RIO+20

Kevin McKinley ISO Deputy Secretary General Rio de Janeiro, Brazil June 2012

Standards have been around a while …

Standards today ….

4

Vision &

Strategy

Customer

Financial

Learning Growth

Internal Process

163 national members 5 000 people

98% of world GNI 97% of world population

215 active TCs

3 335 technical bodies

100 000 experts

Central Secretariat in Geneva

151 FTE staff

Collection of 19 023

ISO Standards

1 208 standards

produced

in 2011

ISO – A Global System Updated January 2012

Over 600

organizations in

liaison

Where to from here?

•An add-on

•Compliance driven

•Value protection

•Boring – manage risks

•Issue only for the future

•Only about environment

•Philanthropic / moral obligation

•Challenge / obstacle

•A rich country luxury

•Core to strategy

•Innovation focussed / transformative

•Value creation

•Exciting – new opportunities

•A current concern with long-term impact

•About creating a sustainable future

•Core issue reflecting values

•Opportunity

•A developed & developing country imperative

From … To …

Organizations shifting views on sustainability…

2010 − Asset management − Natural gas fuelling stations − Pigments, dyestuffs & extenders − Safety amusement rides and devices − Treated wastewater re-use for irrigation − Biogas − Energy savings

2011 − Project, programme & portfolio mgt − Additive manufacturing − Facilities management − Outsourcing − Risk management − Bionics − Fireworks − Coal bed methane − Carbon capture and storage

2012 − Railway applications − Sustainable development in communities

2008 − Industrial furnaces & equipment − Network services billing − Road traffic safety mgt systems − Product recall − Consumer product safety − Cross border trade of

second-hand goods − Anti-counterfeiting tools − Energy management

2009 − Fraud countermeasures and controls − Traditional Chinese medicine − Sustainability in event mgt − Energy efficiency & renewable

sources terminology − Sustainability criteria for bioenergy

Vast range of ISO subjects - responding to global needs …

Plastics

composting and

biodegradation

measurement

Social

responsibility

ISO 26000

Core subjects

GHG

measurement

ISO 14064/65

Energy

management

ISO 50001

Water quality,

metering,

treatment

services

Conformity

Assessment

Practices: test,

inspect, certify ...

Different TYPES of International

Standards supporting progress to a

Green Economy and Sustainable

Development

Leveraging market forces

to support SD & Green Economy

Bio-energy sustainability criteria

(ISO/WD 13065)

Sustainable construction,

Sustainable Business Districts +

proposed Global City Indicators &

Smart City Infrastructures

Environmental management, LCA,

Environmental labelling (ISO

14000 EMS series)

GHG management, verification,

measurement and new TC 265

Carbon capture and storage

Energy Management ISO 50001,

Industrial Furnaces, Pumps, Air

Compressors efficiency/

calculation

Food safety, quality and good

agricultural practice (ISO 22000

series)

ISO 26000 providing Guidance on

Social Responsibility of all

organizations CASCO toolbox providing global

confidence in certification, testing,

inspection, accreditation

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

GOING FORWARD:

Build on existing cooperation to

follow-up on Rio+20 outcomes

UN Organizations Other IGOs International

Orgs

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!

Confidence has a nickname …