Here are the latest updates on the progress of various ISO Standards that our consultants are working on:
ISO TC268 : Sustainable Communities
ISO has recently formed a new Technical Committee (TC) on Sustainable Communities with subcommittees developing standards on smart urban infrastructure metrics, sustainable development in communities and global city indicators. The TC has met once and the work of the subcommittees has now started.
ISO TR 14069 : Quantification and reporting of GHG emissions for organizations – Guidance for the application of ISO 14064-1
The final meeting of the Working Group (WG) developing ISO TR 14069 recently took place in London and the technical report should be published no later than the first quarter of 2013. The document is intended to support the use of 14064.1 for organisations and is not based on Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) concepts like that being used for issues associated with the carbon footprint of products and services in ISO 14067 – Carbon footprint of products.
ISO 14067 : Carbon footprints of products – Requirements and guidelines for quantification and communications
This controversial standard is now at the Draft International Standard (DIS) stage and comments are to be reviewed by TC207/WG2 in January 2013.
ISO 14001 and 14004 : Environmental Management Systems
Work on the revision of these two standards is ongoing in parallel, with meetings held in Rochester, New York in late September and a further meeting scheduled in Sweden for late January 2013. The work is being complicated by the recently published new ISO high level structure for management system standards and the need to follow this format. Three working drafts have been circulated and further work is required before a Committee Draft (CD) can be made available for public comment. At this stage it is unlikely a CD will be available before the third quarter of 2013.
ISO TS17021.2 : Conformity Assessment – Competence requirements for certification auditing of environmental management systems
ISO/CASCO completed work on 17021.2 which sets competence standards for auditors who conduct certification audits against the requirements of ISO 14001. This standard was published in this quarter of 2012. A new work item has been approved to determine the competence requirements for auditors who conduct certification audits against ISO 20121 – Event sustainability management systems.
