What is BS 8900-2 – Framework assessment for managing sustainable development about?
BS 8900-2 is the second part of the multi-series international standard that focuses on the specification of framework assessment and managing sustainable development. BS 8900-2 provides a framework for assessment against BS 8900-1, Managing sustainable development of organizations – Part 1: Guide.
BS 8900-2 is intended to:
- Be an evaluative framework, to support organizational self-assessment or third-party assessment
- Result informative outcomes
Who is BS 8900-2 - Framework assessment for managing sustainable development?
BS 8900-2 on the specification of framework assessment and managing sustainable development is useful for:
- Compliance managers/officers
- Risk managers/officers
- Internal auditors
- Internal controllers
- Human resources
- Governing bodies
- Management and employees at all levels
Why should you use BS 8900-2 - Framework assessment for managing sustainable development?
Sustainable development management is about the leaders of businesses and other organizations and their employees taking a responsible approach to social, economic, and environmental matters that are relevant to the organization and expressing these in line with the business case.
The purpose of BS 8900-2 is to provide a framework for assessment against the guidance contained in BS 8900-1. BS 8900-2 is suitable for any type or size of the organization and can be used as a tool to help understand and embed the sustainable development principles set out in BS 8900-1, thus helping an organization to determine and follow its pathway on sustainable development.
BS 8900-2 includes the formation of a sustainable development maturity matrix, which:
- Is a descriptive document, not numeric
- Is unique to the organization
- Sets out in clear, descriptive terms the organization’s position of progress about its declared principles of sustainable development.
What’s changed since the last update?
BS 8900-2:2013 supersedes BS 8900:2006 which has been withdrawn. BS 8900-2:2013 has been editorially revised.
