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Managing Sustainability – the standards journey

Maria Varbeva-Daley, Sector Content Manager – Sustainability

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BSI as National Standards Body


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About BSI

• Oldest National Standards Body in the world – founded in 1901

• Founding member of ISO and CEN

• Portfolio of more than 32,000 standards – BSI covers all markets, industries and sectors

• Originator of many major, global standards, including:

• ISO 9001 (Quality)

• ISO 14001 (Environmental Management)

• ISO 27001 (Information Security)

• BS 25999 (Business Continuity)

• BS 8900 (Sustainability)

• PAS 2050 (Carbon Footprinting)

• PAS 2060 (Carbon Neutrality)

• PAS 220-223 (Food safety)


The importance of standards

All sectors, all sizes of business:

• Consensus – agreement on a common approach

• Trade: UK, Europe, international

• Standards avoid Technical Barriers to Trade

• Supply chain and fair/equal competition

• Customer relationships, business credentials

• Self-regulation

• Cost management

• Stimulate innovation

• Manage business risk


Nationally available standards

Standards portfolio

1. 'Formal' standards (full consensus, ALL are full British Standards):

• Nationally developed standards (BS)

• Implementation of European standards (BS EN)

• Implementation of International standards (BS ISO, BS IEC, BS ISO/IEC)

• Implementation of joint standards (BS EN ISO or BS EN 60xxx)

2. 'Informal' standards - Publicly Available Specifications (PAS)

3. Other products and services

Types of standard

• Prescriptive: Specifications, Methods, Vocabularies, Classifications

• Non-prescriptive: Codes, Recommendations, Guides


Sustainability standardization – trends

• Increasing focus on supply chain and full lifecycle of products

• Moving on from single issues, e.g. carbon, to a more holistic approach

• Increasing need for business to be able to unambiguously and clearly communicate achievements, both internally and externally

• Accountability - supply chain and customer pressures; legislative requirements and policy implementation drives (e.g. carbon reduction targets, mandatory carbon reporting)

• Proliferation of standards and approaches, need for harmonization


Managing Sustainability – standards overview

Sustainability Management (BS 8900+)

Environmental Management

Resource efficiency, including

energy and waste

management

GHG Management

Social/ethical impacts

Biodiversity Climate Change

Adaptation

Environmental Management

Systems, Environmental Performance Evaluation,

Environmental Auditing, etc.

ISO 14000 series

Energy Management

Systems, Energy Audits

(ISO 50001, etc.) water

footprinting

Organisational footprinting,

product carbon footprinting,

carbon neutrality

(ISO 14064, PAS 2050, PAS

2060, etc.)

Social Responsibility (ISO 26000), Responsible

Sourcing, e.g. Sustainability

and Traceability of Cocoa

Biodiversity impacts during the planning

process, wider biodiversity impacts for business

Adapting to the impacts of

climate change, extreme

weather events, water

shortages, flooding, etc .


Sustainability management – approach and principles

• Need: defining Sustainability and embedding sustainable development into core business

• Standards response – framework for managing sustainable development

BS 8900:2006, Guidance for managing sustainable development

Provides a framework so organizations can take a structured approach to sustainable development by considering the social, environmental and economic impacts of their activities.

• Standards response - issue-based approach, e.g.:

Responsible sourcing - BS 8902

Sustainable procurement - BS 8903

Sustainable use of materials - BS 8905


Sustainability management - responsible sourcing

• BS 8902:2009, Responsible sourcing sector certification schemes for construction products – Specification

• Gives requirements for the management, development, content and operation of sector certification schemes for responsible sourcing and supply of construction products.

• Sector certification schemes cover: • single (primary) materials,

• composite (processed) materials, and/or

• manufactured items.

• It is the scheme that conforms to the standard and not the company or product.

• One sector scheme accredited to BS 8902: the CARES Sustainable Reinforcing Steel Scheme.


Sustainability management - sustainable procurement

22/10/2012

• BS 8903, Guide to procuring sustainably – Guide

• Developed with support from Defra

• Based largely on UK Government’s Flexible Framework

• Published 2010

• High uptake


Sustainability management - sustainable procurement (contd.)

• Four case studies sponsored by BIS: • Marks and Spencer

• Wembley/the FA

• Loughborough University

• Horizon International

• Results very positive – BS 8903 can make a significant difference to the sustainability and resilience of an organisation’s procurement.

http://horizon.1stclassmedia.com/


Sustainability management - sustainable use of materials

• BS 8905:2011, Framework for the assessment of the sustainable use of materials. Guidance.

• Framework within which an engineer can select the most sustainable choice, or choices, of material.

• Sustainability is established using social, economic and environmental considerations.

• Case studies – automotive, construction, packaging, and textiles.

• Packaging case study identifies BS 8905 as a useful tool in establishing sustainable packaging design across the entire supply chain.


Environmental management – EMS update

• ISO 14001: 2004 - Environmental management systems - Requirements with guidance for use. Now being revised to publish in 2015 (currently at Working Draft stage).

• ISO 14004: 2004 - Environmental management systems - General guidelines on principles, systems and support techniques. Now being revised to publish in 2015 (Working Draft stage).

• ISO 14001 revision structure: UK expert is Executive Director of Policy, IEMA. UK (BSI)/German (DIN) Secretariat, US chair.

• ISO 14001 revision objectives: includes identified challenges from ISO TC 207 SC1. e.g., making it more attractive to SMEs and strengthening legal compliance.

• http://www.iso.org/iso/theiso14000family_2009.pdf

http://www.iso.org/iso/theiso14000family_2009.pdf


Resource efficiency – energy management update

• New standards boost organizations’ energy management efforts.

• BS EN 16247-1 Energy Audits - step-wise approach to identifying hotspots, improving energy use and costs.

EN 16247-1 in 3 parts: Buildings, Transport and Processes. Public consultation - Oct 2012.

BSI workshop 26 Nov ’12 to gather input on the 3 parts out for consultation.

• BS EN 16212 Energy Efficiency Savings Calculations - framework for organisations to calculate energy savings across the supply chain.

• BS EN 16231 Energy benchmarking - guidance on choosing the appropriate benchmark to measure year-on-year improvements and identify areas or concern.

• Case studies:

https://webmail.bsi-global.com/owa/redir.aspx?C=3505e716231e45c7bee16116e69cdadd&URL=http://shop.bsigroup.com/en/ProductDetail/?pid=000000000030219029






Resource efficiency – water and waste update

• Water footprinting

Draft ISO 14046 (likely publication end of 2014/early 2015)

Principles, requirements and guidelines to assess and report the water footprints of products, processes and organizations. Calculating and reporting a water footprint as a stand alone assessment or as part of a more comprehensive environmental assessment.

Public consultation in the first half of 2013.

• Waste management – environmental permitting regulations

Context: waste regulations/EPR review

Issue: varying levels of waste permit compliance, other enforcement issues

Response: Waste management standardization roadmap

Conclusion: standards have an important role to play in helping organizations achieve and maintain waste permit compliance, thereby decreasing the administrative and financial burden on both the regulator and the regulated.


GHG management

• Single issue focus – the climate change challenge

• Assessing climate change impacts at the organizational level:

ISO 14064-1 – GHG emissions quantification and reporting at the organizational level

ISO 14064-2, ISO 14064-3 - validation and verification of assertions

• Assessing climate change impacts at the product/supply chain level:

Framework: PAS 2050, PAS 2050 Guidance

Sector applications:

PAS 2050-1, PAS 2050-2 (in development)

• Assessing climate change impacts at the city level - PAS 2070 (in development)


GHG management (contd.)

• GHG/Carbon claims:

PAS 2060 (carbon neutrality claims)

Draft ISO 14067 (carbon footprint assessment and communication)

• Trends and drivers:

Sector/industry - specific action on climate change

Beyond carbon and toward a more holistic approach in footprinting

Accountability - mandatory (carbon) reporting…

• Get better understanding, learn from the experts…

http://shop.bsigroup.com/Navigate-by/Conferences/

http://shop.bsigroup.com/en/Navigate-by/Conferences/Conferences/Now-Booking/3rd-Annual-Product-Footprinting-Conference/3rd-Annual-Footprinting-Conference/
























Social responsibility • BS ISO 26000:2010, Guidance on social responsibility

- framework for companies to build a robust and long-term corporate responsibility strategy

- helps companies gain competitive advantage

- gives stakeholders greater confidence in the integrity of the business

- enables companies to attract and retain employees and customers

• Sustainable and traceable cocoa

CEN/TC 415 established 2012

3 standards in development:

- Requirements for sustainability of cocoa

- Requirements for traceability of cocoa

- Requirements for bodies assessing conformity of sustainability and traceability of cocoa

Goal: to establish a framework which meets the needs of producers and the requirements of consumers for sustainability of cocoa production and traceability of the cocoa supply chain.


Biodiversity management

• Draft BS 42020, Biodiversity – A code of practice for planning and development

• Scope: “provides recommendations and guidance to professionals who might encounter biodiversity as an issue during the planning and development process on how to:

a) uphold obligations under their code of ethics or conduct when taking decisions or undertaking actions that could affect the natural environment; and

b) adopt a professional, scientific and consistent approach to gathering, analysing, presenting and reviewing ecological information at key stages of the planning application process, or in evaluating the ecological implications of associated activities as part of consultation or other regulatory procedures.”

• Objective: reduce the variation in the quality and appropriateness of ecological information submitted with planning applications, and applications for other regulatory approvals, supporting under-resourced planning authorities and other regulatory bodies. Also in support of “Biodiversity 2020: A strategy for England’s wildlife and ecosystem services” and the equivalent strategy in Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales.

• Expected publication: late 2012/early 2013.


Get involved

• Committee work:

- permanent committee input into BSs, ENs and ISOs

- participation in ad hoc expert groups, e.g. Steering Groups for PAS projects http://www.bsigroup.com/en/Standards-and-Publications/Committee-Members/;

http://www.bsigroup.com/en/Standards-and-Publications/How-to-get-involved/;

http://www.bsigroup.com/en/Standards-and-Publications/How-we-can-help-you/BSS/.

• Public consultations on standards in development http://drafts.bsigroup.com/;

• Proposing new work and influencing proposed new work http://standardsproposals.bsigroup.com/;

• Event participation, e.g. Carbon and Environmental Footprint Conference, 22 Nov 2012 http://shop.bsigroup.com/Navigate-by/Conferences/

http://www.bsigroup.com/en/Standards-and-Publications/Committee-Members/







http://www.bsigroup.com/en/Standards-and-Publications/How-to-get-involved/











http://www.bsigroup.com/en/Standards-and-Publications/How-we-can-help-you/BSS/













http://drafts.bsigroup.com/

http://standardsproposals.bsigroup.com/




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