Sustainability Certification for Companies Opens for Public Comment
“ULE 880 – Sustainability for Manufacturing Organizations” is a points-based standard that will feature three levels of certification. The 102 indicators aim to measure and rate the sustainability of an entire business, focusing on the full spectrum of social and environmental sustainability rather than the environment. The standard defines core metrics within five areas:
• Sustainability governance: How an organization leads and manages itself in relation to its stakeholders, including employees, investors, regulatory authorities, customers and the communities in which it operates.
• Environment: How an organization manages its environmental footprint across its policies, operations, products and services, including its resource use and emissions.
• Workforce: Issues related to employee working conditions, organization culture, benefits and retention.
• Customers and suppliers: Issues related to an organization’s policies and practices on product safety, quality, pricing and marketing as well as its supply chain policies and practices.
• Social and community engagement: An organization’s impacts on the communities in which it operates in the areas of social equity, ethical conduct and human rights.
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