Description
ISO 26000 defines social responsibility as “responsibility of an organisation for the impacts of its decisions and activities on society and the environment, through transparent and ethical behaviour that contributes to sustainable development, including health and the welfare of society” and lists the core subjects and principles of a socially responsible organisation, which include:
- Accountability on the impacts of its activities and decisions on society and the environment
- The adoption of transparent and ethical behaviour, which is in compliance with applicable law and consistent with international norms of behaviour
- Taking into account the expectations of stakeholders Respect for human rights.
Integration of social responsibility in an organisation’s structure brings benefits in terms of:
- Reputation and competitive advantage
- Attractiveness towards workers, users, clients
- Motivation of the employees
- Opinion of investors, owners, donors and the financial community
- External relations.
It is important to point out that ISO 26000:2010 is not intended as a certification standard; however, it is possible for an organisation to obtain an assessment of its social responsibility performance that affirms its commitment to integrate the principles and core subjects of social responsibility. Guidance on Social Responsibility.
Benefits of the ISO 26000 TASNEEF-RINA Business Assurance Assessment?
TASNEEF-RINA Business Assurance, through its long-standing experience in certification and evaluation of the many issues dealt with by this international Standard, is able to provide interested organisations with an assessment on ISO 26000:2010 which is complete and detailed. Evaluation by TASNEEF-RINA Business Assurance takes into account the level of application of the guidance related to the core subjects of social responsibility (see box aside).
The assessment, independently of the outcome of the evaluation, leads to the issue of a declaration and a report pointing out the strengths and areas of improvement regarding the integration of social responsibility within its structure; the advantages of this kind of evaluation are:
- The chance to actually “measure” social responsibility
- The objectiveness of the results
- The chance to highlight the progress and improvements between two different evaluations (a yearly evaluation is recommended in order to give proper continuity to the process)
- Providing the organisation with potential targets for improvement
- The chance to compare different organisations
- Real support for sustainable development.
WHY TASNEEF-RINA Business Assurance?
TASNEEF-RINA Business Assurance is an International Certification Body based in UAE, we work to guarantee excellence to public and private companies, to assure the best performance of their organizations, products, people, facilities and supply chains through Certification and Training services.
