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ISO/TC207/SC4/WG4 held a workshop with the intent to assess the perceived feasibility and necessity among international experts with regards to harmonizing how different systems analytical scopes are set when quantifying the environmental performance for different situations, purposes and applications.
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ISO/TC207/SC4 Working Group 6 met on 2 June 2019 and efficiently completed the revison of ISO 14063.
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A revised ISO 14033:2019 Environmental management -- Quantitative environmental information -- Guidelines and examples has been issued.
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Many of the standards in the ISO/TC 207 family of standards rely on access to reliable quantitative environmental information. The development of the standard ISO 14033 Quantitative environmental information is a cross-cutting work ofISO/TC207/SC4/WG4.
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ISO 14034 the new environmental management standard on Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) has been published! WG5 Convenor, Benoit Desforges, explains further...
(View ISO 14034:2016 Environmental management -- Environmental technology verification (ETV) at the ISO Store.)
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Eberhard Seifert reports that the International Conference on Making the Planetary Boundaries Concept Work, held April 24-25, 2017, in Berlin, has made their conference materials available online.
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ISO/TC 207/SC4/WG4 is working to upgrade ISO/TS 14033:2012 - Quantitative environmental information into a full international standard.
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A workshop will be held on the evening of 30 August during the TC207 Plenary meeting in Seoul to provide information to all experts on the new upcoming standard ISO 14034 Environmental management -- Environmental technology verification (ETV).
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A technology that performs well above normal standards or that presents an innovative approach to solving an environmental problem can face market penetration challenges due to lack of independent and credible evidence of its advantages. Other stakeholders, such as purchasers or investors who are committed to using environmental technology solutions are often faced with non-comparable, incomplete or un-tested performance information when assessing the available market options.
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The role and purpose of the ISO/TS 14033 Environmental management -- Quantitative environmental information -- Guidelines and examples is to support all the standards in the ISO 14000-series that are based on quantitative environmental information. The standard provides guidance on how to define, acquire and compile quality data. It also gives guidance about how to achieve transparency to enable both the review and interpretation of data.
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Check out this article for how to have fun and monitor the environment at the same time!
On the Potential of Surfers to Monitor Environmental Indicators in the Coastal Zone
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Robert J. W. Brewin , Lee de Mora, Thomas Jackson, Thomas G. Brewin, Jamie Shutler Published: July 8, 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0127706
This is an open access document available at
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0127706
Read further for the Abstract.
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ISO TC 207/SC 4 welcomes Leandri S. Kinabo, Tanzania, as the new Vice Chair of ISO/TC 207/SC 4.
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Environmental Technology Verification will be an exciting new standard for industry as it provides the procedures for objective, evidence-based evaluation of claims for environmental technology performance.
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SC4 will be welcoming a new Vice Chair at the Plenary meeting in September 2015.
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Systematic Review of ISO/TS 14033:2012, on Quantitative Environmental Information, will start in September 2015.
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The next SC4 Plenary meeting will take place in exotic New Delhi, India.
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SC4 thanks Natalia Drault, IRAM, Argentina, for all her contributions as Vice-Chair from 2009 to 2014 and extends its best wishes to her in future endeavours.
