Oh… the Zoomanity

“Oh… the Zoomanity!”
(with apologies to Herbert Morrison)
ISO 26000
Social Responsibility
Current Development Status
SES CONFERENCE
San Diego, CA August ’08
David Felinski
IFAN
O tline
Outline
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Background
About the Standard and the Process
Meeting History and Current Status
Content
C t t
Players and Agendas
Fundamental Issues and Concerns
Prognosis
When/How did this Start?
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Gestation began early 90’s (primarily from the Nordic
part of EU)
4/01 ISO COPOLCO asked by ISO Council to consider
viability of a CSR Standard
6/02 ISO/COPLOCO Workshop in Trinidad meeting –
ob io s strong
obvious
st ong agreement
ag eement that ISO should
sho ld proceed
p oceed
9/02 ISO Council accepts report and establishes SAG
ISO SR Advisoryy Group
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) late 2002 worked for 18
months on comprehensive report to ISO TMB including
an overview of worldwide initiatives. Concluded ISO
should go forward with the work
Background
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6/04 Conference on SR in Stockholm for developing
countries (355 participants from 66 countries)
Issues raised aligned with those of SAG
ISO TMB proposed a new WG (rather than an existing
TC) to prepare a guidance standard on SR
TMB also assigned leadership to Sweden and Brazil
(“Twinning” a developed with a developing country; a
new strategy to increase ISO participation and buybuy-in)
10/04 ISO NWIP circulated among 157 ISO MBs
1/05: 2929-yes; 44-no
Background (cont.)
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6/04 Conference on SR in Stockholm for developing
countries (355 participants from 66 countries)
Issues raised aligned with those of SAG
ISO TMB proposed a new WG (rather than an existing
TC) to prepare a guidance standard on SR
TMB also assigned leadership to Sweden and Brazil
(“Twinning” a developed with a developing country; a
new strategy to increase ISO participation and buybuy-in)
10/04 ISO NWIP circulated among 157 ISO MBs
1/05: 2929-yes; 44-no
About
Abo t the Standa
Standard
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ISO 26000 “Guidance
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on Sociall Responsibility”
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Target: To be applied by all types of organizations
Type of standard:
International standard providing guidance;
„ NOT intended for third
third--party certification;
„ NOT a MSS
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Scope
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Assist organizations in addressing their SR by
providing practical guidance on engaging
stakeholders, implementing/integrating SR,
& enhancing credibility of SR reports/claims
Increase customer/stakeholder confidence &
satisfaction
Promote common terminology & broaden SR
awareness
Emphasize performance results &
improvement
Unique Development Process
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No ISO/TC;
/ ; instead,, ISO/TMB
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PC
Document development to date along
stakeholder group lines, NOT along NSB
Voting at the CD stage going forward will
revert to traditional P Member voting
Consensus within many national bodies
(e g – U.S.)
(e.g.
U S ) may be very difficult to
achieve; other NSBs are well aligned
Stakeholder
Stakeholde G
Groups
o ps (si
(six))
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Industry (23.5%)
Service Support,
Service,
Support Research
Research, Others (20
(20.5%)
5%)
Government (20%)
N -Governmental
NonNon
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Organizations
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(17.5%)
(17 5%)
Consumers (11.5%)
Labor (7.5%)
ISO/WG National Members
ISO/WG External Liaison Members
Balance
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Gender: 236 male (60%); 159 female (40%)
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Regional:
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42 Developing
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l i countries
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28 Developed countries (142 experts)
Work Group (WG) Meetings
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Gender: 236 male (60%); 159 female
(40%)
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Regional:
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42 Developing countries (189 experts)
28 Developed countries (142 experts)
WG Meetings (cont.)
WG Meetings (cont.)
Next Steps
Backg o nd
Background
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Gestation began early 90’s (primarily from the Nordic
part of EU)
ISO COPOLCO asked
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t consider
id viability
i bilit off a CSR
Standard
6/02 Trinidad meeting – ‘violent’
violent agreement that ISO
should proceed
ISO SR Advisory Group (SAG) early 2003 worked for 18
months
h on comprehensive
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i report including
i l di an overview
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of worldwide initiatives. Concluded ISO should go
forward with the work
ISO 26000 - Contents
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Introduction
t oduct o
Scope
Normative references
Terms and definitions
The SR context in which all organizations operate
SR principles relevant to organizations
Guidance on core SR subjects/issues
Guidance for organizations on implementing SR
Guidance annexes
Bibliography
ISO 26000
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0 Introduction
Information on the content of the guidance standard and
the objectives promoting its preparation.
1 Scope
Defines the subject of the guidance standard, its
coverage and
d the
th limits
li it off its
it applicability.
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2 Normative references
List of documents which must be read in conjunction
with the guidance standard (currently, there are none).
ISO 26000
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3 Terms and definitions
Identify and define terms used in the guidance
standard that require definitions.
4 The SR context
P id the
Provides
th historical
hi t i l and
d contemporary
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contexts for SR in which all organizations
operate. Also addresses questions arising out of
the nature of the concept of SR, as well as
relevant stakeholder issues.
ISO 26000
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5 SR Principles relevant to organizations
principles
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drawn from a
Identifies a set of SR p
variety of sources and provides guidance on
these principles, including relevant
stakeholder issues.
issues
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Principle
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Principle
Principle
Principle
Principle
Principle
Principle
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Principle
of
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ethical behavior
respect for the rule of law
respect for international expectations of behavior
respect for and consideration of stakeholder interests
accountability
transparency
the precautionary approach
respectt for
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human rights
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6 Guidance on core SR subjects/issues
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guidance
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on a range
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Provides separate
core subjects/issues and relates them to
organizations.
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Organizational Governance
Human Rights
The Environment
Fair Operating Practices
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Consumer
Issues
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Community Involvement & Development
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7 Guidance for organizations on implementing SR
Provides practical guidance on implementing and
integrating SR in the organization,
organization including
policies, practices, approaches, issue identification,
performance assessment, reporting and
communication.
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8 Annex(es)
WD 4.2 has only one annex (so far) – Initiatives
and Tools relating to Social Responsibility.
Bibliography
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and 123 “Authoritative International Instruments”)
Players and Agendas
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Strong National Pushes in support of document:
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EU nations (Nordic states, but many others too)
Canada
Developing countries (mostly Africa and Asia Pacific)
Stakeholder Group Pushes:
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Consumers and NGOs generally aligned, and bellicose
SSRO (less
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Government (usu. aligned with SSRO but are prone to vacillate)
Labor (usu.
(usu a relatively reasonable/moderate approach)
Industry (mostly engaged in reaction & damage control)
D-Liaison orgs
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& agenda
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[CSR] is the same as that of Consumers & NGOs)
Fundamental ISO 26000 Issues
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How does one consider cultural, social or
legal differences in a global standard that
is supposed to be relevant to all types of
organizations and how can the standard
organizations,
respect all these regionalregional-etc. differences?
Is philanthropy of organizations a social
responsibility?
Who
h can define
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SR requirements? (Private
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Organizations, Companies, Governments,
Consumers?))
Fundamental Issues (cont.)
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Does SR mean simply meeting legal requirements
or exceeding them?
Who really are the stakeholders in an organization?
What is the relationship of this ISO standard to
already existing instruments of SR?
Are all the listed “principles for SR
SR”” valid ones that
need to be incorporated into this standard? Or do
we consider only those basic principles that already
have been incorporated in the decision making
processes of the UN?
Additional Industry Concerns
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Semantic games (“verification” vs.
“certification”
certification “value
value chain
chain” vs.
vs “supply
supply chain”
chain
etc.)
Push for OEM accountability throughout their
entire supplier chain (up & down)
Push to place “Stakeholder
Stakeholder Involvement
Involvement”
issues throughout the document
Directed at and written as guidance for SMEs
but an obvious disconnect between the
g audience
current text and intended target
Document length still an issue
Conclusions / Outcomes
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A guidance standard used as an instrument
of international treaties and other bi
bi-- or
multi--lateral trade agreements, effectively
multi
moving this from the realm of a voluntary
guidance “code of conduct” into the realm of
“compliance
compliance is a prerequisite.
prerequisite ”
Naïve to think some clever soul will not figure
outt h
how tto make
k thi
this certifiable
tifi bl
Corporate resistance to support or embrace
this std. will become increasingly untenable
FOR MORE INFO
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on ISO/TMB/WG on Social Responsibility
http://www.iso.org/sr
on Working Documents of the WG
http://www.iso.org/wgsr
THANK YOU