International Standards help companies ensure that their products align with principles like durability, reusability, upgradability, or repairability. They foster consumer trust in shared, recycled, repaired or upcycled goods and components as well as relevant services, and enable collaboration between economic partners. 

Top standards

Circular economy — Measuring and assessing circularity performance

Circular economy — Product circularity data sheet

Circular economy — Vocabulary, principles and guidance for implementation

Circular economy — Guidance on the transition of business models and value networks

Environmental management and circular economy — Sustainability and traceability of the recovery of secondary materials — Principles, requirements and guidance

Circular economy — Performance-based approach — Analysis of case studies

Circular economy — Review of existing value networks

Insights

ISO 14001:2026: What’s changed and what it means for your business

Environmental performance is no longer a side issue – it’s a strategic priority shaping decisions at every level. As pressures mount from climate risks, regulation and stakeholder expectations, organizations face a clear challenge: turning environmental ambition into measurable results. ISO 14001:2026 is designed to meet that need.

Opinion

From policy to practice: Why standards are the missing link to ending plastic pollution

If we’re serious about tackling the plastic crisis, we must also equip ourselves with the tools to make real change. That’s where International Standards come in.

The circular economy: building trust through conformity assessment

Standards and conformity assessment provide assurance on aspects of the circular economy including product lifetime and recyclability, safety and efficiency.