What is this standard about?
This is the second part of the British Standard on how to cost-efficiently and effectively integrate sustainable development into the management of commercial and non-commercial organizations. This part will be used to embed the principles set out in Part 1, thus helping organizations to plot and follow their own sustainable development pathway.
Who is this standard for?
- Any organization large or small interested in sustainable development
- Senior management and sustainability directors
- Sustainability consultants and agencies
- Environmental, waste management and quality managers
Why should you use this standard?
It sets out the requirements necessary for organizational leaders to take ownership and drive the management of sustainable development on a continuing basis. It maximizes the value of existing approaches such as management systems and reporting. In this, it provides for the formulation of high level sustainable development objectives.
It also acts as an evaluative framework supporting organizational self-assessment or third-party assessment. It is not a management system specification. Instead, it provides a strategically based framework or scheme which aims to direct and lead the organization’s approach.
