ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16759 Firstedition 2013-07-01 Graphic technology Quantification and communication for calculating the carbon footprint of print media products Technologie graphique - Quantification et communication relatives au calcul deI'empreinte carbone des produits imprimés Reference number IS016759:2013(E) LSO CopyihtInternatinal Organization for Standardization @IS02013 without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 16759:2013(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT ISO2013 All rights reserved. Unless otherwise specified, 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 Case postale 56.CH-1211 Geneva 20 Tel. + 4122 749 0111 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 E-mail copyright@iso.org Web www.iso.org Published in Switzerland @ IS0 2013- All rights reserved No reproduction or networking permited without license from IHS Not for Resale IS0 16759:2013(E) Contents Page Foreword ..iv Introduction.. ..V 1 Scope.. 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions. 3.1 Terms relating to carbon footprint. .1 3.2 Terms relating to greenhouse gases 3.3 Termsrelatingtolifecycleassessment Terms relating to organisations and consumers 3.4 ..4 3.5 Terms relating to printed media product and process - Prepress. 4 3.6 Terms relatingtoprinted mediaproductand process Press ..5 3.7 Terms relatingtoprintedmediaproductandprocess- Postpress. .6 3.8 Terms relating to data and data quality .7 4 Principlesforcarbon footprintquantification .8 4.1 General requirements .8 4.2 Life cycleperspective. ..8 4.3 Relative approach and functional unit. ..8 4.4 Relevance. .8 4.5 Completeness 4.6 Consistency .9 4.7 Accuracy.. .9 4.8 Transparency 9 4.9 Avoidance of double counting. .9 4.10 Implementation criteria .9 5 Methodology .9 5.1 General requirements .9 5.2 Goal and scope. ..10 5.3 System boundary definitions. .11 5.4 Time boundary for data ..12 5.5 Carbonfootprint quantification of life-cycle stages ..12 6 Reporting. .17 6.1 General .17 6.2 Documentation requirements. ..17 6.3 Interpretation of the carbon footprint ofaproduct ..18 7 Communication requirements ..18 7.1 General ..18 7.2 Interpretation and comparison ..19 7.3 Product definitions and product category rules (PCRs) .19 AnnexA(informative)General requirementsandguidelinesforCFPcommunication options Greenhouse gases. 20 Annex B (informative) Inventory analysis of input criteria used to define the product profile. ...23. AnnexC(informative)Operationsandmaterialsinprocessesanddatacollectionitemswithinthe system boundary .26 AnnexD (informative)Intergrafrecommendations onCO2emissionscalculation inthe printingindustry. .30 AnnexE (normative)Guidelinesforcomparisons ofthe carbonfootprintsof print media .34 AnnexF (informative) Calculation samples by Europe, Germany and Thailand .35 Bibliography ..41 iii No reproduction or networking permi ed without license from IHS Not for Resale