Systems Standards & Sustainability

Here are the main standards and systems that have been developed to improve various aspects of sustainability - Environment, Social, Health etc

For each system, it is possible to work out the generic roles of various employees. Managers manage the Systems, Skilled workers turn policies into practices, and Supervised workers can measure progress (See Matrix). In particular, we use DEFRA Environmental Reporting Guides and National Occupational Standards to work out who does what @ work...

Systems & Standards - with appropriate EP@W online learning materials

Issues	Systems/Standards	Related Principles	Level 4 Managers	Level 3 Skilled	Level 2 Supervised
Environmental Management	IS0 14001		'Workplace Wellbeing'	Environmental Practitioner Programme	Env Awareness Scheme for Employeess
Health & Safety	OHS 18001		'Workplace Wellbeing'	H&S Agric 3	H&S in Agric 2
Health	Health Responsibility Indicators		'Workplace Wellbeing'		Nutrition Level ?
Sustainable Development	BS 8900		CSR Checker	Promote Sustainable Develeopment
Sustainable Event Management	BS 8901
Social & Environmental Sustainability	World Bank (IFC) Standards for Sustainability		CSR Checker	Promote Sustainable Develeopment
Sustainability	Global Reporting Initiative	Draft 2006	CSR Checker	Promote Sustainable Develeopment
Accountability for Sustainable Development	AA1000 (2008)
Ethical Trade	ETI Base Code Ethical Trade Standard (Soil Association - for Organic Airfreight)	ILO Conventions	Ethical Sourcing for Co-operative Group	Ethical Sourcing for Co-operative Group
Sustainable Agriculture	Sustainable Agriculture Initiative Platform	Principles & Practices for several crops
Food Hygiene	HACCP & ISO 22000		SFG	SFG
Farm Assurance (UK)	Little Red Tractor	Assurance Schemes (pdf)	SFG	SFG	Sustainable Food ar
Animals	Freedom food		SFG	SFG	Sustainable Food Awareness
Integrated Farm Assurance	GlobalGAP	Integrated Farm Assurance - Good Agric Practices, * H&S, & Environment	IUF Officers	IUF Pesticides Representatives	Pesticide Reduction online Programme designed for Co-operative Retail & Sainsbury's
*Social & Environmental*	*ISEAL*	*Alliance of these below...*	launched Chatham Hse Oct 07
Fair Trade	Fairtrade Labelling Organisation	Fair Trade Principles	Sustainable Food Guide (SFG)	Sustainable Food Guide (SFG)
Social	Social Accountabity International's SA8000	ILO Conventions	Sound Sourcing online programme for Co-op	in English Spanish & Chinese	and with online database to enter anywhere in world
Organic	IFOAM Certification		SFG	SFG
Organic Ethical	Chap 70		SFG Social
Sustainable Agriculture	RainForest Alliance		SFG	SFG	Sustainable Food Awareness
Ecological Footprint	Global Footprint Network	Footprint - Overview
Fish	Marine Stewardship Council	FAO Code of Conduct for Responsible Fisheries
Forest	Forest Stewardship Council