Sustainability and CSR in international standardization Kim Christiansen Senior standardization consultant Danish Standards kc@ds.dk
UN sets the agenda Brundtland et al. 1987: Our common future (book) Rio-conference 1992: Conference on environment and development Johannesborg 2002: World summit on sustainable development Rio +20: The Future We Want Natural, social and economic environment Economic, social and environmental dimensions or pillars Strengthening coherence, coordination, avoiding duplication of efforts and reviewing progress (75) Indsatsområder: Powerty Food, nutrition and agriculture Water and sanitation Energy 20 in total Instruments: Renewing political commitment Green economy UN institutions Finance Technology Capacity building Trade
ISO and CEN facilitates standardization Horizontal: All technical committees and working groups (shall) contribute to sustainable development ISO 26000 ISO Guide 82 Sustainable development and resilience of communities (TC268) Management system Indicators Metrics Specific : Construction and construction products Business districts (IWA) Biofuels Nanotechnology Cocoa Earth-moving machinery Events Procurement Anti-bribery Tractors etc. ITC products Mining Cork
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Growth for the corporate sector Quality for Danish society Strengthen standardisation to benefit Danish businesses competitiveness Focus attention on and promote standardisation widely in society Strengthen the link between standardisation and education as well as research and innovation Take an active role in society Launch initiatives useful to society
A life without standards would be rather difficult
Standards have developed into a very important tool in globalisation International Danish Standards Association IEC ISO CEN CENELEC New Approach European National 1906 1926 1947 1961 1985 2012 Regulation of national markets Common market Globalisation
How ISO s technical programme and standards contribute to a sustainable world? Environmental integrity Social equity Economic growth Multi-sector, multi-stakeholder international organization with 163 members 20.000 standards, 2.000 committees, 100.000 experts Transparency, openness and consensus between stakeholders and countries
ISO support The facilitation of global trade The dissemination of new technologies including energy-efficient and eco-friendly Good business and environmental practice Consumer protection, safety at work, healthcare, security and other social interests
ISO Guide 82 Guide for addressing sustainability in standards Project group under TMB Started in 2010 with one year target and still going strong CD.2 comments by all CEN TC s a.o. almost a year ago Based on ISO Guide 64 and ISO 26000? Life cycle matrix of environmental aspects to identify and prioritize 7 core subjects, 37 issues, 300+ actions multi-stakeholder consensus Stakeholder engagement Introduction a) raise awareness of the specific sustainability aspects and impacts arising from the application of all types of standards b) outline the possible relationships between the provisions of a standard and the environmental, social and economic impacts of activities and products addressed by the standard c) provide a systematic approach to addressing sustainability aspects and impacts in a coherent and consistent manner by standards writers, with regard to both new and revised standards d) promote consistency among standards that address sustainability.
Identifying sustainability issues a) Social Public health Education Occupational and consumer safety b) Environment(al) Natural ressource use Energy use and climate change Pollution of land, sea and air Protection of biodiversity and natural habitats c) Economic Employment Business formation Income
ISO Guide 82 Guide for addressing sustainability in standards Principles Transparency Accountability Relevance Consistency Stakeholder interests Long-term behaviour Ethical considerations Transparency Prevention of pollution Sustainable resource use Fair competition Approaches Systemic approach Life cycle approach Precautionary approach Risk-based approach Stakeholder approach Environment Society Economy
President : France Secretary : AFNOR President Secretary : Japan : Japan Chairman Advisory Group ISO TC 268 Sustainable development and resilience of communities Sub Committee 1 Smart Community Infrasturucures Working Group 1 ISO 37101 Management system for sustainable development in communities System Management Working Group 2 Global City Indicators ISO 37120 Global city indicators for city services and quality of life Working Group 1 Infrastructure metrics ISO 37150 & ISO 37151 Infrastructure metrics
ISO and CEN committees on construction works ISO/TC 59/SC 17 Sustainability in buildings and civil engineering works (Chair: FR) ISO 15392:2008 General principles ISO 21929:1:2006 Sustainability indicators Part 1: Framework for development of indicators for buildings part 2 civil engineering works; extended for another DIS vote ISO 21930:2007 Environmental declaration of building products in revision to include full life cycle and use of PCR in more details ISO/TS 21931:2006 Framework for methods of assessment for environmental performance of construction works Part 1: Buildings ISO/CD 16745-1 Environmental performance of buildings - Carbon Metric of a building - Part 1: Use stage (voting to be postponed one year?) overlap to other TC on energy performance of buildings and carbon footprint although allegedly aligned ISO/TS 12720 Sustainability in building construction Guidelines for the application of the general principles on sustainability voting January 2013 for 3 months NEW WORK ITEM PROPOSAL : SUSTAINABILITY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN?
ISO and CEN committees on construction works CEN/TC 350 Sustainability of construction works (Chair: SF) M/350 Development of horizontal standardized methods for the assessment of integrated environmental performance of building CEN BT/WG 206 Lead Market Initiative on Sustainable Construction DS/EN 15643-1:2010 Assessment of buildings Part 1: General Framework To be DS/EN 15643-2:2010 - Part 2: Framework for merged the assessment of environmental performance into a single DSF/prEN 15643-3:2012 Part 3: of social performance standard DS/EN 15643-3:2011 Part 4: of economic performance DS/EN 15804:2012 Environmental product declarations core rules for the product category of construction products DS/EN/TR 15941:2010 Methodology for selection and use of generic data DS/EN 15942:2011 Communication format Business to Business (B2B)
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Construction Product Regulation July 2013 Annex I Basic requirements for construction works BR7 The construction works must be designed, built and demolished in such a way that the use of natural resources is sustainable and in particular ensure the following: a) re-use or recyclability of the construction works, their materials and parts after demolition b) durability of the construction works c) use of environmentally compatible raw and secondary materials in the construction works 19
. 1. CLIMATE CHANGE 2. OZONE DEPLETION 9. ACIDIFICATION 10. EUTROPHICATION - TERRESTRICAL 11. EUTROPHICATION - AQUATIC 8. PHOTOCHEMICAL OZONE FORMATION 15. RESSOURCE DEPELETION MINERAL, FOSSIL AND RENEWABLE 14. RESSOURCE DEPELETION - WATER 3. HUMAN TOXICITY - CANCER 4. HUMAN? TOXICITY NON-CANCER 5. RESPIRATORY INORGANICS 6. IONIZING RADIATION - HUMANS 7. IONIZING RADIATION - ECOSYSTEMS 12. ECOTOXICITY 20 13. LAND USE
Denmark 9+14+26 = 49 Adopted as DS NMC decision 10 principles 40 issues MSS Danish examples and tools
Future "Organization" recognizes ISO 26000 as a reference document that provides guidance on social responsibility. ISO Guide 82 "Organization" has used ISO 26000 as a guide to integrate social responsibility into our values and practices. AENOR NP 4469-1:2008 RS:2008 Especificación Social 2010 Técnica responsibility de The la CSR Responsabilidad management Performance Ladder, Social system Management de AENOR Part I: DS System Requirements 49001:2010 and and guidelines certification A management for its ONR usage standard system 192500:2011 for social Corporate Social ABNT NBR responsibility Responsibility Social 16001:2012 Specification responsibility Responsa-bilidade of organizations social Sistema da gestão PN IS 10000:2012 INTE 35-01- Requisitos 01:2012 MSS Sistemas for CSR de gestión de responsabilidad social. Requisitos. IQnet-SR10:2011 Social responsibility management system Guide for addressing sustainability in standards ISO 26001 Social responsibility management system
Conclusions Recommendations All committees and groups of ISO (and CEN) are expected to contribute to sustainable development There is no common understanding or definition of sustainability issues in ISO or CEN ISO 26000 and the 37 social responsibility issues are presently the best offer in the standards shop Hopefully Guide 82 will help clarify and harmonize And hopefully ISO will decide also to harmonize certified SR and publish ISO 26001 The interactions between the three pillars of sustainability should also be included, not the individual pillars per se The overall protection areas are people (human health) and planet (natural environment and natural resources) profit is a mean and profit should be understood as societal economy, not only as private economy stock exhange is not leading to sustainability