ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 14021 Second edition 2016-03-15 Environmental labels and declarations Self-declared environmental claims (Type II environmental labelling) Marquage et declarations environnementaux - Autodeclarations environnementales (Etiquetage de type Il) Reference number IS0 14021:2016(E) @ IS0 2016 IS0 14021:2016(E) COPYRIGHT PROTECTED DOCUMENT @ IS0 2016, Published in Switzerland or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either IsO at the address below or IsO's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org ii @ IS0 2016 - All rights reserved IS0 14021:2016(E) Contents Page Foreword ..V Introduction. ..vi 1 Scope. .1 2 Normative references. ..1 3 Terms and definitions 3.1 General terms... 3.2 Selected terms commonly used in self-declared environmental claims ..4 4 Objective of self-declared environmental claims .4 5 Requirements applying to all self-declared environmental claims ..4 5.1 General 4 5.2 Relationship to IS0 14020 5.3 Vague or non-specific claims. .5 5.4 Claims of "..free" ..5 5.5 Claims of sustainability 5 5.6 Use of explanatory statements. 5.7 Specific requirements .5 5.8 Use of symbols to make environmental claims. .6 5.9 Other information or claims.. ..7 5.10 Specific symbols. .7 General 5.10.1 The Mobius loop. .7 5.10.2 Evaluation and claim verification requirements .8 6 6.1 Responsibilities of the claimant ..8 6.2 Reliability of evaluation methodology ..8 6.3 Evaluation of comparative claims. 6.4 Selection of methods. 9 6.5 Access to information .9 Specific requirements for selected claims .10 7.1 General, .10 7.2 Compostable .10 7.2.1 Usage of term ..10 7.2.2 Qualifications .10 Evaluation methodology 7.2.3 ..11 7.3 Degradable. .11 7.3.1 Usage of term .11 7.3.2 Qualifications .11 7.3.3 Evaluation methodology 7.4 Designed for disassembly ..12 7.4.1 12 Usage of term 7.4.2 .12 Qualifications. 7.4.3 Evaluation methodology .13 7.5 Extended life product. ..13 7.5.1 .13 Usage of term Qualifications 7.5.2 .13 7.5.3 Evaluation methodology .13 7.6 Recovered energy ..13 7.6.1 Usage of term. ..13 7.6.2 Qualifications Evaluation methodology 7.6.3 ..14 7.7 Recyclable. .14 7.7.1 Usage of term .14 7.7.2 Qualifications, .14 iii @ IS0 2016 - All rights reserved IS0 14021:2016(E) 7.7.3 Use of a symbol 14 7.7.4 Evaluation methodology 15 7.8 Recycled content. 15 7.8.1 Usage of terms. 15 7.8.2 Qualifications. 16 7.8.3 Use of a symbol. 16 7.8.4 Evaluation methodology 16 7.9 Reduced energy consumption. 17 7.9.1 17 Usage of term 7.9.2 17 Qualifications 7.9.3 Evaluation methodology 17 7.10 Reduced resource use. 17 7.10.1 Usage of term. 17 7.10.2 17 Qualifications. 7.10.3 Evaluation methodology 18 7.11 Reduced water consumption 18 7.11.1 Usage of term. 18 7.11.2 Qualifications.. 18 7.11.3 Evaluation methodology 18 7.12 19 Reusable and refillable 7.12.1 Usage of terms. 19 7.12.2 Qualifications 19 Evaluation methodology 19 7.12.3 7.13 Waste reduction 20 7.13.1 20 Usage of term 7.13.2 20 Qualifications Evaluation methodology 7.13.3 20 7.14 Renewable material. 20 7.14.1 Usage of term 20 .20 7.14.2 Qualifications Evaluation methodology 7.14.3 21 7.15 Renewable energy. 21 .21 Usage of term 7.15.1 7.15.2 Qualifications.. 21 Evaluation methodology 21 7.15.3 7.16 21 Sustainable. 7.16.1 21 Usage of term Claims relating to greenhouse gas emissions .21 7.17 7.17.1 General. 21 7.17.2 Product "carbon footprint' 22 7.17.3 .22 "Carbon neutral" .23 Annex A (informative) Simplified diagrammatic representation of a recycling system. Bibliography 24 iv @ IS0 2016 - All rights reserved IS0 14021:2016(E) Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization) is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (IsO member bodies). The wor