e059 strategic plan presentation
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This presentation introduces the challenges and opportunities for the voluntary standards movement and explains the ISEAL Alliance Strategic Plan 2009-2013.TRANSCRIPT
Expanding the role of voluntary standards systems in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability
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Scaling up social and environmental standards systems
A presentation of the ISEAL Strategic Plan 2009-2013
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Expanding the role of voluntary standards systems in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability
Social and Environmental Standards Systems:A Success Model?
> Voluntary & market-based
> Applicable to many global sustainability challenges
> Unprecedented growth for established systems
> Emerging standards in new areas: Biofuels, mining, tourism, carbon offsets, …
> Increasing uptake by governmental bodies and civil society
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Expanding the role of voluntary standards systems in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability
What is a standards system?
Standard-Setter Certifier
Accreditation Body
Retailer
Consumer
Producer
Label
Buyer/Manufacturer
Supply Chain Capacity B
uilding
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Expanding the role of voluntary standards systems in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability
Challenges and Opportunities
Proliferation of standards and labels
Growing demand for certified
products with proven social and
environmental impacts
Increased interest by external
stakeholders
Credibility?
Scale?
Governance?
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Expanding the role of voluntary standards systems in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability
The big question:
How do we increase the impact that voluntary standards have in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability?
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Expanding the role of voluntary standards systems in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability
Introducing the ISEAL Alliance
Our focus: promoting and improving
voluntary standards
Our members: leading standards systems
Our tools: ISEAL Codes of Good Practice
Our strength: capacity building and coordination
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Expanding the role of voluntary standards systems in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability
Members of the ISEAL Alliance
Eight members in full compliance with ISEAL Membership Criteria (including compliance with existing ISEAL Codes of Good Practice and other internationally recognised guidance including ISO Guide 17011 for Accreditation Members)
Eight newer members have committed to demonstrate full compliance within three years from the date of membership approval.
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Expanding the role of voluntary standards systems in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability
Members of the ISEAL Alliance
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Expanding the role of voluntary standards systems in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability
ISEAL’s Strategic Plan 2009-2013
Purpose: To ensure that voluntary standards systems play an expanding role in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability
Outputs:
1. Credible operating practices for social and environmental standards systems defined and maintained
2. Standards systems practitioners supported to use credible operating practices
3. Stakeholders supported to use credible operating practices
4. Credible standards systems operate as an effective movement
5. ISEAL Alliance transformed into a strong and sustainable organisation
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Expanding the role of voluntary standards systems in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability
Output 1: Defining Credibility
> Comprehensive suite of ISEAL Codes of Good Practice developed and maintained:
1. Revision of Standard-Setting Code by end 2009
2. Development of Impacts Code by end 2010
3. Development of Verification Code by end 2012
> Stakeholder Council to oversee ISEAL Codes of Good Practice from end 2009
Credible operating
practices for social and
environmental standards systems
defined and maintained
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Output 2: Creating Credible Standards Systems
> Capacity building and shared learningin person and online to improve practices of individual standards systems
> Application of Codes of Good Practice leads to improved operating practices
> Independent evaluation mechanism for compliance with ISEAL Codes of Good Practice established by end 2010
Standards systems
practitioners supported to use credible
operating practices
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Output 3: Empowering the World to use Credible Standards
> Standards Systems Academy to build capacity of stakeholders to engage with standards systems
> Increased use of ISEAL Codes of Good Practice as international criteria to evaluate social and environmental standards systems
> Increased year on year uptake of credible standards systems by governmental bodies, business and civil society
Stakeholders supported to use credible
operating practices
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Output 4: Scaling Up
> Standards systems agreement by end 2009 on their individual and collective contributions to sustainability outcomes
> Implementation of Strategy for Scaling Up from 2010 including:
1. National platform pilots in place by 2010 to improve producer access and producer-driven demand
2. Improved efficiency and effectiveness through coordination of standards systems
3. Joint market offering to increase ability and commitment of business leaders to use standards systems as integral to their operations
Credible standards systems
operate as an effective
movement
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Expanding the role of voluntary standards systems in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability
Output 5: Building a strong and sustainable organisation> Financial sustainability allows ISEAL to grow
at desired pace
> Membership reflects the diversity and growth of the standards system movement
> Operating systems in place that empower staff and strengthen organisational character and spirit
> ISEAL’s governance responds to stakeholders’ expectations and evolving best practice
ISEAL Alliance
transformed into a strong
and sustainable organisation
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Expanding the role of voluntary standards systems in achieving social justice and ecological sustainability
We cannot do this alone. We need you to:
> Contribute to the development of ISEAL’s Codes of Good Practice
> Learn how to build better standards systems
> Engage with us to scale up the impacts of social and environmental standards
> Buy and promote credible certified products and services
> Support credible standards systems in your work
> Shape the future of the ISEAL Alliance by participating in technical working groups and governance bodies
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Thank you
ISEAL Alliance Secretariat
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