FORM 1:
PROPOSAL FOR A NEW FIELD OF TECHNICAL ACTIVITY
Circulation date2020-04-22

Reference number: Enter Number(to be given by ISO Central Secretariat)

Closing date for voting
2020-07-15
Proposer
AFNOR

ISO/TS/P 289

A proposal for a new field of technical activity shall be submitted to the ISO Central Secretariat,
which will assign it a reference number and process the proposal in accordance with the ISO/IEC
Directives Part 1, Clause 1.5. The proposer may be a member body of ISO, a technical committee,
subcommittee or project committee, the Technical Management Board or a General Assemblycommittee, the Secretary-General, a body responsible for managing a certification system
operating under the auspices of ISO, or another international organization with national bodymembership. Guidelines for proposing and justifying a new field of technical activity are given in
the ISO/IEC Directives Part 1, Annex C.

Proposal (to be completed by the proposer)
Title of the proposed new committee (The title shall indicate clearly yet concisely the new
field of technical activity which the proposal is intended to cover).
Social Responsibility (SR)
Scope statement of the proposed new committee (The scope shall precisely define thelimits of the field of activity. Scopes shall not repeat general aims and principles
governing the work of the organization but shall indicate the specific area concerned).
Standardization in the field of Social Responsibility to provide guidance and framework to alltypes of organizations, regardless of their size, activity or location.
It allows organizations to challenge their own practices, define their corporate social
responsibility and thus devise strategies to enhance their contribution to sustainable
development.
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The proposer has checked whether the proposed scope of the new committee
overlaps with the scope of any existing ISO committee☐

If an overlap or the potential for overlap is identified, the affected committee has been
informed and consultation has taken place between proposer and committee on
1.
modification/restriction of the scope of the proposal to eliminate the overlap,2.
potential modification/restriction of the scope of the existing committee toeliminate the overlap.

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If agreement with the existing committee has not been reached, arguments arepresented in this proposal (under question 7) as to why it should be approved.

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Proposed initial programme of work. (The proposed programme of work shall correspondto and clearly reflect the aims of the standardization activities and shall, therefore, show
the relationship between the subject proposed. Each item on the programme of work shallbe defined by both the subject aspect(s) to be standardized (for products, for example,
the items would be the types of products, characteristics, other requirements, data to besupplied, test methods, etc.). Supplementary justification may be combined withparticular items in the programme of work. The proposed programme of work shall alsosuggest priorities and target dates.)
The proposed work programme is as follows:
1. Revision of ISO 26000:2010
To upgrade and to align the 36 issues pertaining to the 7 core subjects (annex 1)
according to new concepts that have arisen since 2010, such as circular
economy, sustainable procurement and sustainable finance. In light of today’s
expectations, this upgrade is necessary to help organizations to define theirtargets and devise their strategies in order to meet the UN SDGs. This upgrade
and alignment will be carried out in close liaison with the relevant ISO technicalcommittees.
2. Development of one or more implementation guidelines or standards to support
the integration of social responsibility in all types of organizations
To design standards taking into account the size and the overall performance oforganisations, based on ISO 26000 chapter 7 “Guidance on integrating social
responsibility throughout an organization”.
3. Development of guidelines or standards on specific social responsibility issues
To develop standards on specific issues (e.g. education and culture, community
involvement) and tools (e.g. materiality matrix, stakeholders matrix) taking into
account the size and sectors of the organisations. This will be based on a crosscheck of ISO 26000 recommendations as well as on specific and current needsof organizations.

Indication(s) of the preferred type or types of deliverable(s) to be produced under the
proposal (This may be combined with the "Proposed initial programme of work" if moreconvenient).
The purpose is to develop a set of standards to become the “ISO 26000 series”:
1. Standard ISO 26000
2. Implementation standard(s)3. Specific social responsibility issues: standards, technical specifications, technicalreports
A listing of relevant existing documents at the international, regional and national levels.
(Any known relevant document (such as standards and regulations) shall be listed,regardless of their source and should be accompanied by an indication of theirsignificance.)
See annex 2 enclosed

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Page 3A statement from the proposer as to how the proposed work may relate to or impact on
existing work, especially existing ISO and IEC deliverables. (The proposer should explain
how the work differs from apparently similar work, or explain how duplication and conflict
will be minimized. If seemingly similar or related work is already in the scope of othercommittees of the organization or in other organizations, the proposed scope shalldistinguish between the proposed work and the other work. The proposer shall indicate
whether his or her proposal could be dealt with by widening the scope of an existingcommittee or by establishing a new committee.)Managing social responsibility involves a holistic and integrated approach for a broad range ofissues, aiming at contributing to sustainable environmental, social and economic development.
The principle will be for the proposed TC:• to discuss all the issues to be covered; many of which are currently within the scopeof other TCs (see annexes),• to develop only deliverables pertaining to its own scope, without developing
deliverables in the scope of existing TCs. The value added will be in the coherence andcitation of the work done by the others TCs and the standards they develop.
This new TC would act as a link between the existing TCs to highlight their respective standards,
bridging ISO 26000 core subjects and their own issues (e.g. Governance: ISO/TC 309,
Environment: ISO/TC 207). Some cases will be simple, for instance in the case of the core
subject on environment, the series of deliverables developed by ISO/TC 207 can be cited in astraightforward manner, provided a suitable cooperation takes place. Other situations will
require a more in-depth investigation, for example for the core subject on consumer issues,
which includes sustainable consumption, a thorough discussion will certainly be necessary with
ISO/TC 324 on sharing economy.
A listing of relevant countries where the subject of the proposal is important to theirnational commercial interests.

This standardization endeavour is intended to involve all countries, since social responsibility isa vital issue for sustainable development. Indeed, ISO 26000 was developed involving experts
from more than 90 countries and 40 international or broad-based regional organizations
involved in different aspects of social responsibility. This ambition is carried forward to develop
a set of international and common tools for all organizations aspiring to buttress their social
responsibility and to enhance their contribution to sustainable development.

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Page 4A listing of relevant external international organizations or internal parties (other ISO
and/or IEC committees) to be engaged as liaisons in the development of thedeliverable(s). (In order to avoid conflict with, or duplication of efforts of, other bodies, it
is important to indicate all points of possible conflict or overlap. The result of any
communication with other interested bodies shall also be included.)
To be engaged as liaisons for the development of the standards of the proposed new TC:
Internal ISO liaisons
The new TC SR could establish liaison with:ISO COPOLCO
ISO DEVCO
ISO/TC 34 Food management
ISO/TC 68 Financial services
ISO/TC 159 Ergonomics
ISO/TC 176 Quality Management and quality assurance
ISO/TC 207 Environmental Management
ISO/TC 224 Service activities relating to drinking water supply, wastewater and stormwater
systems
ISO/TC 228 Tourism and related activities
ISO/TC 232 Education and learning services
ISO/TC 251 Asset management
ISO/TC 260 Human resource management
ISO/TC 262 Risk management
ISO/TC 267 Facility management
ISO/TC 268 Sustainable Cities and Communities
ISO/TC 279 Innovation management
ISO/TC 282 Water reuse
ISO/TC 283 Occupational health and safety management
ISO/TC 292 Security and resilience
ISO/TC 301 Energy management and energy savings
ISO/TC 309 Governance of organizations:
ISO/TC 322 Sustainable finance
ISO/TC 323 Circular economy
ISO/TC 324 Sharing economy
External liaison
Table A1 of ISO 26000 gives examples of 40 cross-sectoral initiatives with the following
organizations, OECD, UNCTAD (Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts on International
Standards of Accounting and Reporting (ISAR)), UNEP, United Nations Global Compact, UNGC,
UNDP, UNITAR, UNIDO, AccountAbility (The AA1000 Series), Amnesty International, Human
Rights Watch, Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI), Centre for Business Ethics (ZfW),
Ceres, CSR360, EFQM, ETI (Ethical Trading Initiative, European Business Ethics Network(EBEN), Fair Labour Association (FLA), FORÉTICA, Global Reporting Initiative (GRI),International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance (ISEAL), Joint Article
Management Promotion Consortium (JAMP), International Framework Agreement, Rainforest
Alliance, R-bec, Project Sigma, Responsabilidad Social Empresarial, Social Accountability
International (SAI), The Natural Step International (TNS), Transparency International, Caux
Round Table, Consumers International, CSR Europe Toolbox, Ethos Institute, The Global
Sullivan Principles of Social Responsibility, International Business Leaders Forum (IBLF),
International Chamber of Commerce (ICC), Partnering Against Corruption Initiative (PACI),World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and World Resources Institute(WRI)
As part of ISO 26000, this table will be updated as needed.
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A simple and concise statement identifying and describing relevant affected stakeholder
categories (including small and medium sized enterprises) and how they will each benefit
from or be impacted by the proposed deliverable(s).
During the elaboration of ISO 26000: 2010, six different stakeholder groups contributed:• Consumers;• Government;• Industry;• Labour;• Non-governmental organizations (NGOs),• Service, support, research, academics and others.
All these categories will be involved again and if needed, they will be reviewed and somenew ones may be created (e.g. government renamed public and local authorities; industry
renamed business).
According to ISO 26000 recommendations, the proposed TC will define its stakeholders.
An expression of commitment from the proposer to provide the committee secretariat if
the proposal succeeds.
If the proposal is accepted, AFNOR is willing to undertake the duties of secretariat of the newTC, and is committed to providing all necessary resources to successfully run the secretariat.

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Purpose and justification for the proposal. (The purpose and justification for the creationof a new technical committee shall be made clear and the need for standardization in thisfieldshall be justified. Clause C.4.13.3 of Annex C of the ISO/IEC Directives, Part 1
contains a menu of suggestions or ideas for possible documentation to support andpurpose and justification of proposals. Proposers should consider these suggestions,but they are not limited to them, nor are they required to comply strictly with them. Whatis most important is that proposers develop and provide purpose and justification
information that is most relevant to their proposals and that makes a substantial businesscase for the market relevance and the need for their proposals. Thorough, well-developed
and robust purpose and justification documentation will lead to more informed
consideration of proposals and ultimately their possible success in the ISO IEC system.)ISO 26000 is the unique worldwide standard that:•••defines all aspects of social responsibility;
provides guidelines to all organizations on SR;
helps linking SR to SDGs.

Over the past decade, ISO 26000 has helped organisations to grow and mature their SR
approaches.
In the meantime, new concepts have emerged based on the combination of different ISO 26000
issues (e.g. economy and waste management, economy and sustainable consumption).
In parallel, stronger expectations are expressed especially by consumers, civil society andbusiness stakeholders.
Today, ISO 26000 needs to be upgraded to integrate those concepts as well as new ones linked
to global challenges, especially with regards to the SDGs, and also to the possible
consequences and lessons learnt from the present Covid-19 pandemic.
Were ISO 26000 not to be upgraded, ISO would lose leadership and credibility in the field ofsocial responsibility and compare unfavourably to the more recent tools developed by GRI and
OECD. It is therefore of strategic importance for ISO to provide the most efficient and essential
International standards and tools on SR for use by organizations to meet their own challenges.
The technical committee will bring consistency between the different ISO standards related togovernance, social, economic or environmental aspects. It will also allow the promotion of all
standards that can be used in a social responsibility approach and will enhance the visibility of
the work of other related technical committees.

Signature of the proposer

Alain COSTES,
AFNOR Standardisation Director
Further information to assist with understanding the requirements for the items above can befound in the Directives, Part 1, Annex C.

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ANNEX 1 – ISO 26000: 2010 THE 36 ISSUES OF THE 7 CORE SUBJECTS (table 2)Core subjects and issues
Core subject: Organizational governanceCore subject: Human rights
Issue 1: Due diligence
Issue 2: Human rights risk situations
Issue 3: Avoidance of complicity
Issue 4: Resolving grievances
Issue 5: Discrimination and vulnerable groups
Issue 6: Civil and political rights
Issue 7: Economic, social and cultural rights
Issue 8: Fundamental principles and rights at work
Core subject: Labour practices
Issue 1: Employment and employment relationships
Issue 2: Conditions of work and social protection
Issue 3: Social dialogue
Issue 4: Health and safety at work
Issue 5: Human development and training in the workplace
Core subject: The environment
Issue 1: Prevention of pollution
Issue 2: Sustainable resource use
Issue 3: Climate change mitigation and adaptation
Issue 4: Protection of the environment, biodiversity and restoration of natural habitats
Core subject: Fair operating practices
Issue 1: Anti-corruption
Issue 2: Responsible political involvement
Issue 3: Fair competition
Issue 4: Promoting social responsibility in the value chain
Issue 5: Respect for property rights
Core subject: Consumer issues
Issue 1: Fair marketing, factual and unbiased information and fair contractual practices
Issue 2: Protecting consumers' health and safety
Issue 3: Sustainable consumption
Issue 4: Consumer service, support, and complaint and dispute resolution
Issue 5: Consumer data protection and privacy
Issue 6: Access to essential services
Issue 7: Education and awarenessCore subject: Community involvement and development
Issue 1: Community involvement
Issue 2: Education and culture
Issue 3: Employment creation and skills development
Issue 4: Technology development and access
Issue 5: Wealth and income creation
Issue 6: Health
Issue 7: Social investment

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Page 8ANNEX 2 - LISTING OF RELEVANT EXISTING DOCUMENTS AT THE

INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL AND NATIONAL LEVELSISOISO 9001
ISO 9004

ISO 14001
ISO 14007
ISO 14008
ISO 14024

ISO 14031
ISO 14044
ISO 14046
ISO 14064-1

ISO 14064-2

ISO 14064-3

ISO 14067

ISO 14080

ISO 14090
ISO 17741

ISO 17742
ISO 17743

ISO 19600
ISO 20121
ISO 20400
ISO 20760-1

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Quality management systems — Requirements
Quality management — Quality of anorganization — Guidance to achieve sustained
success
Environmental management systems —Requirements with guidance for use
Environmental management — Guidelines fordetermining environmental costs and benefits
Monetary valuation of environmental impacts
and related environmental aspects
Environmental labels and declarations — TypeI environmental labelling — Principles andprocedures
Environmental management — Environmental
performance evaluation — Guidelines
Environmental management — Life cycle
assessment — Requirements and guidelines
Environmental management — Water footprint— Principles, requirements and guidelines
Greenhouse gases — Part 1: Specification withguidance at the organization level for
quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas
emissions and removals
Greenhouse gases — Part 2: Specification withguidance at the project level for quantification,
monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas
emission reductions or removal enhancements
Greenhouse gases — Part 3: Specification withguidance for the verification and validation ofgreenhouse gas statements
Greenhouse gases — Carbon footprint of
products — Requirements and guidelines forquantification
Greenhouse gas management and related
activities — Framework and principles formethodologies on climate actions
Adaptation to climate change — Principles,
requirements and guidelines
General technical rules for measurement,
calculation and verification of energy savings ofprojects
Energy efficiency and savings calculation for
countries, regions and cities
Energysavings—
Definitionofamethodological framework applicable tocalculation and reporting on energy savings
Compliancemanagement
systems—
Guidelines
Event sustainability management systems —Requirements with guidance for use
Sustainable procurement — Guidance
Water reuse in urban areas — Guidelines forcentralized water reuse system — Part 1:

Governance aspects
Governance aspects

Environmental aspects
Ecoomic aspects
Economic aspects
Environmental aspects

Environmental aspects
Environmental aspects
Environment aspects
Environmental aspects

Environmental aspects

Environmental aspects

Environmental aspects

Environmental aspects

Environmental aspects
Environmental aspects

Environmental aspects
Environmental aspects

Governance aspects
Sector related standard
Governance aspects
Social aspects

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ISO 21929-1

ISO 22000
ISO 22301
ISO 22301
ISO/TS 26030

ISO 26800
ISO 28000
ISO 28002

ISO 29993
ISO 30408
ISO 31000
ISO 37001
ISO 37101

ISO 37120
ISO 37122
ISO 41001
ISO 45001
ISO 50001
ISO 50002
ISO 50006

ISO 50007

ISO 50015

ISO 50047
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Design principle of a centralized water reusesystem
Educational organizations — Management
systems for educational organizations —Requirements with guidance for use
Sustainability in building construction —Sustainability indicators — Part 1: Framework
for the development of indicators and a core setof indicators for buildings
Food safety management
Security and resilience — Business continuity
management systems — Requirements
Security and resilience Business continuity
management systems Requirement
Socialresponsibility
andsustainable
development — Guidance on using ISO
26000:2010 in the food chain
Ergonomics — General approach, principles
and concepts
Specification for security management systems
for the supply chain
Security management systems for the supply
chain — Development of resilience in the
supply chain — Requirements with guidance foruse
Learning services outside formal education —Service requirements
Human resource management — Guidelines onhuman governanceRisk management — Guidelines
Anti-bribery
management
systems—
Requirements with guidance for use
Sustainable development in communities —Management
systemforsustainable
development — Requirements with guidance
for useSustainable cities and communities —Indicators for city services and quality of life
Sustainable cities and communities —Indicators for smart cities
Facility management — Management systems— Requirements with guidance for use
Occupational health and safety management
systems — Requirements with guidance for use
Energy management systems — Requirementswith guidance for use
Energy audits — Requirements with guidance
for useEnergy management systems — Measuring
energy performance using energy baselines(EnB) and energy performance indicators(EnPI) — General principles and guidance
Energy services — Guidelines for theassessment and improvement of the energy
service to users
Energy management systems — Measurement
and verification of energy performance oforganizations — General principles andguidance
Energy savings — Determination of energy
savings in organizations

Training aspects

Sector related standard

Sectorial related standard
Social aspects
Social aspects
Sector related standard

Social aspects
Governance aspects
Governance aspects

Social aspects
Social aspects
Governance aspects
Governance aspects
Sector related standard

Sector related standard
Sector related standard
Governance aspects
Social aspects
Environmental aspects
Environmental aspects
Environmental aspects

Environmental aspects

Environmental aspects

Environmental aspects

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ISO Guide 82
ISO Guide 71
IWA 26:2017
IWA 9:2011

Guidelines for addressing climate change instandards
Guidelines for addressing sustainability instandards
Guide for addressing accessibility in standards
Using ISO 26000 guidance on social
responsibility in ISO Management systems
Framework for managing sustainable
development in business districts

ISO Guide
ISO Guide
ISO GuideInternational Workshop Agreement
International Workshop Agreement

National standards and regulations
Brazil (ABNT)

ABNT NBR 16001

Social responsibility — Management system — Requirements

Brazil (ABNT)

ABNT NBR 16003

Costa Rica
(INTECO)Czech Republic(UNMZ)
Denmark
Denmark
Egypt (EOS)
Finland

INTE G35:2012

Social responsibility - Management system - Guidelines for
conducting audit
Sistemas de gestion de la responsabilidad social requisitos

CSN 01 0391: 2013

Corporate social responsibility management system – Requirements

DS 49001
DS 49004
EOS 7575/2013
NPR 9026:fi

Social responsibility management system – Requirements

India (BIS)

regulation

India (BIS)
Indonesia

IS 16001:2012
regulation

Netherlands

NPR 9026+C1:2012
nl

RussiaGOST R 56086.1
RussiaGOST R 56086.3
RussiaRussiaTrinidad andTobagoUK
UK
UK

GOST R 56260
GOST R 58531
regulation

BS 8900-1:2013
BS 95009:2019

Guidance on social responsibility

Guidance on social responsibility
Guidance on the establishment of a self-declaration on the use of
ISO 26000 standard
Companies Act, 2013
Social Accountability at Work place – Requirements
Act No 40/2007 about Incorporated Company
Government Decree No. 47/2012 about Social and environmental
responsibility of incorporated company
Guidance on self-declaration NEN-ISO 26000

System of national standards of social accountability oftelecommunication companies. General provisions
System of national standards of social accountability oftelecommunication companies. Terms and definitions
Strategic development. Good regulatory practice. Environmental
management good practice guide
Governance of organization. Sustainable management
implementation guide for small and medium-sized enterprises
CSR Policy "National Strategic Corporate Social Responsibility
Policy of Trinidad and Tobago
Managing sustainable development of organizations. Guide

Public sector procurement. Generic requirements for organizations
providing products and services
PAS
Code of practice on improving health and wellbeing within an
3002:2018+C1:2018 organization

French standards (AFNOR)XP X30-027
NF X30-029
FD X30-031
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Sustainable development - Social responsibility - Giving credibility to an ISO
26000-based social responsibility approachSocial responsibility - Materiality analysis - Prioritization of issues andstakeholders according to the guidelines of ISO 26000
Social responsibility — Governance and social responsibility — ISO 26000

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XP X30-036

FD X30-037
FD X30-038
BP X30-025
FD X30-028
AC X30-030
BP X30-034
FD E01-001
FD X50-148
XP X30-901
AC X30-077
AC X30-032
Regulation

Sustainable development — Social responsibility — Guidelines for the integrationof the social responsability approach based on ISO 26000 in a management
systemUN Sustainable Development Goals, link between Social Responsibility according
to ISO 26000 and Sustainable Development
Guide for presenting CSR risks and other business risks
Good practices for the transparency of the information about the social conditionsof production and product distribution
Social responsibility - Guide for using ISO 26000 in the communication sector
Sustainable development and social responsibility - Guide for using ISO
26000:2010 in the agri-food sector
Guide for using ISO 26000 for operators of public passenger transport services
Social responsibility of companies - Approach to support strategy and efficiencyof SMEs in the mechanical field
Responsible event-management - Guide for the implementation of ISO 20121
Circular economy — Circular economy project management system —Requirements and guidelines
Guidelines to social responsibility for parties involved in a local area – An ISO
26000 experiment in Seine-et-Marne
Sustainable development and social responsibility - Guide for using ISO
26000:2010 in the wine sector

Loi n° 2017-399 du 27 mars 2017 relative au devoir de vigilance dessociétés mères et des entreprises donneuses d'ordre (law on the duty ofvigilance of parent companies and client companies)
Loi n° 2013-907 du 11 octobre 2013 relative à la transparence de la vie
publique (law on public affairs transparency)

Table A1 of ISO 26000 gives examples of 40 cross-sectoral initiatives such as OECD, UNEP, UNIDO,
BSCI, GRI, Rainforest Alliance, SAI, WRI.

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