The global economy requires independent, quality-assured data on the performance of innovative environmentally sound technologies.
Business leaders and public organizations must balance the requirements for change and adaptation against the risks of adopting innovative solutions.
Industry and utilities need effective, scalable technologies to improve their environmental performance, address emerging regulations and meet stakeholder expectations.
Entrepreneurial technology companies need streamlined options to demonstrate and validate their innovative technologies and service offerings.
It is important for various industrial sectors to innovate in bringing to market the clean technologies and low-carbon services and products necessary for the transition towards the green economy.
The ISO 14034: 2016 Environmental Technology Verification (ETV) standard is expected to have a significant impact on trade (regionally and internationally). It is also expected to help align standards to reduce trade barriers and increase investment opportunities.
Stakeholder groups and communities of interest can collaborate in defining appropriate performance parameters and verification requirements, reflecting their particular needs. ISO 14034 enables an open market approach to technology evaluation based on a standardized procedure that encourages the sharing of verification results across multiple jurisdictions.
ISO 14034 reflects an international consensus that standardization of the performance verification process is an effective way of establishing the global credibility of innovative environmentally sound solutions. This helps build credibility and confidence, providing the marketplace with assurance that environmental performance claims are valid, credible and supported by high-quality, independent test data.
