This standard specifies the guiding principles for the development and use of environmental labels and declarations for use with other applicable standards in the ISO14020 series. This standard is not intended to be used as a certification and registration specification. Note: Other standards in this series will follow the principles specified in this standard. The ISO14020 series of standards currently includes ISO14021, ISO14024 and ISO14025 (see "References"). GB/T 24020-2000 Environmental Management General Principles for Environmental Labels and Declarations GB/T24020-2000 Standard download decompression password: www.bzxz.net

GB/T24020—2000
This standard is equivalent to the international standard IS01-1020:1998 "Environmental management - General principles for environmental labels and declarations". This standard is one of the standards on environmental labels in the environmental management series of standards, and is the first national standard on environmental labels issued recently.
ISO has currently issued the following environmental labeling standards: ISO14021 Environmental management - Environmental labels and declarations - Self-declared environmental declarations: ISO14024 Environmental management - Environmental labels and declarations - Type 1 environmental labeling guidelines and procedures. Considering that the ISO14020:1998 international standard \definition* quoted the content of ISO14040:1997, this standard adds \referenced standards\ as the first chapter.
The auxiliary verb shall in IS014020 is translated as "must" in this standard. The auxiliary verb "should" in 1S014020 is translated as "should" in this standard. This standard was condensed and organized by the China Standards Research Center. The drafting units of this standard are: China Standards Research Center, China Research Institute of Environmental Sciences, China Import and Export Commodity Quality Certification Center, China Machinery Industry Group Corporation.
The main drafters of this standard are: Huang Jin, Cui Qiang, Liu Ke, Li Chunjian, Fan Yuhua. This standard was first published in February 2000.
GB/T240202000
ISO Foreword
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International Standard TSO14>2m) was formulated by the Environmental Labeling Subcommittee (SC3) of the IS/TC207 Environmental Management Technical Committee GB/T 24020--2000
Environmental labels and declarations are the subject of the IS014000 series "Environmental Management". The environmental labels and declarations provide information on the overall environmental characteristics of products or services, specific environmental factors or other factors. Buyers and potential buyers can use this information to choose the products or services they expect based on environmental and other considerations. Suppliers of products or services hope that their environmental labels or declarations can have an effective impact on buyers to choose their products or services. If the environmental labels or declarations have this effect, it will increase the market share of their products or services and encourage other suppliers to improve the environmental factors of their products or services, so that they can use environmental labels or environmental declarations and ultimately reduce the environmental impact of such products or services: 1 Scope
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idt IS0 14020,1998 (1st edition)
This standard defines the guiding principles for the development and use of environmental signs and declarations so that they can be used in conjunction with other applicable standards in the IS0)11020 series.
This standard is not intended to be used as a certification and registration specification. Note: Other standards in this series will follow the source rules specified in the process standards. The IS014020 series of standards also includes [S0)14021, J50)14024 and IS14025 [see \References\].
2 Referenced standards
The provisions contained in the following standards constitute the provisions of this standard through reference in this standard. When this standard was published, the versions shown were valid. All labels are subject to revision. Programs using unused labels should investigate the possibility of using the latest version of the following standards: GB/T 24040—1999 Environmental Management Life Cycle Assessment Principles and Framework (IDT ISO 14040: 1997) 3 Definitions
This standard adopts the following definitions.
3.1 Environmental label environmental declaration environmental declaration A statement that describes the environmental aspects of a product or service. Note: An environmental label or declaration may be in the form of a term, symbol or graphic that appears on the product or packaging label, or in product literature, technical bulletins, advertisements or publications.
3-2 Life cycle life cycle
A series of successive stages in a product system, from the acquisition of raw materials or the generation of natural resources to final disposal. [GR/T 24040—1999.
Note: "Product" includes any product or service. 3.3 Environmental aspect The aspects of an organization's activities, products or services that can interact with the environment. 4 Objectives of environmental labels and declarations The overall objective of environmental labels and declarations is to promote demand for and supply of products and services with less environmental impact through the communication of verifiable, accurate and non-misleading information on the environmental aspects of products and services, thereby developing the potential for market-driven continuous improvement of the environment. State Administration of Quality and Technical Supervision 2000-02-D1 Approved for implementation on October 1, 2000 5 General principles 5.1 Overview All principles specified in 5.2 to 5.10 of GB/T 24020-2000 apply to all environmental labels and declarations. When the requirements set out in other standards in this series are more specific than those in this standard, those specific requirements shall be followed. 5.2 Principle 1
5.2.1 Explanation
Environmental labels and claims must be accurate, verifiable, relevant and non-misleading. 5.2.2 Specific requirements
The usefulness and effectiveness of environmental labels and claims depends on the extent to which they convey reliable and meaningful information about the environmental factors of products and services: Environmental labels and claims must provide accurate information about the environmental factors of products or services. The factual and technical basis of environmental labels and claims must be verifiable. The information provided by environmental labels and claims must be sufficiently relevant: Customers must focus on the more important environmental factors, which are related to the actual situation and relationship of natural resource acquisition, production, distribution, use and disposal of products involved in products and services. The basis of environmental labels and claims should be reviewed regularly to consider the need for updating. The frequency of information collection should be adapted to the speed of product or service updates. Environmental labels and claims must be easy to understand and not misleading to the intended purchasers of products or services. 5.3 Principle 2
5.3.1 Explanation
The development, adoption and application of procedures and requirements for environmental labels and declarations shall not be aimed at, or have the effect of, creating unnecessary barriers to international trade.
5.3.2 Specific requirements
In applying this principle, consideration shall be given to the applicable provisions and interpretations of the World Trade Organization as guidance. 5.4 Principle 3
5.4.1 Explanation
Environmental labeling claims must be based on sufficiently rigorous and scientific methodologies to support the claims made and to obtain accurate and reproducible results.
5.4.2 Only the information supporting environmental labels and claims must be collected and evaluated by methods that are recognized and widely accepted in the scientific community or professional field, or other scientifically demonstrable methods. These methods should comply with the first internationally accepted standards (which may include international standards, regional standards or national standards) or industry or trade methods evaluated by the market. The methods used must be applicable to the corresponding claims and provide relevant and necessary, accurate and reproducible information to support the claims.
5.5 Principle 4
5.5.1 Description
The information on the procedures, methodologies and criteria used to support environmental labels and claims must be available and can be provided upon request by all relevant parties.
5.5.2 Specific requirements
The above information must include the principles, assumptions and boundary conditions used as the basis. The information should be sufficient and easy to understand so that buyers, potential buyers and other relevant parties can understand it from scientific principles.The environmental labels and declarations shall be evaluated and compared in terms of their relevance to the environment and their overall effectiveness, and the consistency of the environmental labels or declarations with the relevant standards in this series shall be assessed. This information shall also clearly indicate whether the environmental label or declaration is of a user-friendly environmental responsibility nature or is based on a unique recognition of the product or service. Once on the market, the purchaser and potential purchaser shall be informed of the means of obtaining this information. This can be achieved through the various formats provided in 6.10. Due to commercial confidentiality, intellectual property rights or similar legal constraints, the availability of some information may become restricted.
5.6 Principle 5
5.6.1 Explanation
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The development of environmental labels and declarations must take into account all relevant factors of the product life cycle. 5.6.2 Specific requirements
The life cycle of a product or service includes all activities from the production and provision of raw materials, the uptake of natural resources to final disposal. Consideration of the life cycle of a product or service enables the organization developing an environmental label or claim to take into account a range of factors that affect the environment and to identify the possibility of strengthening one environmental impact while weakening another. In order to help identify the relevant characteristics and criteria for environmental labels and claims and to determine the importance of environmental claims, the life cycle of the product or service should be considered. The degree of consideration of the life cycle varies depending on the type of environmental label or claim, the nature of the claim and the product. This does not necessarily mean that a life cycle assessment should be conducted. 5.7 Principles
5.7.1 Explanation
Environmental labels and claims shall not hinder the development of products that can maintain or have the potential to improve environmental performance (behavior). 5.7.2 Specific requirements
Requirements must be expressed in terms of environmental performance (behavior) rather than in terms of design description characteristics. This approach provides the maximum flexibility for technological or other innovations. Preconceived design criteria or implicit preferences for a particular technology should be avoided, as they could limit or hinder improvements to products or services that do not violate relevant environmental criteria or achieve significant environmental improvements. 5.8 Principle 7
5.8.1 Description
Any administrative requirements or information needs related to environmental labels and claims must be kept to the extent necessary to comply with applicable criteria and standards.
5.8.2 Specific requirements
All organizations, regardless of their size, should have equal opportunities to use environmental labels and claims. Their participation should not be hindered by additional factors or requirements, such as the complexity of the procedures, unreasonable compliance requirements or administrative requirements. 5.9 Principle 8
5.9.1 Description
The process of developing environmental labels and claims should be open and involve the opinions of relevant parties, and necessary efforts should be made to achieve consensus during this process.
5.9.2 Specific requirements
The process of developing standards and guidelines must be open to all interested parties. Interested parties must be informed promptly and widely, and they must be invited and encouraged to sign. Interested parties may choose to participate directly or through other means, such as written or electronic communication. The substance of external comments and input must be dealt with effectively. For self-developed environmental statements based on TS(I)14021, it is assumed that consultation has been carried out during the development of the standard. Note: Further guidance is provided in ISC/IEC Guide 2 and Guide 59.5.10 Original 9
5.10.1 Description
Buyers and potential buyers must be able to obtain environmental information about the products and services related to the environmental labels or declarations from the party using the environmental labels or declarations.
5.10.2 Specific requirements
The effectiveness of environmental labels and declarations ultimately depends on the extent to which they can enable buyers and potential buyers to be responsible for the environmental factors involved in the purchase decision and make conscious choices about these environmental factors, and the extent to which they can influence buyers and potential buyers' decisions on products or services. The choice of service. This is related to the acceptance and understanding of the environmental information provided by the purchaser and potential purchaser.
Therefore, the party using environmental labels and declarations has the initiative and responsibility to provide information channels to its purchasers and potential purchasers so that they can understand the meaning of any declaration, symbol or term. There are many ways to achieve friendly implementation, such as advertising, promotional materials, free telephone consultation and education sessions, etc. The information provided must be appropriate and sufficient for the nature and scope of the environmental declaration: CB/T 24020—2000
Xinkao Literature
[1]ISO 1402];1999
Environmental labels and declarations
Environmental management
Environmental labels and declarations
「2]ISO 14024.1999
Environmental management
Self-declared environmental declarations
Type 1 Environmental labeling guidelines and procedures
[3]ISO 14025 Environmental management Environmental labels and declarations Type 1 Environmental labeling guidelines and procedures
[4]ISO/IEC Guide 2 Common terms and definitions for standardization and related activities[5]ISO/IEC Guide 59 Good practice in standardization2 Specific requirements
The effectiveness of environmental labels and declarations ultimately depends on the extent to which they can make buyers and potential buyers responsible for the environmental factors involved in the purchase decision and make conscious choices about these environmental factors, as well as the extent to which they can influence buyers and potential buyers' choices of products or services. This is related to the acceptance and understanding of the environmental information provided by buyers and potential buyers.
Therefore, the party using environmental labels and declarations has the initiative and responsibility to provide information channels to its buyers and potential buyers so that they can understand the meaning of any statement, symbol or term. There are many ways to achieve friendly implementation, such as advertising, using sales promotion materials, free telephone consultation and education sessions, etc. The information provided must be appropriate and sufficient for the nature and scope of the environmental declarations made: CB/T 24020—2000
Xinkao Literature
[1]ISO 1402];1999
Environmental labels and declarations
Environmental management
Environmental labels and declarations
[2]ISO 14024.1999bzxZ.net
Environmental management
Self-declared environmental declarations
Type 1 Environmental labeling guidelines and procedures
[3]IS014025 Environmental management Environmental labels and declarations - Type 1 Environmental labeling guidelines and procedures
[4]ISO/IEC Guide 2 Common terms and definitions for standardization and related activities[5]ISO/IEC Guide 59 Good practice in standardization2 Specific requirements
The effectiveness of environmental labels and declarations ultimately depends on the extent to which they can make buyers and potential buyers responsible for the environmental factors involved in the purchase decision and make conscious choices about these environmental factors, as well as the extent to which they can influence buyers and potential buyers' choices of products or services. This is related to the acceptance and understanding of the environmental information provided by buyers and potential buyers.
Therefore, the party using environmental labels and declarations has the initiative and responsibility to provide information channels to its buyers and potential buyers so that they can understand the meaning of any statement, symbol or term. There are many ways to achieve friendly implementation, such as advertising, using sales promotion materials, free telephone consultation and education sessions, etc. The information provided must be appropriate and sufficient for the nature and scope of the environmental declarations made: CB/T 24020—2000
Xinkao Literature
[1]ISO 1402];1999
Environmental labels and declarations
Environmental management
Environmental labels and declarations
[2]ISO 14024.1999
Environmental management
Self-declared environmental declarations
Type 1 Environmental labeling guidelines and procedures
[3]IS014025 Environmental management Environmental labels and declarations - Type 1 Environmental labeling guidelines and procedures
[4]ISO/IEC Guide 2 Common terms and definitions for standardization and related activities[5]ISO/IEC Guide 59 Good practice in standardization
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