ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 13065 First edition 2015-09-15 Sustainability criteria for bioenergy Criteres de durabilité pour la bioénergie Reference number IS0 13065:2015(E) ISO International Organization for Standardization isee=Zhejang Institute of Standardization 5956617 @ IS0 2015 vided by IHS under I No reproduction or networking permitted without license from IHS IS0 13065:2015(E) COPYRIGHTPROTECTEDDOCUMENT IS0 2015, Published in Switzerland 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. IsOcopyrightoffice Ch. de Blandonnet 8 . CP 401 CH-1214 Vernier, Geneva, Switzerland Tel. +41 22 749 01 11 Fax +41 22 749 09 47 [email protected] www.iso.org PrganizationforStandardization etworking permitted without license from IHS IS0 13065:2015(E) Contents Page Foreword ..V Introduction. ...vi 1 Scope. 2 Normative references 3 Terms and definitions 4 General requirements and recommendations ..9 4.1 General. .9 4.2 Purpose and context. ..9 4.3 Scope of assessment. .9 4.4 Stakeholder involvement 4.5 Relevance and significance .10 4.6 Recording of legal requirements .10 4.7 Time periods .11 4.8 Science-based approach .11 4.9 Data and information .11 4.10 Traceability. .12 4.11 Comparability. .12 4.12 Direct and indirect effects ..13 4.13 Ecosystem services. ..13 5 Principles, criteria and indicators ..13 5.1 General. .13 5.2 Environmental principles, criteria and indicators ..13 5.2.1 GHG. ..13 5.2.2 Water. .14 5.2.3 Soil. ..14 5.2.4 Air ..15 5.2.5 Biodiversity ..15 5.2.6 Energy efficiency .16 5.2.7 Waste. .16 5.3 Social principles, criteria and indicators. ..17 5.3.1 Humanrights .. 17 5.3.2 Labour rights .17 5.3.3 Land use rights and land use change ..19 5.3.4 Water use rights .. .19 5.4 Economic principle, criteria and indicators .20 5.4.1 Economicsustainability. .20 6 Greenhouse gas methodologies, assessments and comparisons .20 6.1 General .20 6.2 Special considerations for time periods for GHG assessments 21 6.2.1 General 21 6.2.2 Reference system 21 6.3 Assigning GHG emissions or GHG removals from carbon stock change in biomass and soil to the bioenergy product. 22 6.4 Other climate-forcing agents . .22 6.5 Functional and delivered units 22 6.6 Treatment of co-products in a GHG quantification .23 6.6.1 General 23 6.6.2 Procedures for treatment of co-products .23 6.7 Treatment of waste. 24 6.8 System boundaries. 24 6.9 Process for comparison to determine GHG reduction. .24 Annex A (informative) Example format for summarizing information .25 ntemaonalganizatin5All rights reserved iii LicenseeZhejang Institute of Standardization 5956617 Not for Resale,2015/11/1106:44:06 ed without license from IHS