("ISO 14025 Published," 2006.)

ISO 14040: ISO 14040 describes the principles and framework for life cycle assessment (LCA). It covers LCA studies and life cycle inventory (LCI) studies but does not describe the LCA technique in detail, nor does it specify methodologies for the individual phases of the LCA. The standard allows a company to make reliable and reusable Life Cycle Assessments.

ISO 14044: While 14040 describes the principles and framework of LCA, 14044 provides the requirements and guidelines for life cycle assessment (LCA). ISO 14044 complements ISO 14040 described above and the two standards are usually used in conjunction.

ISO 9000: ISO 9000 is a family of standards for quality management systems. ISO 9000: 2005 by itself covers just the basics of what quality management systems are and includes the core language of the ISO 9000 series of standards. It is a guidance document, not used for certification purposes,...
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