Following the publication of ISO 26000 on 01 November 2010, have raised a number of stories related to this international standard, we read news related to the implementation of ISO 26000, implementation of ISO 26000, the ISO 26000 certification, testing with the ISO 26000, ISO 26000 audits with , award to the ISO 26000 and if that were not enough, recently used Twitter to associate with a political party in Peru.
words, ISO 26000 has become the new cliché used by businesses or individuals to market their brand or to note that it is "socially responsible."
This reminds me of the 70 when talking about total quality and everyone used that term to identify everything that was seen as something good or something trendy and used expressions like "That's total quality "or" guy is total quality "
In the year 1994 same phenomenon occurred when it was published the second version of ISO 9001, then as to what is happening now, out of nowhere a number of "experts" to talk about this rule and the 21 procedures required to meet the 21 clauses containing the same at the time.
Today we find something similar to ISO 26000, although arguably not a fad ... it is fashionable, and anyone that claims to know believes that social responsibility should speak or write on ISO 26000, regardless of whether you really know the ISO 26000, what was your process, which is a standard, what kind of policy is, which means a guide, but even that is verification, certification, etc. requirements.
Among the cases that I read recently that the case of Bavaria, Holland [1] , DHV consulting company reported on its website that the company successfully demonstrated above the compliance with ISO 26000, and therefore under the title of the article was granted an award, however after reading the article several times still do not understand which was the prize and lift me back to the past (remember is to live) when in the year of 1975 Venezuela passed a resolution forbidding quality award by a proliferation of these that were granted in Brazil, where people came to Smoking and everything to receive the prestigious award which was granted without any technical basement.
Another case is that of AIR FRANCE that despite the title of the article mentioned that the company had adopted the text of ISO 26000 certification noted that Bureau Veritas has been renewed including ISO 26000, which was later clarified that was not a "certification" but a "verification" [2] .
Meanwhile an article in CSR Commitment [3] reports that the company DNV (Det Norske Veritas) said one of options for compliance with ISO 26000, is " GRI Guidelines and ISO G3 26000" for demonstrating compliance with the standard.
And the most recent case is the case CSE Centre for Sustainability & Excellence (Center for Sustainability and Excellence) offers audits based on ISO 26000 [4] , but recent clarifications in the discussion group on LinkedIn .
The issue is that all these five references that have been published on compliance with ISO 26000 are interpretations of the organizations that issue, however and according to the terms used are all questionable, since according to the terms used, (checking, certificates, awards or audit) and the definitions established by the ISO, and according to the definitions Real Academia de la Lengua, none of these can be applied to a standard "guidelines" for reasons I will expose below
According to ISO 9000 of vocabulary, check the "confirmation mediante la aportación de evidencia objetiva (3.8.1) de que se han cumplido los requisitos (3.1.2) especificados, mientras que según la ISO 19011 define auditoria como “pr oceso sistemático, independiente y documentado para obtener evidencias de la auditoría y evaluarlas de manera objetiva con el fin de determinar la extensión en que se cumplen los criterios de auditoría” (conjunto de políticas, procedimientos o requisitos )utilizados como referencia).
Según la real academia Verificar es “ Comprobar o examinar la verdad de algo”, while audit is "to examine the financial management of an entity to verify if it meets established by law or custom"
Moreover reward is "unpaid, to award grants privileges, employment or income the merits and services of someone "
So according to these definitions would somebody tell me what requirements are verified against the ISO 26000 does not contain requirements or tell me how audits if the rule does not contain any policies or procedures or requirements or as rewards if no technical basis for such awards.
And the best certifications let alone because in addition to the Standard says, and the ISO [5] same reaffirm that this rule is to certify.
And finally with respect to whether to GRI indicators can and can not demonstrate compliance with the standard, will have to wait to apply these indicators or other tools or initiatives that are identified in the document which as indicated by the textote the same, these are not endorsed by ISO 26000.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, is the question ... finally, it may or may not determine compliance with ISO 26000?
I say yes ... And you?
S. Mr. Perla Puterman
@ FRSIberoamerica
[1] http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=275690334&gid=1813396&type=member&item=36434159&articleURL=http://dhv.com/Nieuws/Nieuws/2010/2010-11-11-DHV-ISO-26000-award-presented-to-Bavari&urlhash=Fwek&goback=.gna_1813396.gmp_1813396.gde_1813396_member_36434159
[2] http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=322245821&gid=1813396&type=member&item=39810514&articleURL=http://www.amtonline.com/article/article.jsp%3FsiteSection%3D1%26id%3D12491&urlhash=3L6Z&goback=.gna_1813396.gmp_1813396.gde_1813396_member_39810514
[3] http://www.compromisorse.com/rse/2011/01/21/es-iso-26000-una-norma-certificable/
[4] http://www.linkedin.com/news?viewArticle=&articleID=339488539&gid=1813396&type=member&item=41262486&articleURL=http://www.cse-net.org/Contents.aspx%3FCatId%3D50
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