ISO 59020:2024

Circular economy — Measuring and assessing circularity performance

ACTIVE

About this standard

Languages
English and French
Type
International Organization for Standardization (ISO)
Standards committee
ISO/TC 323 (Circular economy)
Status
ACTIVE
Publication date
22 May 2024
Replaced by
ISO/AWI 59020
ICS Code
03.100.01 (Company organization and management in general)
13.020.20 (Environmental economics. Sustainability)
Withdrawn Date
Price
€ 236,25

Summary

< p class=" MsoBodyText" > < span lang=" EN-GB" > This document specifies requirements and gives guidance to organizations for measuring and assessing a defined economic system to determine their circularity performance at a specific time. Measurement and assessment are performed by the collection and calculation of data with the help of mandatory and optional circularity indicators.< / span>


< p class=" MsoBodyText" > < span lang=" EN-GB" > This document provides a framework to guide users within organizations of all types and sizes through the measurement and assessment process, including system boundary setting and choice of indicators, as well as processing and interpreting data in a consistent and reproducible manner to generate meaningful and verifiable results.< / span>


< p class=" MsoBodyText" > < span lang=" EN-GB" > The framework is applicable to multiple levels of an economic system, ranging from regional, interorganizational and organizational to the product level.< / span>


< p class=" MsoBodyText" > < span lang=" EN-GB" > To measure and assess social, environmental and economic impacts that are caused by the actions of the organization to achieve circular goals and objectives, the document provides a list of complementary methods that can be used in addition to this document.< / span>