BS 8900:2006 pdf download

BS 8900:2006 pdf download.Guidance for managing sustainable development.
4.2.2 Stakeholder identification
The organization should define and identify stakeholders and their representative organizations. This process should firstly identify the different stakeholders and secondly clarify their interest and relationship with the organization.
Stakeholder identification should take the following into account.
• Some stakeholders are essential to an organization for it to perform its activities, e.g. specific employees, customers/clients and suppliers of goods or services. Other stakeholders have a relationship with the organization that is more strategic in its nature, e.g. special interest groups and government agencies.
• Stakeholders are specific to the scale, nature, spatial and temporal aspects of activities. For example, the stakeholders in the organization as a whole are likely to be different but not mutually exclusive from those in a specific activity such as establishing a new Plant or project within a specific geographical region.
• Those individuals who are identifying the stakeholders in the activity will differ in their view on who to include as a stakeholder. This is dependent upon aspects such as their role within the organization, their education and experience.
• The precision with which stakeholder identification is carried out will have a considerable effect upon the ability of an organization to engage and develop relationships. For example, the neighbouring properties to the plant may be identifeci as being important. However, knowing who those individuals are within that group is more likely to lead to a quality relationship being developed and maintained.
• Some stakeholders may identify themselves. The organization should consider the above points in terms of the legitimacy of their claim and be transparent in that process to ensure accountability for its decisions.
4.2.3 Stakeholder engagement
The organization should engage with its stakeholders and their representatives to understand the econontic, environmental and social impact of its activities, products and services and the risks involved.
When engaging with stakeholders, the organization should take the following into account.
• The method of engagement should be commensurate with the importance of the stakeholder and the issues identified to the organization.
• The aim at all times should be to develop trust between the organization and its stakeholders. Trust is developed through a combination of performance and transparency and is, therefore, a
test of the integrity of the organization.
• The organization needs to take full accountability for the decisions that it makes.
• Meaningful engagement with stakeholders is not simply an isolated activity; it is a decision-making method that may involve a degree of cultural and procedural change within an organization.
• Stakeholder engagement is a continuous process. There should be a constant cycle of dialogue and feedback between the organization and its stakeholders. The organization should be in a position in which it is abreast of its risks.
• Stakeholders should be in a position, through feedback, to understand how the organization has responded to their views. Communicating sustainable development performance allows an organization to demonstrate its progress towards meeting oljectives. Although common, reports on progress towards sustainable development shouki not be seen as the only method of communication. They should be an update on, and not the sole outcome of, the progress towards sustainable development within the organization.
4.2.4 Additional considerations
The organization should also consider significant issues that may derive from other factors arising where there may not be a stakeholder voice. Examples of these factors include technological development, major natural disasters, war and epidemics.
4.3 Capability of the organization
4.3.1 General
For the principles of sustainable development (see Table 1) to be converted into practice the organization requires appropriate resources and a range of competencies.
4.3.2 Resource allocation
The organization should allocate appropriate resources to achieve its sustainable development objectives (see 4.4.4), as follows.
• Identify the required types and levels of resources, informed by the risk and opportunity assessment, objective setting and governance structure. Wpes of resources required may be financial, human or manufactured (such as information systems, metering tools or customer surveys).