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ISO 59020: Accurately Measure and Assess Your Circularity Performance

Quality InsightsQuality Insights Volume 20October 18, 2024

Accurately measure and assess your circularity performance within defined economic systems with an ISO 59020 verification audit from SGS.

What is ISO 59020?

ISO 59020 provides requirements and guidance to standardize how organizations collect and calculate data using mandatory and optional circularity indicators, ensuring consistent and verifiable results.

This international standard is crucial for transitioning to a circular economy. It provides a clear and structured methodology for measuring and assessing circularity performance and selecting system boundaries and appropriate indicators. It also supports interpreting data to evaluate circularity at numerous levels, from regional and inter-organizational to organizational and product-specific.

Businesses can effectively quantify progress and demonstrate commitment to sustainable practices, enhancing transparency, accountability and stakeholder trust.

Who is ISO 59020 for?

The standard is for any organization committed to transitioning toward a circular economy that needs to measure and assess its circularity performance effectively.

Can ISO 59020 verification be applied alongside other sustainability assessments?

ISO 59020 can complement other related assessments and be integrated with additional methods for measuring social, environmental and economic impacts, providing a comprehensive view of an organization’s sustainability performance.

Why choose SGS ISO 59020 verification?

Verification follows successful completion of an audit. It will allow you to:

  • Utilize a clear framework for measuring circularity performance
  • Support global sustainability goals
  • Enhance the transparency and accountability of your environmental reporting
  • Support strategic decision-making for sustainable resource management
  • Align with the UN Agenda 2030 and Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 1-16

Over 30 years as a sustainability leader

As a sustainability leader for over 30 years, we provide impartial and objective verification services. Our team of circular economy experts ensures that your circularity performance is credible, consistent, transparent and more.

We follow ISO 59020’s principles rigorously, assessing everything you need. Our verification will help you collect and calculate your data to ensure alignment with the standard, before you showcase your success to stakeholders.

Take a step toward validating your commitment to a sustainable future with SGS. Contact us today to discuss your ISO 59020 verification needs and begin your journey toward effective circularity performance.

About SGS

We are SGS – the world’s leading testing, inspection and certification company. We are recognized as the global benchmark for sustainability, quality and integrity. Our 99,600 employees operate a network of 2,600 offices and laboratories around the world.

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