[ISO 14046 - WATER FOOTPRINT –
POTENTIAL STANDARD]
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[ISO 14046 - WATER FOOTPRINT POTENTIAL STANDARD ]
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PURPOSE AND SCOPE
WHAT IS THIS STANDARD?
IMPORTANCE AND BENEFITS
DRAFT ISO 14046 – TABLE OF CONTENTS
[ISO 14046 - WATER FOOTPRINT
POTENTIAL STANDARD]
-1. [PURPOSE AND SCOPE]
PURPOSE: To provide internationally harmonized metrics
for water footprints
SCOPE: requirements and guidelines to assess and report
water footprints based on LCA*
*proposed by working group WG 8 set up by ISO/TC 207
subcommittee SC 5, Life cycle assessment
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2. [THIS STANDARD WOULD…]
•Deliver principles, requirements and guidelines for H2O
footprint metric of products, processes and organizations
(based on ISO 14044)
•Define considerations for different types of water sources
and water releases, and treatment of local environmental
and socio-economic conditions
•Address communication issues linked to water
footprinting (based on ISO 14020)
•Be compatible with the rest of the ISO 14000 family
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3. [IMPORTANCE AND BENEFITS]
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Ensure coherence with other environmental metrics
such as life cycle-based indicators (carbon footprint)
and standards of the ISO 14000 family, such as ISO
14064 standards on the accounting and verification of
greenhouse gases (GHG)
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Address positive aspects, such as the benefits of
decreasing the water footprint
LCSA, SETAC
4. [DRAFT ISO 14046 WATER FOOTPRINT
POTENTIAL STANDARD - TABLE OF CONTENTS]
1. Scope
2. Normative references
3. Terms and definitions
Water use; types of water; LCA and water inventory;
water impact assessment; interpretation and
communication of water footprint; products, product
systems and processes; data and data quality
LCSA, SETAC
4. [DRAFT ISO 14046 WATER FOOTPRINT
POTENTIAL STANDARD - TABLE OF CONTENTS]
4. Methodological framework for water footprint
General requirements; goal and scope definition;
water inventory; water impact assessment and
interpretation; interpretation of the results
5. Reporting
General; Water Inventory; Water impact
Assessment
6. Critical review
General principle for review; Need for critical
review; Critical review panel