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.

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.

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4	Contents Page
6	European foreword
7	Introduction
8	1 Scope 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions
10	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
11	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
12	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 — Examples of terms frequently used in self-declared environmental claims
13	5.2 Terms: explanation and allowance 5.2.1 Organic 5.2.1.1 Explanation 5.2.1.2 Allowance Table 2 — Expression(s) including “organic” related to cotton, hemp, flax, etc.
14	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 — Expression(s) related to bio-based 5.2.4 Recycled, recyclable 5.2.4.1 Explanation
15	5.2.4.2 Allowance Table 4 — Expression(s) related to recycled/recyclable
16	5.2.5 Biodegradable 5.2.5.1 Explanation 5.2.5.2 Allowance Table 5 — Expression(s) including “biodegradable” related to textile products 5.2.6 Compostable 5.2.6.1 Explanation 5.2.6.2 Allowance Table 6 — Expression(s) including “compostable” related to textile products 5.2.7 Renewable 5.2.7.1 Explanation
17	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
18	5.2.11.2 Allowance 5.2.12 “Substance” free 5.2.12.1 Explanation 5.2.12.2 Allowance Table 7 — 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 “Less water used” 5.2.14.1 Explanation
19	5.2.14.2 Allowance 5.2.15 “Less energy used” 5.2.15.1 Explanation 5.2.15.2 Allowance
20	Annex A (informative) Consideration of the terms “organic”, “biological”, “biology” and “ecological” A.1 General A.2 Etymology and definitions from reference dictionaries A.2.1 “organic” (English) A.2.2 “biological” (English), “biology” (English)
21	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
22	Table A.1 — Translations of the term organic
23	A.5 Useful links
24	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+ 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
25	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
26	Annex C (informative) Methods frequently used to verify claims related to the terms as mentioned in Clause 5 Table C.1 — Methods frequently used to verify claims
27	Annex D (informative) Flow chart check-list when drafting a self-declared environmental claim Figure D.1 — Flow chart check-list when drafting a self-declared environmental claim
28	Bibliography

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Status	Confirmed
Pages	32
Publication Date	2015-11-30
ISBN	978 0 580 82056 4
Standard Number	PD CEN/TS 16822:2015
Title	Textiles and textile products. Self-declared environmental claims. Use of the terms
Identical National Standard Of	CEN/TS 16822:2015
Descriptors	Thickness measurement, Test specimens, Woven fabrics, Test equipment, Textiles, Knitted fabrics, Fabric testing, Specimen preparation, Textile testing, Textile products
Publisher	BSI
Committee	TCI/66
ICS Codes	59.080.01 - Textiles in general

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