ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 14033 First edition 2019-02 Environmental management - Quantitative environmental information - Guidelines and examples ManagementenvironnementalInformationenvironnementale quantitative -Lignes directrices et exemples Reference number IS014033:2019(E) so @ IS0 2019 IS0 14033:2019(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT @ ISO 2019 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, or required in the context of its implementation, no part of this publication may be reproduced or utilized otherwise in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, or posting on the internet or an intranet, without prior written permission. Permission can be requested from either IsO at the address below or Iso's member body in the country of the requester. ISO copyright office CP 401 : Ch. de Blandonnet 8 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva Phone: +4122 749 0111 Fax: +41 22 749 09 47 Email: [email protected] Website: www.iso.org Published in Switzerland ii @ IS0 2019 - All rights reserved IS0 14033:2019(E) Contents Page Foreword ..V Introduction. ...vi 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions. 3.1 Types of information .2 3.2 Managing information. 3.3 Characteristics of information. .3 4 Use of quantitative environmental information .3 4.1 General ..3 4.2 Internal use of quantitative environmental information 4 4.3 External use of quantitative environmental information 4.4 Using quantitative environmental information for comparisons ..5 5 Principles for generating and providing quantitative environmental information .5 5.1 General. ..5 5.2 Relevance. ..5 5.3 Credibility. ..6 5.4 Consistency .6 5.5 Comparability. .6 5.6 Transparency. 5.7 Completeness. ..6 5.8 Validity 5.9 Appropriateness .6 5.10 Materiality .6 6 Guidelines. 6.1 General. 7 6.1.1 Plan-Do-Check-Act approach 6.1.2 Data sources and categories of data ..10 6.2 Plan. ..13 6.2.1 Conceptualize whole system .13 6.2.2 Break down system components .14 6.2.3 Select parameters. .14 6.2.4 Define basic data. .14 6.2.5 Identify measuring methods ..15 6.3 Do. .15 6.3.1 Set up measuring methods. ..15 6.3.2 Acquire basic data. 15 6.3.3 Consolidate parameters. .. 15 6.3.4 Synthesize system components ..16 6.3.5 Aggregate whole system. .16 6.4 Check ..16 6.4.1 General views .16 6.4.2 Applying the framework for Check or review .. 17 6.4.3 Process. ..17 6.5 Act. ..18 Annex A (informative) Illustrative examples of the framework ..19 Annex B (informative) General simple examples ..28 Annex C (informative) Sector-specific case studies .33 Annex D (informative) Case studies from the Is0 14000 family of standards ..50 Annex E (informative) Clarification of concepts ..64 IS0 2019 - All rights reserved iii