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Corporate responsibility specialists will gather in Australia at the
end of this month to examine the second draft of a global standard on
CSR.
The latest version of the standard – known as ISO 26000 – largely sets out principles and advice on what organizations should do to make themselves more socially responsible.
Running to 75 pages, it contains sections on issues such as how to carry out stakeholder engagement, develop objectives and strategies, set targets, review performance, and how to communicate corporate responsibility issues.
Produced by a technical working group of the International Organization for Standardization, it is intended not as a mechanism for certification but instead as a practical guide.
However, some of those close to the process privately say that after publication, which will probably be in early 2009, they expect a full certification standard may eventually develop from it.
This month’s five-day meeting of the ISO Working Group on Social Responsibility in Sydney should bring the document much closer to its final form.
The latest version of the standard – known as ISO 26000 – largely sets out principles and advice on what organizations should do to make themselves more socially responsible.
Running to 75 pages, it contains sections on issues such as how to carry out stakeholder engagement, develop objectives and strategies, set targets, review performance, and how to communicate corporate responsibility issues.
Produced by a technical working group of the International Organization for Standardization, it is intended not as a mechanism for certification but instead as a practical guide.
However, some of those close to the process privately say that after publication, which will probably be in early 2009, they expect a full certification standard may eventually develop from it.
This month’s five-day meeting of the ISO Working Group on Social Responsibility in Sydney should bring the document much closer to its final form.
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