ISO Standards include tools for advancing the specific goals of this year's 'combating climate change' World Environment Day, 5 June 2009. ISO offers 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 related to climate change
ISO Standards directly related to climate change include ISO 14067, now under development, for measuring the carbon footprint of products. This 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 that carry out such activities.
ISO has already developed Standards with an impact on climate change for areas such as building environment design, energy efficiency of buildings, sustainability in building construction, intelligent transport systems, solar energy, wind turbines, nuclear energy, and hydrogen technologies.
To order ISO Standards, visit www.standards.co.nz, enter the Standard number in the search field and click 'ISO', email enquiries@standards.co.nz, or call customer services on 0800 782 632.
Standards New Zealand environment Standards
Standards New Zealand published Managing flood risk – A process Standard, NZS 9401:2008, in December 2008. See Managing flood risk – new Standard available now http://www.standards.co.nz/touchstone/Issue+02/Environment/default.htm#1.
→ Buy NZS 9401:2008
The Environmental management Standards collection http://www.standards.co.nz/web-shop/?action=viewProductPack&pid=402882861eff9645011f248693890002&mod=catalog, AS/NZS ISO 14000 is available from Standards New Zealand.
To view other environment Standards, visit www.standards.co.nz, enter 'environment' in the search area, email enquiries@standards.co.nz, or call customer services on 0800 782 632.
Standards New Zealand involvement in international environment Standards
Standards New Zealand works closely with international Standards bodies to maintain proactive and effective New Zealand involvement in the development of these Standards. Standards New Zealand's recent involvement in international environment Standards includes:
If you are interested in any of this work, please email angela.henderson@standards.co.nz or call 04 498 3981.