本文件为系统性、系统性地获取和审查有关系统的定量环境信息和数据提供了指南。它支持环境管理标准和报告的应用。 本文件为组织提供了获取用于内部和/或外部目的的定量环境信息所需的一般原则、政策、战略和活动指南。例如，这些目的可以是建立清单例行程序，支持与环境政策和战略有关的决策，尤其是为了比较定量环境信息。这些信息与组织、活动、设施、技术和产品有关。 本文件阐述了与定义、收集、处理、解释和呈现定量环境信息有关的问题。它提供了关于如何确定预期用途的准确性、可验证性和可靠性的指南。 它使用经过验证和完善的方法来准备适应环境管理具体需要的信息。 本文件适用于所有组织，无论其规模、类型、位置、结构、活动、产品、发展水平，以及是否有环境管理体系。 注1:根据ISO 14031，定量信息专门以环境绩效指标的形式对环境绩效进行量化。 注2:定量信息还涉及风险管理目的的风险量化。 本文件补充了其他环境管理国际标准的内容。 注3附件A和B提供了如何应用指南和框架的说明性和一般性示例。附件C和D分别提供了关于框架应用的特定行业案例研究和ISO 14000系列选定文件的案例研究。 附件E提供了解释性信息，以防止误解本文件的指导。

This document gives guidelines for the systematic and methodical acquisition and review of quantitative environmental information and data about systems. It supports the application of standards and reports on environmental management. This document gives guidelines for organizations on the general principles, policies, strategies and activities necessary to obtain quantitative environmental information for internal and/or external purposes. Such purposes can be, for example, to establish inventory routines and support decision making related to environmental policies and strategies, aimed in particular at comparing quantitative environmental information. The information is related to organizations, activities, facilities, technologies and products. This document addresses issues related to defining, collecting, processing, interpreting and presenting quantitative environmental information. It provides guidelines on how to establish accuracy, verifiability and reliability for the intended use. It uses proven and well-established approaches for the preparation of information adapted to the specific needs of environmental management. This document is applicable to all organizations, regardless of their size, type, location, structure, activities, products, level of development and whether or not they have an environmental management system in place. NOTE 1 Quantitative information specifically addresses quantification of environmental performance in the form of environmental performance indicators in accordance with ISO 14031. NOTE 2 Quantitative information also addresses quantification of risk for risk management purposes. This document supplements the contents of other International Standards on environmental management. NOTE 3 Annexes A and B provide illustrative and general examples of how to apply the guidelines and the framework. Annexes C and D provide sector-specific case studies on the application of the framework and case studies on selected documents from the ISO 14000 family, respectively. Annex E provides explanatory information to prevent misinterpretation of the guidance of this document.