2012 marks the 20th anniversary of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED), also known as "the Earth Summit". Since then, the importance of sustainability has grown and International Standards such as those developed by ISO are paving the way towards a more sustainable world.
This issue is devoted to sustainable development and explores how some of 19 000 ISO standards developed through the strength of consensus among stakeholders from business, government and society, have provided tools for translating the global desire for a sustainable world into practical actions that achieve positive results.
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The January 2012 issue of ISO Focus+ features an exclusive interview with Wolfgang Grosse Entrup, who states:
ISO standards are essential for recording comparable performance indicators in individual areas of sustainability. On this basis, we are able to identify potential improvements which we can then implement.
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ISO’s current portfolio of nearly 19 000 standards provides solutions in all three dimensions of sustainable development – environmental, economic and societal. Here are some examples of achievements by the international community, represented at Rio+20, working within the ISO system. The examples illustrate how ISO standards serve as tools in the three dimensions of sustainable development.
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Achieving sustainability requires global, holistic and practical solutions and ISO is working with a wide cross-section of stakeholders, including public and private sector international organizations to make this a reality.
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ISO 30300 for good corporate governance
In the wake of recent failures in corporate governance and repeated scandals in so many sectors worldwide, notably in the realm of banking and of the media, two new ISO International Standards will help organizations disclose corporate information quickly and effectively.
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