Social responsibility – working group meets in Canada
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Social Responsibility Working Group's (SR WG) group's seventh plenary meeting was held in Quebec, Canada, in May 2009. The meeting addressed issues stemming from the more than 3000 comments submitted in a successful vote on the committee draft of the Standard taken before the meeting.
The SR WG was established in September 2004. ISO issued a new work item proposal in October 2004 for the development of a social responsibility Standard, which was approved in January 2005 with a broad majority in favour of starting the development of the Standard.
The Working Group included representatives from each participating country from six stakeholder groups (industry, government, consumers, labour organisations, non-government organisations, and research bodies).
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The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to reinforce their partnership in favour of sustainable development.
The MoU was signed on 23 June 2009 in Vienna, Austria by the ISO Secretary-General, Rob Steele, and the UNIDO Director-General, Kandeh K. Yumkella.
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