Summary

Recommendation ITU-T L.1070 provides an overview of global and common opportunities to represent sustainability, mainly environmental related (including human health), details about digital technology products, either collective information and communication technology (ICT) product models, batches or individual product items. These product details are intended for representation in digital format instead of on paper. The details can represent design-related information, products at the time of manufacturing, including relevant information for product transparency and a potential for a circular lifecycle, such as details related to the origin of materials composition, design, manufacturing, energy consumption, maintenance, repair, preparation for reuse, final recycling and may include links to related documentation. Product details can include or relate to information that changes over the lifespan of a product as a result of reconfiguration events, including repair, upgrade, usage, sale and final recycling. The details should exclude any personal or business-sensitive information.

Recommendation ITU-T L.1070 provides an overview of sustainability opportunities, environmental related, about product-related digital information common to all ICT products, with global scope for harmonization, i.e., relevant to any region, that can support the development of the circular economy of ICT products. Product-related digital information can be represented under digital technology, such as product identifiers, data formats, linked data and system architectures. It relates to and can complement regional and global standards.