Social responsibility guidelines now for food chain

In December 2019 ISO published new standard ISO/TS 26030 Social responsibility and sustainable development – Guidance on using ISO 26000:2010 in the food chain.

The food and agriculture sector is significant for our world and our well-being.

The new standard provides guidelines for any organization to contribute to sustainable development.
Use of the Standard will help improve social responsibility and sustainability in the food industry. This as a result will positively impact our society as a whole.

ISO/TS 26030 Social responsibility and sustainable development – Guidance on using ISO 26000:2010 in the food chain is suitable for food companies, farms, cooperatives, processors and retailers, regardless of their size or location.

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Competence management

Making sure that people have the right competence contributes to the organization’s sustained success.
ISO 9001:2015 set requirements for definition and provision of competence.

Recently, ISO updated their ISO 10015, Quality management – Guidelines for competence management and people development.
This document does not modify any of ISO 9001 or other standards requirements but rather helps integrate competence management into the organization's daily work by taking a quality management approach.

The revised ISO 10015, Quality management – Guidelines for competence management and people development is fully aligned with the new ISO 9001:2015.
It is applicable for any organization regardless of type or size.

More on personnel management - ISO 9001:2015 Control of Personnel Quality System Procedure