ISO 20915

Life cycle inventory calculation methodology for steel products ISO 20915

Scope

This document specifies guidelines and requirements for conducting life cycle inventory (LCI) studies of steel products reflecting steel’s capacity for closed-loop recycling, including:

specification of the declared unit used for LCI calculation of steel products;
definition of the system boundaries used for LCI calculation of steel products;
evaluation of scrap in LCI calculation of steel products;
evaluation of co-products in LCI calculation of steel products;
reporting of LCI calculation results of steel products.

The application of LCI results, including life cycle impact assessment (LCIA), is outside the scope of this document.