AS lSO 14020:2015 pdf download.Environmental labels and declarations—General principles.
4 General principles 4.1 General All of the principles set out in 4.2 to 4.10 are applicable to all environmental labels and declarations. Where other International Standards in me ISO 14020 series provide more specific requirements than ISO 14020, such specific requirements shal be followed. 4.2 Principle 4.2.1 Statement Environmental labels and declarations shall be accurate, verifiable, relevant and not misleading. 4.2.2 Specific considerations The usefulness and ettectiveness of environmental labels and declarations depend upon the extent to which they convey reliable and meaningful information about the environmental aspects of a product or service. Environmental labels and declarations shall provide accurate information about the environmental aspects of a product or service. The factual and technical basis for environmental labels and declarations shall be verifiable, Environmental labels and declarations shall provide information that is relevant; they shall address only nontrivial environmental aspects related to the actual circumstances of natural resource extraction, manufacture, detribution, use or disposal associated with the product or service. A periodic review ot the basis for environmental labels and declarations should occur to account for innovation. Information should be garnered at a frequency consistent with the pace of innovation. Environmental labels and declarations shall be understandable and not likely to mislead the intended purchaser of the product or service.
