Standards and Guides

Environmental Standards from a Global Leader

Standards are an essential part of any environmental management plan. The need for a consistent, reliable approach to measuring, verifying and reporting data is paramount, especially as regulatory pressure increases and stakeholders demand transparency

Your organization can benefit from our credibility and unique expertise when purchasing and implementing environmental standards. CSA also publishes many helpful guides with "how to" advice and guidance on implementing standards.

Standards to guide every environmental solution

Organizations can use CSA Standards’ environmental standards and guides for a variety of reasons.
For example:

• To help identify energy efficiencies and reduce costs
• To support regulatory compliance
• To support company risk assessments
• To implement "greener" product design practices
• To help meet stakeholder expectations.

• Environmental Claims and Labelling
• Environmental Management Systems for organizations
• Climate Change: greenhouse gas measurement, verification and reporting for organizations and projects
• Green Procurement
• Sustainable Forest Management
• Environmental Design of Products
• Environmental Performance Evaluation and Reporting
• Product Life Cycle Assessment
• Environmental Risk Assessment
• Renewable Energy: design and performance standards for wind turbines, solar collectors, solar hot water systems, fuel cells and photovoltaic storage batteries.

CSA offers Standards in 3 areas of climate change:

Accounting and Management
Learn how ISO 14064 can help you quantify carbon inventories and reductions.

Mitigation
Learn about Standards that help you mitigate the effects of climate change.

Adaptation
Learn about Standards that can help you reduce your risk.