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.
WITHDRAWN
ISO 20915:2018
PUBLISHED
ISO 20915:2026
60.60
Standard published
Sep 18, 2026