Standards And Guides

Environmental Standards From A Global Leader

Standards are an essential part of any environmental management plan. The need for a consistent, reliable approach to measuring, verifying and reporting data is paramount, especially as regulatory pressure increases and stakeholders demand transparency.

CSA Standards is respected worldwide as a leader in standards development and has been instrumental in developing international environmental and carbon management standards. On behalf of the Standards Council of Canada (SCC), CSA Standards holds the Secretariat for the committee that developed the ISO 14000 environmental management and ISO 14064 climate change standards. CSA Standards also manages the Canadian Advisory Committees that provide input to other international environmental standards activities.

Your organization can benefit from our credibility and unique expertise when purchasing and implementing environmental standards. CSA also publishes many helpful guides with "how to" advice and guidance on implementing standards.

Standards to guide every environmental solution

Organizations can use CSA Standards’ environmental standards and guides for a variety of reasons, for example:

To help identify energy efficiencies and reduce costs
To support regulatory compliance
To support company risk assessments
To implement "greener" product design practices
To help meet stakeholder expectations.

Here are just a few of the environmental standards and guides categories available from CSA Standards:

Environmental Claims and Labelling
Environmental Management Systems for organizations
Climate Change: greenhouse gas measurement, verification and reporting for organizations and projects
Green Procurement
Sustainable Forest Management
Environmental Design of Products
Environmental Performance Evaluation and Reporting
Product Life Cycle Assessment
Environmental Risk Assessment
Renewable Energy: design and performance standards for wind turbines, solar collectors,

Visit CSA Standards to explore their wide selection of environmental management standards and guides.