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Development of ISO 14067: Quantification and Communication of Carbon Footprint of products and services. 10th Working group meeting held in Canada, Ostfold Research took part.

The tenth meeting in ISO/TC207/SC 7/WG2 took place 21-24 November 2011 in Toronto, Canada. A large number of nations participated. The standard had before the meeting voted to DIS-status (Draft International Standard) and further progress was made during the meeting in Canada.
ISO-DIS 14067 has been sent for a 6 month worldwide consultation. The results will be discussed in the upcoming TC207-meeting in the end of June in Bangkok. The plan is that the Standard shall be approved and implemented in the first half of 2013. The Standard will be welcomed by Industry and other interested parties as it will give a level playing field for Carbon Footprints. Researcher Erik Svanes at Ostfold Research represented Norway in the meeting.  


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Development of ISO 14067: Quantification and Communication of Carbon Footprint of products and services. 10th Working group meeting held in Canada, Ostfold Research took part.
The tenth meeting in ISO/TC207/SC 7/WG2 took place 21-24 November 2011 in Toronto, Canada. A large number of nations participated. The standard had before the meeting voted to DIS-status (Draft International Standard) and further progress was made during the meeting in Canada.

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