| 1 November launch of ISO 26000 guidance standard on social responsibility |
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| Friday, 29 October 2010 10:16 |
1 November sees the launch of one of the most eagerly awaited ISO International Standards of recent years, ISO 26000:2010, Guidance on social responsibility, which provides guidance to both business and public sector organizations on social responsibility (SR). What makes ISO 26000 exceptional among the many already existing social responsibility initiatives is that it distils a truly international consensus on what social responsibility means and what core subjects need to be addressed to implement it. Six main stakeholder groups were engaged: industry; government; labour; consumers: nongovernmental organizations; and service, support, research and others, as well as a geographical and gender-based balance of participants. Source ISO |