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PATHWAY TO A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE S


tandards organizations worldwide, including BSI, have taken up the challenge of creating a pathway to achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals adopted by the UN. BSI’s work with UK Government over many


years to provide guidance in areas such as environmental management systems (BS EN ISO 14001) and measures to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (BS EN ISO 14064) means it is well placed to to expand this role. “Standards offer a route for building effective frameworks and tools, all developed through international consensus, and are vital in underpinning the growth of new technologies which can achieve the balance of economic growth and sustainability laid out in the UN SDGs,” said David Fatscher, Head of Sector, Environment, Social & Governance for BSI. “Many existing standards already provide valuable guidance and a framework for organizations building a sustainability strategy,” said David. “However, we are developing new standards that seek to address many of the UN SDG challenges, particularly in areas of new technology and digitalization that are transforming industry.” Emily Auckland is Network Director and Co-chair at


UK Stakeholders for Sustainable Development (UKSSD), a partnership of like-minded organizations created in response to the UN announcing its Sustainable Development Goals. Emily agrees that collaboration and coordination is essential to move forward. “We created UKSSD because we believe the issues of sustainability need to be addressed at a systemic level and we have to work collaboratively across different sectors,” said Emily. “The SDGs are a unique form of visioning, they give us a frame of reference and something to work


towards. With things such as working conditions and gender rights, we should be asking, what does that need to look like in 20 or 30 years? We need to think long term if we’re going to fi nd solutions.” When it comes to standards, Emily sees them playing a critical part in accelerating progress towards the SDGs. “We’ve got a strategy for where we want to get to in 2030 and standards are defi nitely part of that. We would


“Those who lead the way towards these transformations ahead will reap huge commercial benefi ts, ultimately improving their reputation amongst consumers and policymakers as they help to protect people, profi ts and the planet,”


like to become more involved in standards development. “Standards help by providing organizations with a step-


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by-step guide in terms of the expectations and they provide consistency. Mapping standards to the UN SDGs will be a signifi cant move, guiding organizations towards the standards that will be most useful to them.” In this issue of Standards Outlook we shine a light on some of


the work ongoing in BSI and with our external partners in the UK and globally to refi ne existing standards and develop new ones. “Those who lead the way towards these transformations ahead will reap huge commercial benefi ts, ultimately improving their reputation amongst consumers and policymakers as they help to protect people, profi ts and the planet,” said David.


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