5월 10일 AccountAbility는 AA1000 AccountAbility 원칙 표준(AA1000AP:2018)의 새 버전을 발표했습니다. 이 표준은 지속가능경영을 위해 일반적으로 사용되는 프레임워크일 뿐만 아니라 지속가능경영 보고서에 대한 외부 검증의 근거가 됩니다. DQS가 작업반 구성원으로 참여했던 표준의 개정은 몇 가지 중요한 변화를 이끈다.

The goal of the AA1000AP standard is to provide organizations with a practical set of guiding principles to assess, manage, improve and communicate their sustainability performance. The standard is often used in combination with the AA1000 Assurance Standard (AA1000AS), which acts as the basis for third-party report verification .

The principles

Organizations that have their sustainability reports externally verified to AA1000 should be aware of the changes to the AA1000 Principles. This is because these principles form the basis for the entire verification process. The previous version of the standard includes three guiding principles:

  • Inclusivity - Having a say in decisions that affect oneself.
  • Materiality - Decision-makers are called upon to clearly identify which sustainability issues are important
  • Responsiveness - Organizations are called upon to deal transparently and effectively with sustainability issues and their impacts.

A fourth principle has now been added to these three principles:

  • Impact - Organizations are to monitor and measure their activities. They are accountable for how their actions affect the surrounding ecosystem.

Dr. Sied Sadek, Managing Director of DQS CFS GmbH and member of the AA1000 working group, explains the addition of the fourth principle as follows: "In recent years, sustainability management has increasingly evolved into a solution-oriented approach. The focus is not on goodwill, but on identifying and measuring impacts in a way that allows all stakeholders to respond appropriately."

The standard includes a description of the principles and can be downloaded for free from the AccountAbility website.

Compliance with GRI standards

For organizations that already prepare their sustainability reports according to the GRI standards, the new fourth principle does not change much: the GRI standards already require organizations to measure their key economic, environmental and social impacts for all material areas and disclose them accordingly.

Transition period

The AA1000AP (2018) replaces the previous AccountAbility Principle Standard (AA1000APS, 2008). Organizations wishing to undergo report verification using the AA1000 Assurance Standard (AA1000AS) on or after January 1, 2019 should use the new 2018 version. For reports published before this date, organizations can continue to use the predecessor AA1000APS (2008).

What DQS can do for you

As an AA1000-licensed certification body, DQS offers external verification for your sustainability reports (GRI, Global Compact, ISO 26000, ...). External report verification increases the transparency and credibility of sustainability reports and provides assurance to all stakeholders that reports are an accurate and complete reflection of sustainability performance. Upon request, we can also offer workshops covering the implementation of the AA1000 principles.

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Thijs Willaert 박사는 지속 가능성 및 식품 안전 부문의 마케팅 및 커뮤니케이션 책임자입니다. 그는 또한 지속 가능성 보고서의 외부 감사를 위한 심사인이기도 합니다. 그의 관심 분야는 지속 가능성 관리, 지속 가능한 조달, 감사 환경의 디지털화입니다.

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