SIST EN ISO 14024:2018 PDF

Overview

EN ISO 14024:2018 - Environmental labels and declarations - Type I environmental labelling - Principles and procedures (ISO 14024:2018) is a CEN-endorsed international standard that defines how Type I ecolabelling programmes are developed and operated. It sets out the principles, procedural requirements and certification procedures used to create voluntary, multi-criteria environmental labels awarded to products that meet defined environmental performance criteria.

Key topics and requirements

• Principles: Voluntary participation, selectivity, life‑cycle consideration and transparency are central. The standard emphasizes scientific basis, accessibility and avoidance of conflicts of interest.
• Product environmental criteria: Rules for selecting product categories and developing measurable, evidence-based environmental criteria and product function characteristics (clauses 5 and 6).
• Procedures: Structured steps for feasibility studies, stakeholder consultation, criteria development, publication and revision of requirements (clause 6).
• Certification and compliance: Requirements for licensing, assessment, verification, declarations of conformity, supervision, documentation and ongoing compliance monitoring (clause 7).
• Verification and competence: Roles of verifiers, verification methods, data quality and verifier competence are explicitly addressed.
• Administrative elements: Periods of validity, review cycles, confidentiality, fees, and label protection are covered.

Practical applications

• Establishing or revising a national or industry ecolabel programme that awards a Type I environmental label.
• Developing product category rules and multi‑criteria benchmarks that consider life‑cycle impacts.
• Implementing impartial certification, verification and licensing workflows for ecolabels.
• Demonstrating market differentiation for products that meet rigorous environmental performance criteria.
• Enabling mutual recognition discussions between ecolabelling schemes by providing a common procedural framework.

Who uses EN ISO 14024:2018

• Standards bodies and national/regional ecolabelling organisations (programme owners).
• Certification and conformity assessment bodies and independent verifiers.
• Manufacturers, brand owners and retailers seeking ecolabel licencing.
• Policy makers, procurement officers and sustainability managers using ecolabels to set purchasing criteria.
• NGOs and consumer groups evaluating environmental claims.

Related standards

• EN ISO 14024:2018 references the ISO 14020 series on environmental labels and declarations and is part of the broader ISO 14000 family (environmental management standards). Use EN ISO 14024:2018 in combination with ISO guidance on life‑cycle thinking and conformity assessment for robust ecolabelling programmes.

Keywords: EN ISO 14024:2018, Type I environmental labelling, ecolabel, product environmental criteria, certification, verification, life cycle, environmental labelling standards.