PD CEN ISO/TS 14071:2016

This standard PD CEN ISO/TS 14071:2016 Environmental management. Life cycle assessment. Critical review processes and reviewer competencies: Additional requirements and guidelines to ISO 14044:2006 is classified in these ICS categories:

• 13.020.60 Product life-cycles

This Technical Specification provides additional specifications to ISO 14040:2006 and ISO 14044:2006 . It provides requirements and guidelines for conducting a critical review of any type of LCA study and the competencies required for the review.

This Technical Specification provides:

• details of a critical review process, including clarification with regard to ISO 14044:2006 ;

• guidelines to deliver the required critical review process, linked to the goal of the life cycle assessment (LCA) and its intended use;

• content and deliverables of the critical review process;

• guidelines to improve the consistency, transparency, efficiency and credibility of the critical review process;

• the required competencies for the reviewer(s) (internal, external and panel member);

• the required competencies to be represented by the panel as a whole.

This Technical Specification does not cover the applications of LCA (as illustrated in ISO 14040:2006, Figure 1).