management -- Material flow cost accounting -- guidance for practical application in the SME sector
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 207 |
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Greenhouse gas management and related activities -- Framework and principles for methodologies on climate actions
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 207/SC 7 |
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Child-resistant non-reclosable packaging for pharmaceutical products -- Requirements and testing
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Freight, packaging and distribution | ISO/TC 122/SC 3 |
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Calculation method of carbon dioxide emission intensity from iron and steel production -- Part 1: Steel plant with blast furnace
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Ores and metals | ISO/TC 17 |
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Calculation method of carbon dioxide emission intensity from iron and steel production -- Part 2: Steel plant with electric arc furnace (EAF)
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Ores and metals | ISO/TC 17 |
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Calculation method of carbon dioxide emission intensity from iron and steel production -- Part 3: Steel plant with electric arc furnace (EAF) and coal-based or gas-based direct reduction iron (DRI) facility
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Ores and metals | ISO/TC 17 |
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Plastics -- Guidelines for the recovery and recycling of plastics waste
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Non-metallic materials | ISO/TC 61/SC 14 |
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Guidelines for treated wastewater use for irrigation projects -- Part 1: The basis of a reuse project for irrigation
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 1 |
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Guidelines for treated wastewater use for irrigation projects -- Part 2: Development of the project
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 1 |
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Guidelines for treated wastewater use for irrigation projects -- Part 3: Components of a reuse project for irrigation
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 1 |
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Guidelines for treated wastewater use for irrigation projects -- Part 4: Monitoring
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 1 |
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Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients and products -- Part 1: Definitions for ingredients
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Health, medicine and laboratory equipment | ISO/TC 217 |
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Cosmetics -- Guidelines on technical definitions and criteria for natural and organic cosmetic ingredients -- Part 2: Criteria for ingredients and products
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Health, medicine and laboratory equipment | ISO/TC 217 |
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General technical rules for measurement, calculation and verification of energy savings of projects
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Energy | ISO/TC 301 |
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Energy efficiency and savings calculation for countries, regions and cities
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Energy | ISO/TC 301 |
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Energy savings -- Definition of a methodological framework applicable to calculation and reporting on energy savings
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Energy | ISO/TC 301 |
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Tourism and related services -- Tourist services for public use provided by Natural Protected Areas Authorities -- Requirements
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Services | ISO/TC 228 |
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Soil quality -- Sampling -- Part 104: Strategies
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 190/SC 2 |
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Soil quality -- Sampling -- Part 202: Preliminary investigations
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 190/SC 2 |
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Soil quality -- Sampling -- Part 203: Investigation of potentially contaminated sites
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 190/SC 2 |
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Soil quality -- Sampling -- Part 204: Guidance on sampling of soil gas
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 190/SC 2 |
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Packaging and the environment -- General requirements for the use of ISO standards in the field of packaging and the environment
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Freight, packaging and distribution | ISO/TC 122/SC 4 |
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Packaging and the environment -- Optimization of the packaging system
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Freight, packaging and distribution | ISO/TC 122/SC 4 |
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Packaging and the environment -- Reuse
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Freight, packaging and distribution | ISO/TC 122/SC 4 |
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Packaging and the environment -- Material recycling
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Freight, packaging and distribution | ISO/TC 122/SC 4 |
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Packaging and the environment -- Energy recovery
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Freight, packaging and distribution | ISO/TC 122/SC 4 |
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Packaging and the environment -- Organic recycling
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Freight, packaging and distribution | ISO/TC 122/SC 4 |
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Clean cookstoves and clean cooking solutions -- Harmonized laboratory test protocols -- Part 1: Standard test sequence for emissions and performance, safety and durability
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 285 |
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Clean cookstoves and clean cooking solutions -- Harmonized laboratory test protocols -- Part 3: Voluntary performance targets for cookstoves based on laboratory testing
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 285 |
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ISO/DIS 19869 [Under development]
Clean cookstoves and clean cooking solutions -- Field testing methods for cookstoves
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 285 |
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ISO/NP TR 19915 [Under development]
Clean cookstoves and clean cooking solutions -- Guidelines for social impact assessment
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 285 |
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Event sustainability management systems -- Requirements with guidance for use
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ISO/TMBG | |
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Sustainable procurement -- Guidance
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ISO/TMBG | |
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Treated wastewater reuse for irrigation -- Guidelines for the adaptation of irrigation systems and practices to treated wastewater
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 1 |
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Guidelines for health risk assessment and management for non-potable water reuse
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 3 |
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Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 1: General
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 3 |
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ISO/DIS 20468-2 [Under development]
Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 2: Methodology to evaluate performance of treatment systems on the basis of greenhouse gas emissions
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 3 |
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ISO/CD 20468-3 [Under development]
Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 3: Ozone treatment technology
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 3 |
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ISO/CD 20468-4 [Under development]
Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 4: UV Disinfection
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 3 |
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ISO/CD 20468-5 [Under development]
Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 5: Membrane filtration
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 3 |
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ISO/CD 20468-6 [Under development]
Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 6: Ion exchange technology
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 3 |
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ISO/CD 20468-7 [Under development]
Guidelines for performance evaluation of treatment technologies for water reuse systems -- Part 7: Advanced Oxidation Processes
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 3 |
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Guidelines for water quality grade classification for water reuse
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 3 |
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Water reuse -- Vocabulary
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282 |
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Water reuse in urban areas -- Guidelines for centralized water reuse system -- Part 1: Design principle of a centralized water reuse system
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 2 |
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Water reuse in urban areas -- Guidelines for centralized water reuse system -- Part 2: Management of a centralized water reuse system
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 2 |
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Water reuse in urban areas -- Guidelines for water reuse safety evaluation -- Assessment parameters and methods
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 2 |
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Guidance on unit pricing
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Services | ISO/PC 294 |
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Packaging -- Vocabulary -- Part 2: Packaging and the environment terms
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Freight, packaging and distribution | ISO/TC 122/SC 4 |
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Clean cookstoves and clean cooking solutions -- Vocabulary
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 285 |
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ISO/IEC DIS 21836 [Under development]
Information Technology -- Data Centres -- Server Energy Effectiveness Metric
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Information technology, graphics and photography | ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 |
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ISO/DIS 21896 [Under development]
Paper, pulp, and recycling - Decolouration test of dye coloured paper products and paper products printed using dye inks
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Non-metallic materials | ISO/TC 6 |
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ISO/WD 21931-1 [Under development]
Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works -- Framework for methods of assessment of the environmental, social and economic performance of construction works as a basis for sustainability assessment -- Part 1: Buildings
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Building and construction | ISO/TC 59/SC 17 |
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ISO/FDIS 21939-1 [Under development]
A method to calculate and express energy consumption of industrial wastewater treatment for the purpose of water reuse -- Part 1: Biological processes
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 4 |
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ISO/CD 22095 [Under development]
Chain of custody -- General terminology, concepts, requirements and guidance
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Business management and innovation | ISO/PC 308 |
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ISO/AWI 22172-2 [Under development]
Agricultural machinery and tractors -- Repair and maintenance information -- Part 2: Diagnostics
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Transport | ISO/TC 23 |
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ISO/AWI 22238 [Under development]
Water reuse -- A guideline to wastewater disinfection and equivalent treatments
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 1 |
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ISO/DIS 22447 [Under development]
Industrial wastewater classification
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 4 |
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ISO/DIS 22449-1 [Under development]
Use of reclaimed water in industrial cooling systems -- Part 1: Technical guidelines
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 4 |
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ISO/DIS 22449-2 [Under development]
Use of reclaimed water in industrial cooling systems -- Part 2: Guidelines for cost analysis
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 4 |
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ISO/CD 22450 [Under development]
Rare earth -- Elements Recycling --Communication formats for providing recycling information on rare earth elements in by-products and industrial wastes
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Ores and metals | ISO/TC 298 |
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ISO/WD 22451 [Under development]
Rare earth -- Elements recycling -- Measurement method of rare earth elements in by-products and industrial wastes
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Ores and metals | ISO/TC 298 |
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ISO/WD 22453 [Under development]
Rare earth -- Elements recycling -- Method for the exchange of information of rare earth elements in by-products and industrial wastes
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Ores and metals | ISO/TC 298 |
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ISO/CD 22496 [Under development]
Windows and pedestrian doors -- Terminology
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Building and construction | ISO/TC 162 |
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ISO/FDIS 22519 [Under development]
Purified water and water for injection pretreatment and production systems
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282 |
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ISO/DIS 22524 [Under development]
Pilot plan for industrial wastewater treatment facilities in the objective of reuse
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 4 |
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ISO/NP 22948 [Under development]
Carbon footprint for seafood -- Product category rules (CFP-PCR) for finfish
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Food and agriculture | ISO/TC 234 |
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ISO/CD 23043 [Under development]
Evaluation of industrial wastewater treatment technologies for reuse
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 4 |
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ISO/CD 23044 [Under development]
Guidelines for softening and desalination of industrial wastewater for reuse
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 4 |
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ISO/CD 23056 [Under development]
Water reuse in urban areas - Guidelines for decentralized/onsite water reuse system·-· Design principle of a decentralized/onsite system
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 2 |
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ISO/CD 23070 [Under development]
Water Reuse in Urban Areas --Guidelines for reclaimed water treatment -- Design principle of a RO desalination system of municipal wastewater
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 282/SC 2 |
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ISO/DTS 26030 [Under development]
Sustainable development and social responsibility -- Guidance for using ISO 26000:2010 in the food chain
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Food and agriculture | ISO/TC 34 |
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Packaging -- Child-resistant packaging -- Requirements and testing procedures for non-reclosable packages for non-pharmaceutical products
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Freight, packaging and distribution | ISO/TC 122/SC 3 |
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Information technology -- Data centres -- Key performance indicators -- Part 3: Renewable energy factor (REF)
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Information technology, graphics and photography | ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 |
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Information technology -- Data centres -- Key performance indicators -- Part 4: IT Equipment Energy Efficiency for servers (ITEEsv)
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Information technology, graphics and photography | ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 |
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Information technology -- Data centres -- Key performance indicators -- Part 5: IT Equipment Utilization for servers (ITEUsv)
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Information technology, graphics and photography | ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 39 |
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ISO 34101-1 [Under development]
Sustainable and traceable cocoa -- Part 1: Requirements for cocoa sustainability management systems
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Food and agriculture | ISO/TC 34/SC 18 |
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ISO 34101-2 [Under development]
Sustainable and traceable cocoa -- Part 2: Requirements for performance (related to economic, social and environmental aspects)
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Food and agriculture | ISO/TC 34/SC 18 |
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ISO 34101-3 [Under development]
Sustainable and traceable cocoa -- Part 3: Requirements for traceability
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Food and agriculture | ISO/TC 34/SC 18 |
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ISO/FDIS 34101-4 [Under development]
Sustainable and traceable cocoa -- Part 4: Requirements for certification schemes
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Food and agriculture | ISO/TC 34/SC 18 |
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Animal welfare management -- General requirements and guidance for organizations in the food supply chain
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Food and agriculture | ISO/TC 34 |
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Sustainable development in communities -- Management system for sustainable development -- Requirements with guidance for use
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/TC 268 |
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Chain of custody of wood and wood-based products
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Sustainability and environment | ISO/PC 287 |
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Road traffic safety (RTS) management systems -- Requirements with guidance for use
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Transport | ISO/TC 241 |
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Energy management systems -- Requirements with guidance for use
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Energy | ISO/TC 301 |
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Energy audits -- Requirements with guidance for use
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Energy | ISO/TC 301 |
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Energy management systems -- Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of energy management systems
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Energy | ISO/TC 301 |
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Energy management systems -- Guidance for the implementation, maintenance and improvement of an energy management system
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Energy | ISO/TC 301 |
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Energy management systems -- Measuring energy performance using energy baselines (EnB) and energy performance indicators (EnPI) -- General principles and guidance
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Energy | ISO/TC 301 |
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Energy services -- Guidelines for the assessment and improvement of the energy service to users
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Energy | ISO/TC 301 |
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Energy management systems -- Measurement and verification of energy performance of organizations -- General principles and guidance
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Energy | ISO/TC 301 |
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Energy savings -- Determination of energy savings in organizations
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Energy | ISO/TC 301 |
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Energy performance of buildings -- Overarching EPB assessment -- Part 1: General framework and procedures
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Building and construction | ISO/TC 163 |
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Asset management -- Overview, principles and terminology
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Business management and innovation | ISO/TC 251 |
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Asset management -- Management systems -- Requirements
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Business management and innovation | ISO/TC 251 |
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Asset management -- Management systems -- Guidelines for the application of ISO 55001
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Business management and innovation | ISO/TC 251 |
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ISO/AWI TS 55010 [Under development]
Guidance on alignment of asset management, finance and accounting
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Business management and innovation | ISO/TC 251 |
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ISO/CD 55011 [Under development]
Guidance on the development of government asset management policy
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Business management and innovation | ISO/TC 251 |