This Technical Specification establishes guidelines for the development and use of self-declared environmental claims for textiles (e.g. fibres, yarns, fabrics), textile products (e.g. clothing) and textile components of products (e.g. upholstery fabric in furniture), which includes principles, methodology and rules for some terms commonly used in environmental claims.<\/p>\n
This Technical Specification does not provide any substitute for any legal requirements applicable to textile products, related to environmental information, environmental claims or labelling, or any other legal requirement.<\/p>\n
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| 4<\/td>\n | Contents Page <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 6<\/td>\n | European foreword <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 7<\/td>\n | Introduction <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 8<\/td>\n | 1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 10<\/td>\n | 4 Guidance on the use of terms in relation to self-declared environmental claims 4.1 Objective 4.2 Fundamental principles 4.2.1 General 4.2.2 Principle of accurate information 4.2.3 Principle of verifiable methods <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 11<\/td>\n | 4.2.4 Principle of significant impact 4.3 Methodology for developing self-declared environmental claims 4.3.1 Methodology 4.3.1.1 General 4.3.1.2 Objective (goal) and scope 4.3.1.3 Inventory analysis 4.3.1.4 Impact assessment <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 12<\/td>\n | 4.3.1.5 Environmental claim definition 5 Terms frequently used in self-declared environmental claims for textile products 5.1 List of the terms frequently used Table 1 \u2014 Examples of terms frequently used in self-declared environmental claims <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 13<\/td>\n | 5.2 Terms: explanation and allowance 5.2.1 Organic 5.2.1.1 Explanation 5.2.1.2 Allowance Table 2 \u2014 Expression(s) including “organic” related to cotton, hemp, flax, etc. <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 14<\/td>\n | 5.2.2 Respect the environment, environmentally friendly, eco-friendly, ecological and lower environmental impact 5.2.2.1 Explanation 5.2.2.2 Allowance 5.2.3 Bio-based 5.2.3.1 Explanation 5.2.3.2 Allowance Table 3 \u2014 Expression(s) related to bio-based 5.2.4 Recycled, recyclable 5.2.4.1 Explanation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 15<\/td>\n | 5.2.4.2 Allowance Table 4 \u2014 Expression(s) related to recycled\/recyclable <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 16<\/td>\n | 5.2.5 Biodegradable 5.2.5.1 Explanation 5.2.5.2 Allowance Table 5 \u2014 Expression(s) including “biodegradable” related to textile products 5.2.6 Compostable 5.2.6.1 Explanation 5.2.6.2 Allowance Table 6 \u2014 Expression(s) including “compostable” related to textile products 5.2.7 Renewable 5.2.7.1 Explanation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 17<\/td>\n | 5.2.7.2 Allowance 5.2.8 Natural 5.2.8.1 Explanation 5.2.8.2 Allowance 5.2.9 Eco-designed 5.2.9.1 Explanation 5.2.9.2 Allowance 5.2.10 Green 5.2.10.1 Explanation 5.2.10.2 Allowance 5.2.11 Sustainable 5.2.11.1 Explanation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 18<\/td>\n | 5.2.11.2 Allowance 5.2.12 “Substance” free 5.2.12.1 Explanation 5.2.12.2 Allowance Table 7 \u2014 Expression(s) of “substance free” related to textile products 5.2.13 Carbon neutral 5.2.13.1 Explanation 5.2.13.2 Allowance 5.2.14 \u201cLess water used\u201d 5.2.14.1 Explanation <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 19<\/td>\n | 5.2.14.2 Allowance 5.2.15 \u201cLess energy used\u201d 5.2.15.1 Explanation 5.2.15.2 Allowance <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 20<\/td>\n | Annex A (informative) Consideration of the terms “organic”, \u201cbiological\u201d, \u201cbiology\u201d and \u201cecological\u201d A.1 General A.2 Etymology and definitions from reference dictionaries A.2.1 “organic” (English) A.2.2 “biological” (English), “biology” (English) <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 21<\/td>\n | A.2.3 “ecological” (English) A.3 Considerations A.4 European Regulation 834\/2007\/EC, Community Ecolabel for textile products and the translations in the different European languages <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 22<\/td>\n | Table A.1 \u2014 Translations of the term organic <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 23<\/td>\n | A.5 Useful links <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 24<\/td>\n | Annex B (informative) European\/International standards related to environmental aspects B.1 Generalities B.2 Organization-related standards B.2.1 EN ISO 14001- series of standards B.2.2 EN ISO 19011- series of standards B.2.3 EN ISO 14031\ufeff+ series of standards B.2.4 EN ISO 14063- series of standards B.3 Product-specific standards B.3.1 EN ISO 14020- series of standards <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 25<\/td>\n | B.3.2 EN ISO 14040- series of standards B.3.3 Technical Report ISO\/TR 14062 B.3.4 EN ISO 14064 (all parts) and CEN ISO\/TS 14067 <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 26<\/td>\n | Annex C (informative) Methods frequently used to verify claims related to the terms as mentioned in Clause 5 Table C.1 \u2014 Methods frequently used to verify claims <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
| 27<\/td>\n | Annex D (informative) Flow chart check-list when drafting a self-declared environmental claim Figure D.1 \u2014 Flow chart check-list when drafting a self-declared environmental claim <\/td>\n<\/tr>\n | ||||||
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