INTERNATIONAL SUSTAINABILITY STANDARDS: AN OVERVIEW

The paper provides an overview of the following sustainability standards: LEED - a voluntary American standard used to rate sustainable development in construction projects; Breeam - Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method; Dow Jones Sustainability Indices - Global benchmarking tools that track the financial performance of sustainability within major corporations in the world; FTSE 4 Good - the ethical business stock index, a joint venture between Financial Times and London Stock Exchange; EMAS - the Eco Management and Audit Scheme of the European Commission; and ISO 9000/14001 - standards designed by the International Organization for Standardization as global frameworks used by 147 countries to achieve consistency in internationally approved quality management services.

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• Publication Date: 2003-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: p. 12
• Serial:
  • Public Transport International
  • Volume: 51
  • Issue Number: 5
  • Publisher: International Association of Public Transport (UITP)
  • ISSN: 1016-796X
  • Serial URL: http://www.uitp.org/publications/public-transport-magazine.cfm

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Environmental protection; International compacts; Standards; Sustainable development
• Subject Areas: Environment; Public Transportation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00964042
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Oct 21 2003 12:00AM