Today IHRB, The Business & Human Rights Resource Centre, European Coalition for Corporate Justice, and Shift have written to Sergio Mujica, Secretary General of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). In the letter, we have sought to make the case for why ISO should not proceed with proposals to revise the ISO 26000 social responsibility standard, nor to establish a technical committee charged with introducing further private standards on responsible business conduct.
The ISO 26000 standard was adopted in 2010 in careful alignment with key international standards on business and human rights, and we are concerned that its reopening will become a major distraction from the development of international and national laws in relation to environmental and human rights due diligence.
Please read the full letter below and share it with your networks.
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