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ISO 26000:2010 Guidance on Social Responsibility was developed by 450 experts from 99 countries and 40 international organisations during 5 years. ln 2010, after close to 25 000 written comments had been resolved, the standard was published in consensus. The standard offers more than 400 recommendations to any company or organization that wants to improve its contribution to sustainable environmental, social, and economic development.

ISO 26000 relates well to other major SR/CSR/Sustainability initiativesand there are detailed linkage documents available, for example:

ISO 26000/UN Global Compact

ISO 26000/Global Reporting Initiative G4

ISO 26000/OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

ISO 26000/Integrated Reporting Framework

ISO 26000/UN Sustainable Development Goals (summary ISO brochure)

ISO 26000/UN Sustainable Development Goals (in detail)

How is the standard being used?

More than 80 countries have adopted ISO 26000 as a national standard and made it available to the national market. 20 more countries are in progress. What are some of the supporting initiatives? How does it relate to other standards?

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