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Negotiations on ISO Standard for Social Responsibility Completed in Copenhagen

ISO 26000 is an international guiding standard on social responsibility in companies and organisations. The standard was created in the auspice of the International Organisation for Standardisation – ISO. Negotiations on the standard were concluded in Copenhagen on 21 May 2010.  The Final Draft International Standard (FDIS) will be put to a final vote in August 2010, and a publication will be expected by the end of the year.

Download the report from Mr Alan Fine (Business Unity South Africa (BUSA)) on the ISO 26000 meeting in Copenhagen.

Download the ISO 26000 Final Draft International Standard.

 

 

In an Alert published, the SBP-Business Environment Specialists take stock of small business development in South Africa, and argue that SMME policy needs to be re-thought. The government’s initiatives over the past 15 years have fallen disappointingly short of aspirations. Effective small business development on the scale needed requires a new, sustained engagement between the public and private sectors at all levels of government, and must encourages big business to become operationally involved in small business development. The Alert identifies some models that are having a real impact. 

 

To download the SBP Alert, click here

 

Should you wish to find out more about SBP and their work in South Africa and elsewhere, please visit website: www.sbp.org.za

 

The management of risks is one of the great challenges for farmers in the 21st century and it is crucial for the development of agriculture across the world. Indeed, appropriate risk management tools are one of the fundamental ways to improve livelihoods in rural areas and help deal with the variety of risks that farmers have to face. Risk management has become one of the priorities in the current IFAP work program and an IFAP working group has been created on the topic.

 

IFAP has released an Issue Brief on Risk Management. This document explains why risk management is important for farmers and proposes a working framework for policy discussion.

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Doing Business 2010: Reforming through Difficult Times

 

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