ISO/PC 277 Sustainable purchasing

Sustainable purchasing The aim of the future ISO standard Assisting organizations in integrating the economic constraints and the principles and issues of social responsibility as described in ISO 26000 within the purchasing process, independently of their activity or size

Which standards exist already? ISO 9001: procurement aspects related to quality ISO 14001: procurement aspects related to environmental issues SA 8000: procurement aspects related to working condition and human rights Standards (and Audit programmes) decribing specific procedures and supply chain approaches (usually limited to social or environmental issues): BSCI Fair wear foundation WRAP FSC Bio-Labels etc. Référence

Why is purchasing important in ISO 26000 ? Purchasing is a major « sphere of influence » in public and private organizations Purchasing is objectively a priority in the implementation of any social responsibility policy For example, GDP in OECD countries is mostly made of inter- companies exchanges via decisions made by the purchasers Income statements of big companies show that purchasing can represent a great part of the turnover Public procurement of OECD countries is about 9% of the country’s GDP Is a SR policy which does not take into account sustainable purchasing credible ?

Sustainable purchasing How? Providing standardization of principles and guidelines not only for procurement Units and Top Managers but also for stakeholders dealing with purchasing processes both internally and externally (for instance: suppliers, contractors, procurement units, buyers, local authorities …)

How is an International standard made? ISO International level National delegations ABNT Brazil DIN Germany AFNOR France SNV Switzerland … (Other National Standardization bodies) National standardization body Experts Industry and commerce, consumers, NGOs, standard users, governments, academic and research bodies, labour, public procurement …

Sustainable purchasing ISO/PC 277 Created by ISO/TMB during its meeting of February 2013 Led, in the framework of a twinning arrangement, by AFNOR (France), and ABNT (Brazil): French Chairman and Brazilian Vice-Chairman French and Brazilian co-secretaries 1st meeting to be held in Paris at the end of September

Sustainable purchasing Membership of ISO/PC 277 24 participating countries (Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Columbia, Côte d’Ivoire, Denmark, Finland, France, Gabon, Ireland, Israel, Netherlands, Nigeria, Norway, Serbia, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States) 12 observing countries (Armenia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Ecuador, Germany, Italy, Japan, Republic of Korea, Lithuania, Mexico, Spain, Thailand)

Sustainable purchasing Liaisons to be established External: UNEP United Nations Environment Programme WTO Government Procurement Agreement IFPSM International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management Internal: ISO/TC 59 Buildings and civil engineering works (SN) which developed the ISO 10845 series on Construction procurement Any further suggestion would be welcome

Standard on Sustainable purchasing Proposed content Made of 2 parts: Part 1 : Policy - Strategy Define the sustainable purchasing policy in accordance with the 7 core subjects of ISO 26000: For purchasing management/departments and Senior Management, and for all of the internal and external stakeholders in the purchasing process For private and public organizations For all types of organizations, irrespective of their activity or their size Part 2 : Operational deployment Present operational recommendations for the stages of the purchasing process For purchasing departments, purchasers and/or other associated functions

Part 1: Policy - Strategy Purchasing in relation to the seven core subjects of ISO 26000

Part 2: Operational deployment

Standard on Sustainable purchasing Work schedule: 2 to 3 years 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Default track without FDIS Committee draft F DIS Reso. P   Default track FDIS Preparation for FDIS FDIS Time for ISO/PC 277: Draft of the future standard by the members of ISO/PC 277 Sustainable Purchasing Time for ISO Central Secretariat: Review, and editing of the draft, proofing, publishing Time for ISO member bodies: The draft is circulated to all the ISO member bodies for enquiry / vote

ISO Standard on Sustainable Purchasing Thank you for your attention ! For any further information: Dr. Clemens LANG Chairman of SNV PC 277 and ISO 26000 Swiss Mirror Committee CSR senior consultant, Neosys Ltd. Tel. : +41 31 351 98 66 clemens.lang@neosys.ch or Laurence DOUVILLE, AFNOR, laurence.douville@afnor.org