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ISO 14006:2020

Environmental Management Systems

Guidelines for incorporating ecodesign

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ISO 14006:2020 provides guidance for organisations that want to incorporate ecodesign into an environmental management system. Ecodesign means considering environmental aspects systematically during product and service design and development to reduce adverse impacts across the life cycle. It contains recommendations rather than certification requirements and aligns with ISO 14001:2015.

Key Requirements

  • 1
    Establish and continually improve ecodesign management within the EMS
  • 2
    Set leadership, policy, objectives and resources for ecodesign
  • 3
    Integrate environmental considerations into design and development
  • 4
    Identify product and service impacts across the life cycle
  • 5
    Plan competence, responsibilities and communication
  • 6
    Apply ecodesign from requirements and concept through review and release
  • 7
    Evaluate results and feed learning into future design cycles
  • 8
    Work with suppliers, customers and other value-chain parties

Key Benefits

  • Environmental decisions are made early in design
  • Life-cycle trade-offs become visible and documented
  • Ecodesign is integrated rather than run as a parallel process
  • Product objectives align with the wider EMS
  • Design outputs and reviews provide auditable evidence

Related Standards

ISO 14001
ISO 14004
ISO 14040
ISO 14044
ISO/IEC 62430