Life Cycle Assessment
The International Standard ISO 14044:2006, titled “Environmental management — Life cycle assessment — Requirements and guidelines”, provides requirements and guidelines for conducting a life cycle assessment (LCA).
This includes the definition of the goal and scope of the LCA, the life cycle inventory analysis (LCI) phase, the life cycle impact assessment (LCIA) phase, the life cycle interpretation phase, reporting and critical review of the LCA, limitations of the LCA, relationship between the LCA phases, and conditions for use of value choices and optional elements.
The standard was first published in 2006 and was last reviewed and confirmed in 2022. It has undergone two amendments, one in 2017 and another in 2020.
The normative references section of the ISO 14044:2006 standard specifies the referenced documents that are indispensable for the application of ISO 14044.