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ISO 26000 Social Responsibility Guidance May Offer Supply Chain Opportunities to Small-Mid Sized Manufacturing

By Dave Meyer on February 1, 2011 1 Comment Accountability, Business for Social Responsibility, community development, community involvement, consumer issues, corporate social responsibility, CSR, ethical conduct, fair operating practices, Global Reporting Initiative, green product specification standards, green supply chain, GS-C1, Human Rights, IISD, International Institute for Sustainable Development, International Organization for Standardization, ISO, ISO 26000, labor practices, Practice life-cycle management, responsible business practices, rule of law, SME, social responsibility, SR, stakeholder engagement, supply chain, the environment, transparency, ULE 880, value-chain

ISO 26000 Social Responsibility Guidance May Offer Supply Chain Opportunities to Small-Mid Sized Manufacturing

ISO 26000, the global Guidance on Social Responsibility was recently launched. Large to small organizations can strive to be ISO 26000-compliant, stay ahead of the curve and grab the “leader” advantage. Or conversely, companies can risk being a “laggard” and lose vital business opportunities.

Green Project Management: Supporting ISO 14000 Standards Through Project Management Processes

By Andrea Krasnoff on July 19, 2010 1 Comment A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge Third Edition, Andrea Krasnoff, Capability Maturity Model Integrated, CMMI, Communications Management, Cost Management, Deming’s Plan-Do-Check-Act, EMS, environmental impact, environmental impacts, Environmental Management Policy, Environmental Management System, environmental policy, green project management, green project management methodology, greenpm, GreenPM methodology, greenthink, Human Resource Management, Integrated Change Control, Integration Management, International Organization for Standardization, ISO 14000, ISO 14001:2004, ISO14001, PDCA, PMBOK, PMI, Procurement Management, Project Charters, project management, Project Management Institute, project quality assurance, project quality control, quality audit, Quality Management, Quality Management Plan, quality management program, risk management, risk rating, risk response strategy, scope change, scope change process, Scope Management, Six Sigma, stakeholders, Time Management, Tom Mochal, WBS, work packages

Green Project Management: Supporting ISO 14000 Standards Through Project Management Processes

An introduction to the International Organization for Standardization’s ISO 14000 family of standards that have been developed for organizations to operate in way that sustains the environment, that explores how “greenthink” can be applied to project management in support of aligning with these standards.