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ISO 26000 Guidance on Social Responsibility Organizations are getting more aware of the growing importance of necessities and benefits in relation to socially responsible conduct. The purpose of social responsibility is to contribute to sustainable development. ISO 26000 Guidance on Social Responsibility aims to inform and orient all organizations of various sizes regarding subjects explained below:

Essential specifications and concepts in matter of social responsibility

The background, approaches and characteristics of social responsibility

Essential subjects in matter of social responsibility

Integration, implementation and improvement of social responsibility approach within the organization in accord with regulations and practices

Recognition and contribution of sharers

Communication of commitments, activities and other related information regarding social responsibility

Beyond legal necessities, guideline implementations are vital for the organization to maintain its long-lasting presence. They also provide evaluation of 3 main components of sustainability in organization’s all decision-making processes. These are economic, social and environmental benefits. The execution of the guideline provides improvement in relations with sharers and customer satisfaction, development in employees’ contribution to the company and their motivation, reduction in carbon emissions and, decrease in organization’s environmental impacts regarding matters such as its water, energy and paper consumption. SEEM; with its staff of experts in specific fields, provides service on the subject of social responsibility project development within your organization and training of the employees. SA 8000 Social Responsibility Standard SA 8000 Social Responsibility Standard determines specifications or improvements of employees’ rights, workplace terms, and effective management system necessities; which have to be applied by organizations. The main factors of this standard are Human Rights Declaration of United Nations, ILO Contract, international human rights norms and national labor laws. It can be implemented by all enterprises of all sizes, from all industrial fields; willing to prove that they meet requirements of social responsibilities in work life and, it provides institutions the benefits generally defined below:

Maintenance or amelioration of institution’s image

Development in employees’ motivation and efficiency

Acquirement of superiority in rivalry with optimization in customer satisfaction and creation of new market opportunities

Opening of communication lines between employees and managers

Refinement in product quality

Amelioration in sub-contractor and supplier relations

SEEM; with its staff of experts in specific fields, provides service on the subjects of implementation and licensing of SA 8000 Social Responsibility Standard at your organization. Supply Chain Management Supply Chain Management ranks among the most important subjects for all organizations. Effective management of supply chain contributes to social, environmental and economic aspects of sustainability. In a world globalized, it is now evident that only parameter of expectation from supplier cannot anymore be that it provides service/product in a solely economic matter. In certain situations, all risk that the supplier carries turns into own risk of the organization itself. Therefore, organizations do not exist by their own but coexist with their suppliers. It has importance in matter of choice of supplier that the priorities of the organization and of the supplier are the same. Organizations can minimize their risks and increase the quality of service they receive by focusing on supply management. Small modificaions which will be made in this content will generate big and positive outcomes. The winner will both be the main company and the supplier as well. While having a supplier offering high quality product and service may be useful to extent customer portfolio, the main company not having any problems regarding procurement of product/service will have minimized its risks. Supply chain management carries great importance in transition process of organizations to ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 9001:2015 standards. SEEM; with its staff of experts in specific fields, provides consultancy and training services for implementing better management of supply chain at your organization and for providing supply chain management in the processes of transition to ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 9001:2015 standards. Also, it does second party supply chain auditing in your behalf. ISO 39001 Road Traffic Safety Management System Road Traffic Safety Management Standard acts as a means for organizations to prevent incidents of deaths and injuries due to traffic accidents. This standard is suitable for all public and private establishments of which business fields are in relation with highways. In this context, it attracts attention by companies which have vehicle fleet (mass transportation, logistics, etc.) and by organizations which operates in road construction and road maintenance businesses. The implementation of this standard by organizations provides:

Improvement in road traffic safety performance

Establishment, implementation, maintenance and development of Road Traffic Safety Management system

Obtainment of congruity with determined Highway Traffic Security Management system policies

Obtainment of congruity proof with international standards

As this standard has been published additionally to OHSAS 18001, it is in correlation with management systems such as ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. SEEM; with its staff of experts in specific fields, provides consultancy and training services on the implementation and effective operation of management systems at your organization. ISO 20121 Sustainable Event Management ISO 20121 Sustainable Event Management is an international standard ensuring sustainability of events, products and services for event planning organizations. It is only possible to mention sustainability when an event can successfully operate its activities of commerce by reducing its impact on the environment. ISO 20121 Sustainable Event Management can be implemented by all organizations (associations, city halls, governments, non-governmental organizations, etc.) and suppliers (booth designers, lighting and audio-visual services firms, catering firms, event location owners, etc.) which organize, takes role in or sponsor events such as fairs, conferences, meetings and seminars in order to:

Continue their success in financial and commercial fields

Take more social responsibility

Reduce their impact on environment

ISO 20121 requires treatment of social and environmental issues and thereby, it ensures:

Recognition of environmental, social and economic impacts of planed event and implementation of a sustainable policy,

Savings in costs of substance use and in regard to waste and energy,

Reduce in greenhouse gas emissions during the event,

Social responsibility management in supply chain,

Improvement of the organization’s social status,

Improvements in handicapped accessibility,

Elimination of all kinds of discrimination,

on behalf of organizations. SEEM; with its staff of experts in specific fields, provides consultancy and training services on implementation and effective operation of management systems at your organization.