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evant international organizations
such as the Global Reporting Initiative, the United Nations Environment Programme and the United
Nations Global Compact.
Council has also confirmed efforts
by the ISO Technical Management
Board to develop a guide on how
sustainability issues should be
considered in the development
of ISO standards, and supported
related definitions under development. Importantly, Council has
emphasized that no one ISO committee or standard has exclusive
domain over the subject.
Council has therefore backed a
communication document that
presents ISO committees’ vast
range of work in support of the pillars of sustainable development,

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which can be used as an input to
the Rio+20 meeting. A first version of this document has been
published and is now available on
ISO’s Website. This issue of ISO
Focus+ highlights some of these
developments.
Well placed to assist
So “business + sustainability” is
no longer a matter of “if” but rather
“how”. And to provide such “how”
solutions, the multi-stakeholder,
international, voluntary standardssetting machine of ISO is very well
suited.
It is also a reality that consumer
sentiment, public policies and government commitments are trying
increasingly to address global sustainability challenges.

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ISO is in a good position to connect
and complement these high-level
decisions, and provide practical,
internationally consistent “how”
solutions for all organizations.
ISO and its committees are pushing
forward with impressive contributions to the sustainability agenda.