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ISO Social Responsibility Standardization

By IISD on June 17, 2004

This document was prepared to provide input to both the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Social Responsibility Conference (June 21-22, 2004) and to the ISO Technical Management Board's meeting (June 24, 2004). It is presented in three parts: i) an introduction to IISD's perspective on SR and standardization; ii) issues related to ISO's role in sustainable development standardization; and iii) recommendations related to the next steps in the ISO SR standardization process.

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Publisher: IISD

Copyright: IISD, 2004

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