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.
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
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.