ISO standards include tools for advancing the specific goals of this year’s World Environment Day (WED – 5 June), the theme of which is combatting climate change. Overall, ISO’s offering includes hundreds of environment-related standards that support the broader aims of World Environment Day, which is coordinated by the United Nations Environmental Programme (UNEP), a partner in the development of many of these standards.

ISO Secretary-General Rob Steele comments: “ISO has over 500 International Standards directly related to environmental subjects and many more that can help in reducing environmental impacts. Offering business, government and society a complete portfolio of practical tools for tackling environmental challenges, they range from standards for sampling, testing and analytical methods, through environmental management and environmental aspects of product design, to new work on ship recycling.”



ISO standards directly related to climate change include ISO 14067, now under development, for measuring the carbon footprint of products. It will complement the already published standards ISO 14064 and ISO 14065, which provide an internationally agreed framework for measuring greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, verifying claims made about them, and accrediting the bodies which carry out such activities.

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