ASTM Sustainability Standards

International Sustainability Standards

ASTM sustainability standards deliver a structured, science-based foundation for organizations seeking to embed environmental, social, and economic responsibility into products, processes, and decision-making.

These standards help engineers, R&D teams, and sustainability leaders quantify impacts, compare alternatives, and create systems that are robust, transparent, and aligned with global goals.

Through these standards, ASTM helps transform sustainability from a buzzword into actionable engineering discipline.

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Popular ASTM Sustainability Standards (Not an indication of availability in Spanish)

  • ASTM E2129 Standard Practice for Data Collection for Sustainability Assessment of Building Products
  • ASTM E2432 Standard Guide for General Principles of Sustainability Relative to Buildings
  • ASTM E2635 Standard Practice for Water Conservation in Buildings Through In-Situ Water Reclamation
  • ASTM E2741 Standard Specification for Evaluation and Selection of Destinations for Environmentally Sustainable Meetings, Events, Trade Shows, and Conferences
  • ASTM E2921 Standard Practice for Minimum Criteria for Comparing Whole Building Life Cycle Assessments for Use with Building Codes and Rating Systems
  • ASTM E3012 Standard Guide for Characterizing Environmental Aspects of Manufacturing Processes

Sustainability Standards Available in Spanish

  • ASTM E2129 Practice for Data Collection for Sustainability Assessment of Building Products
  • ASTM E2432 Guide for General Principles of Sustainability Relative to the Built Environment
  • ASTM E2635 Practice for Water Conservation in Buildings Through In-Situ Water Reclamation
  • ASTM E2717 Practice for Estimating the Environmental Load of Residential Wastewater
  • ASTM E2727 Practice for Assessment of Rainwater Quality
  • ASTM E2728 Guide for Water Stewardship in the Design, Construction, and Operation of Buildings
  • ASTM E2844 Specification for Demonstrating That a Buildings Location Provides Access to Public Transit
  • ASTM E2921 Practice for Minimum Criteria for Comparing Whole Building Life Cycle Assessments for Use with Building Codes, Standards, and Rating Systems
  • ASTM E3012 Guide for Characterizing Environmental Aspects of Manufacturing Processes
  • ASTM E3027 Guide for Making Sustainability-Related Chemical Selection Decisions in the Life-Cycle of Products
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Digital Access to Sustainability Standards

Engineers, product developers, and sustainability managers can harness the full portfolio—guides, practices, reference materials—along with version control, annotations, and cross-document linking.

This ensures every stakeholder is working from the same up-to-date technical baseline, reducing misalignment between design, production, and compliance.

Moreover, Compass fosters interoperability: sustainability standards often reference or integrate with other ASTM domains (materials, testing, environmental). Compass’s search and linking features make traversing those relationships seamless.

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