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ISO 26000

Short presentation of the

background, process and result.

By Staffan Söderberg [email protected] May 5, 2011Director Corporate Partnerships WWF Sweden

Vice Chair Post publication organization ISO 26000

Former Vice Chair of ISO Working Group on Social Responsibility

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Why should ISO develop

an international standard on social

responsibility?

� Aren¶t there enough models, theories, initiatives and

international norms of bevaviour?

WBCSD, WEF on Corruption, OECD Guidelines, ISO

14000, OHSAS 18001, Global Compact, GRI, TI,

Amnesty Business Group, IFBWW, ILO, Fair Trade, SA

8000, FSC, AA 1000...

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What is ISO? - ISO structure

ISO/TMB/WGon

Social Responsibility

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When and how did ISO/SR standard

development get started?

April 2001 ISO Council requests ISO Committee on Consumer Policy (COPOLCO)

to deliberate on the development of CSR standard

May 2001 ISO/COPOLCO Plenary ± CSR Feasibility Study

June 2002 ISO/COPOLCO workshop, on Corporate Social Responsibility

Sept. 2002 ISO Council adopts COPOLCO Report and establishes Strategic

Advisory Group (S AG) on Social Responsibility

April 2004 Final Report and recommendation from S AG to ISO Technical

Management Board (TMB)

June 2004 Stockholm Conference & pre-Conference for Developing Countries

June 2004 ISO TMB decision to proceed with development of ISO SR GuidanceStandard

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When and how did ISO/SR standard

development get started? ± cont¶d

Sept. 2004 ISO TMB assigns leadership responsibilities to ISO member bodies SIS

(Sweden) & ABNT (Brazil) ± (Twinning)

Oct. 2004 New Work Item Proposal (NP) circulated among ISO MBs

Jan. 2005 Votes : Yes - 29; No ±4

On starting the development of a ISO standard (guidance) for SR

Mar. 2005 ISO concludes Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with International

Labour Organization (ILO)

Mar. 2005 1st. Plenary Meeting, Salvador, Brazil

Sept. 2005 2nd. Plenary Meeting, Bangkok, Thailand (co-hosted by Japan)

May 2006 3rd Plenary Meeting, Lisbon, Portugal

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What is the scope of the standard?(According to the ISO New Work Item Proposal)

� To assist organizations in addressing their SR;

� To provide practical guidance related to operationalizing SR, identifying andengaging with stakeholders, and enhancing credibility of reports and claimsmade about SR;

� To emphasize performance results and improvement;

� To increase confidence and satisfaction in organizations among their customers and other stakeholders;

� To be consistent with and not in conflict with existing documents,international treaties and conventions and existing ISO standards;

� Not be intended to reduce government's authority to address the SR of organizations;

� To promote common terminology in SR field and broaden awareness of SR.

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About the standard

� Title: Guidance on Social Responsibility

� Designation: ISO 26000

� Target group: To be applied by all types of organizations

� Type of standard: ISO standard providing guidance, notintended for third-party certification

� Developed 2005-2010 through a rather complex and

robust stakeholder dialogue

�Not a management system

� Not a substitute for legal and other requirements

� Not only for companies (´C´SR)

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The Working Group

� One national SR-expert from each of the six stakeholder categories:

± Industry, Government, Consumer, Labour, Non-governmentalorganization (NGO), Service/Support/Research/Others

� 2 experts from each of the Liaison organizationse.g. Consumers International, UN Global Compact, Global Reporting Initiative, ICC, IOE, ILO, OECD, Social Accountability Int., UNIDO,WBCSD, WHO

� Memorandum of Understanding with ILO, UN GlobalCompact, OECD

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Organization of the Working Group

CAGChairs Advisory Group

TG 4Introduction, Scope,

SR context& SR principles

TG 5Guidance on core

SR subjects/issues

Editing

Committee

TG 6Guidance for

organization on

implementing SR

Strategic Task Groups Standard Setting Task Groups

ISO/TMB/WG SR

Language Task Forces e.g.� Spanish TranslationTask Force (STTF)

� French speaking Task Force (FTF)

� Arabic Translation Task Force ( ATTF)

� Russian Translation Task Force (RTTF)

TG 1Funding and stake-holder engagement

TG 2Communication

TG 3Operational

procedures

Integrated

Drafting

Task Force

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ISO/TMB/WG on Social Responsibility

Chair : Jorge E.R. Cajazeira (Brazil) Vice-Chair : Staffan Söderberg (Sweden)

Secretary : Kristina Sandberg (Sweden) Co-Secretary : Eduardo Campos de São Thiago (Brazil)

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Strategic Task Groups

� TG 1 Funding and Stakeholder EngagementConvenor : Anders Sköld (SSRO, Sweden)Co-convenor: Bernardo Calzadilla (ISO)Secretary: Jooran Lee (SSRO, Korea)

� TG 2 Communication

Convenor : Hidemi Tomita (Industry, Japan)Co-convenor : Claudio Andrea Barone (Industry, Argentina)

Secretary : Supachai Tepatanapong (Government, Thailand)

Co-Secretary : Nicki Islic (SSRO, Canada)

� TG 3 Operating Procedure

Convenor : Tom Rotherham (NGO, D-Liaison)Co-Convenor : Sophie Clivio (ISO)

Secretary : Adriana Alonso (SSRO, Colombia)

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Standard Setting Task Groups

� TG 4 Scope, SR Context & SR PrinciplesConvenor : Jonathon Hanks (SSRO, South Africa)

Co-convenor : Ken-ichi Kumagai (Labour, Japan)

Secretary : Reiner Hager (SSRO, Germany)

Co-Secretary: Elizabeth Nnennaya Ijoma (Industry, Nigeria)

� TG 5 Guidance on Core SR Subjects/IssuesConvenor : Pierre Mazeau (Industry, France)

Co-convenor : Nisserine El Graoui (Government, Morocco)

Secretary : Emilie Brun (SSRO, France)

� TG 6 Guidance for Org. on Implementing SR

Convenor : Martin Neureiter (Industry, Austria)Co-convenor : Koneru Vijaya Lakshmi (NGO, India)

Secretary : Luisa Diaz (Industry, Costa Rica)

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ISO 26000, the structure1. Scope2. Terms and Definitions

3. Understanding SR

4. Principles of SR

5. Recognizing SR and engaging stakeholders6. Guidance on SR core subjects

7. Guidance on integrating SR throughout andorganization

Annex: Examples of voluntary initiatives and tools for SR

100 pages, 7 chapters, 27 definitions, 7 principles, 7core subjects with 37 issues, 7 steps to integrate

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Principles

1. Accountability

2. Transparency

3. Ethical Behaviour

4. Respect for stakeholder interests5. Respect for the rule of law

6. Respect for international norms of behaviour

7. Respect for humans rights

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Some keys to success when we

developed ISO 26000

� Spend enough time on developing process consensus aroundrepresentation, decision making, transparency, meeting rules (75%(?) of the first 2 years):177 resolutions after 8 international meetings and more than 100 000hours of work

� Workshops for developing countries to increase participation.Twinning ± all leadership co-convened between developed anddeveloping countries

� Resolve all 23 083 commentsFinal vote: 93% in favor

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ISO 26000 is an international ISO-standard that can bevolontarily used by all types of organizations that want toincrease their understanding of social responsibilitythrough definitions, principles, core subjects, methods for

stakeholder engagment, and communication and therebycontribute more to sustainable development.

By being socially responsibly according to ISO 26000any organisation can contribute to current sustainabledevelopment towards the future sustainability of society.

In summary

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More information

� www.iso.org/sr

� Price range: 29 (Costa Rica) ± 268 (Brazil) Euros

- average 122 Euros(a lot of money but perhaps acceptable when considering that more than 400

SRexperts have developed 100 pages of guidance in consensus over 5 years)

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