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ISEAL Alliance (2006) ‘’ISEAL Code of good practice for Setting Social
and Environmental Standards’‘
Other, ISEAL Code of good practice for Setting Social and Environmental Standards
ISEAL Alliance
Document:
ISEAL_code_Standardsetting.pdf
Abstract
The ISEAL Alliance facilitated a multi-stakeholder dialogue to develop the Code of Good Practice
for Setting Social and Environmental Standards as a means to evaluate and strengthen voluntary
standards, and to demonstrate their credibility on the basis of how they are developed. The Code
is intended primarily for application to standards that fulfil social and environmental policy
objectives. By adhering to procedures that constitute good practices for setting standards,
standard-setting organisations help to ensure that the application of their standard results in
measurable progress towards their social and environmental objectives, without creating
unnecessary hurdles to international trade.
In addition, a Code of Good Practice can serve as a
minimum bar against which to measure voluntary standards. Good practices are set out here in
the form of a Code, applicable to all social and environmental standards.
This Code of Good Practice specifies general requirements for the preparation, adoption and
revision of standards that address social and environmental practices. Compliance with this Code
means that the process by which a standard is developed is credible.
This Code applies to all standards that promote progressive social and environmental
practices and are operating at the international, regional, national or sub-national level. It applies
to standards that are developed using procedures based on the principles of consensus.
Keywords: Organic standard setting
Relevance to our study:
The International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling (ISEAL) Alliance is a
formal collaboration of leading international standard-setting and conformity assessment
organisations focused on social and environmental issues.
Most private organic standard schemes are accredited by IOAS according to IFOAM accreditation criteria. IFOAM is a member of ISEAL and most organic standard setters observe the voluntary ISEAL code for good practice in standard setting, which requires an elaborate and lengthy public consultation process. Hence the code is relevant to understand costs of private organic labelling schemes.
Relevancy on a scale from 1 to 5 = 3
Review status: Suggested
Review started on 2009–05–27
Reviewed by Florentine Meinshausen ?
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