1. RIO+20
Kevin McKinley
ISO Deputy Secretary General
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
June 2012

2. Standards have been around a while …

3. Standards today ….

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5. ISO – A Global System
Updated January 2012
163 national members
5 000 people
98% of world GNI
97% of world population
Over 600
Collection of 19 023 organizations in
ISO Standards liaison
Customer
1 208 standards
produced
Vision Internal
in 2011 Financial & Process
Strategy
215 active TCs Central
3 335 technical Learning Growth Secretariat
bodies in Geneva
100 000 experts 151 FTE staff

6. Where to from here?

7. Organizations shifting views on sustainability…
From … To …
•An add-on •Core to strategy
•Compliance driven •Innovation focussed / transformative
•Value protection •Value creation
•Boring – manage risks •Exciting – new opportunities
•Issue only for the future •A current concern with long-term impact
•Only about environment •About creating a sustainable future
•Philanthropic / moral obligation •Core issue reflecting values
•Challenge / obstacle •Opportunity
•A rich country luxury •A developed & developing country
imperative

8. Vast range of ISO subjects - responding to global needs …
 2008  2010
− Industrial furnaces & equipment − Asset management
− Network services billing − Natural gas fuelling stations
− Road traffic safety mgt systems − Pigments, dyestuffs & extenders
− Product recall − Safety amusement rides and devices
− Consumer product safety − Treated wastewater re-use for irrigation
− Cross border trade of − Biogas
second-hand goods
− Energy savings
− Anti-counterfeiting tools
− Energy management  2011
− Project, programme & portfolio mgt
 2009 − Additive manufacturing
− Fraud countermeasures and controls − Facilities management
− Traditional Chinese medicine − Outsourcing
− Sustainability in event mgt − Risk management
− Energy efficiency & renewable − Bionics
sources terminology − Fireworks
− Sustainability criteria for bioenergy
− Coal bed methane
− Carbon capture and storage
 2012
− Railway applications
− Sustainable development in communities

9. Different TYPES of International
Standards supporting progress to a Social
Green Economy and Sustainable responsibility
Development ISO 26000
Core subjects
Conformity
Assessment
Practices: test,
inspect, certify ...
Water quality,
metering,
treatment Energy
services management
ISO 50001
GHG
measurement
ISO 14064/65
Plastics
composting and
biodegradation
measurement

10. Leveraging market forces
to support SD & Green Economy
ISO 26000 providing Guidance on
CASCO toolbox providing global Social Responsibility of all
confidence in certification, testing, organizations
inspection, accreditation
Energy Management ISO 50001,
Food safety, quality and good Industrial Furnaces, Pumps, Air
agricultural practice (ISO 22000 Compressors efficiency/
series) calculation
Environmental management, LCA, Sustainable construction,
Environmental labelling (ISO Sustainable Business Districts +
14000 EMS series) proposed Global City Indicators &
Smart City Infrastructures
GHG management, verification,
measurement and new TC 265
Carbon capture and storage Bio-energy sustainability criteria
(ISO/WD 13065)

11. A framework for sustainability
• ISO 26000, Guidance on social
responsibility
• Published Nov 2010
• 436 participating experts,
195 observers from 99 countries
• 42 intl organizations in liaison
• Awareness and training for
developing countries
- 37 reg/intl workshops,
- 10 national events
- 3800 participants
• More than 26’000 formal
international comments addressed
during development

12. GOING FORWARD:
Build on existing cooperation to
follow-up on Rio+20 outcomes
UN Organizations International
Other IGOs
Orgs

13. Get involved !!
Shape ISO standards that impact the world
1. As a national voice – connect with your ISO member.
- In Brazil see ABNT
- In other countries see www.iso.org for your ISO
member.
2. As an international organization – become a liaison of
an ISO committee. Contact our staff in Geneva!

14. Confidence has a nickname …