What is this standard about?
It supplies guidance and recommendations to help communities improve their sustainability.
Who is this standard for?
Communities of any size, structure and type.
Why should you use this standard?
It provides a framework of recommendations and guidance to help communities improve their sustainability. Structures, processes and themes are described to help get people involved in what can be, at least initially, diffuse and disparate ideas. To provide coherence and make these elements easier to understand, this standard is based around a series of steps.
The aim is to provide clear, practical guidance to support the cost-efficient and effective organization and development of communities of all types and sizes working to sustainable development principles.
This standard aims to help users by:
- Identifying the community it aims to serve and the possible benefits and desirable outcomes of community based sustainable development
- Embedding sustainable development in everyday community life
- Building confidence in processes and sustainable outcomes
- Assessing progress, clarifying next steps and combining the principles underpinning sustainability with practical implementation
