prEN ISO 14021

Scope

This document establishes principles, specifies requirements and gives guidance for self-declared environmental claims about products and their programmes, including claims that also cover related social and economic aspects that are affected by environmental conditions or the environmental performance of the product. This document also defines selected terms commonly used in self-declared environmental claims and provides qualifications for their use, as well as describing the documentation and methodologies required for assessing self-declared environmental claims. This document is applicable to self-declared environmental claims that are predominantly take the form of words, but can also be used for symbols and graphics on product or package labels, or in product literature, technical bulletins, advertising and publicity, including on digital platforms.