E3. Assessing Your Company’s CSR Programs against Global CSR Standards: Utilizing ISO 26000

Assessing CSR activities against global standards by Mohiuddin Babar

As CSR is being mainstreamed into the domain of business, it is of paramount importance that the effectiveness of CSR strategies and actioins are duly measured. Currently, the trend is on self drum-beating through publication of CSR Reports/Reviews though in several cases there have been tangible and visible marks of societal benefits. However, the lack of any benchmarking tool will be over ridden with the introduction of ISO 26000 which will aid the process of auditing social responsibility actions of any organization.

The development of the future International Standard ISO 26000 on Social Responsibility by Hidemi Tomita

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) has launched the development of the future ISO 26000 standard providing voluntary guidance on Social Responsibility. This session will provide the essential information on the development of ISO 26000 with the outcome of the most recent WG meeting.