About

  • Secretariat: BSI
    Committee Manager:
    Mr Mike Henigan
  • Chairperson (until end 2025):
    Mr Kevin Brear
    Vice chairperson (until end 2025):
    Dr Axel Kravatzky
  • ISO Technical Programme Manager [TPM]:
    Ms Monja Korter
    ISO Editorial Manager [EM]:
    Ms Lucy Kirk
  • Creation date: 2016

Scope

Standardization in the field of governance relating to aspects of direction, control and accountability of organizations

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ISO/TC 309
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Sustainable Development Goals

This committee contributes with 18 standards to the following Sustainable Development Goals:

1
No Poverty
2
Zero Hunger
3
Good Health and Well-being
4
Quality Education
5
Gender Equality
6
Clean Water and Sanitation
7
Affordable and Clean Energy
8
Decent Work and Economic Growth
9
Industry, Innovation and Infrastructure
10
Reduced Inequalities
11
Sustainable Cities and Communities
12
Responsible Consumption and Production
13
Climate Action
14
Life Below Water
15
Life on Land
16
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
9

Published ISO standards *

10

ISO standards under development *

60
Participating members
27
Observing members

* number includes updates

Reference Title Type
ISO/TC 309/AG 1   Communications and Engagement Working group
ISO/TC 309/AHG 6   Ad Hoc Group ESG and Climate Change Coordination Working group
ISO/TC 309/CAG 1   Chair's Advisory Group Working group
ISO/TC 309/DCCG   Developing Countries Co-ordination Group Working group
ISO/TC 309/STTF   Spanish translation task force Working group
ISO/TC 309/TG 6   Terminology Co-ordination Working group
ISO/TC 309/WG 1   Guidance for the governance of organizations Working group
ISO/TC 309/WG 2   Anti-bribery management systems Working group
ISO/TC 309/WG 4   Compliance management systems Working group
ISO/TC 309/WG 6   Governance maturity model Working group
ISO/TC 309/WG 7   Internal investigations Working group
ISO/TC 309/WG 8   Fraud controls Working group
ISO/TC 309/WG 9   Conflict of Interest Working group
ISO/TC 309/WG 10   Human trafficking, forced labour, and modern slavery Working group
ISO/TC 309/WG 11   Diversity management system Working group
ISO/TC 309/WG 12   Preventing and combatting violence against women Working group

 

Joint working groups under the responsibility of another committee
Reference Title
ISO/CASCO/JWG 59 Joint ISO/CASCO - ISO/TC 309 WG: Development of ISO/TS 17021-13
Liaison Committees to ISO/TC 309

The committees below can access the documents of ISO/TC 309:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/CASCO Committee on conformity assessment ISO
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 IT service management and IT governance ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 46/SC 11 Archives/records management ISO
ISO/TC 68 Financial services ISO
ISO/TC 176 Quality management and quality assurance ISO
ISO/TC 176/SC 1 Concepts and terminology ISO
ISO/TC 207 Environmental management ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 1 Environmental management systems ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 2 Environmental auditing and related practices ISO
ISO/TC 224 Drinking water, wastewater and stormwater systems and services ISO
ISO/TC 258 Project, programme and portfolio management ISO
ISO/TC 260 Human resource management ISO
ISO/TC 262 Risk management ISO
ISO/TC 283 Occupational health and safety management ISO
ISO/TC 286 Collaborative business relationship management ISO
ISO/TC 301 Energy management and energy savings ISO
ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies ISO
ISO/TC 322 Sustainable finance ISO
ISO/TC 324 Sharing economy ISO
ISO/PC 337 Guidelines for the promotion and implementation of gender equality ISO

 

Liaison Committees from ISO/TC 309

ISO/TC 309 can access the documents of the committees below:

Reference Title ISO/IEC
ISO/CASCO Committee on conformity assessment ISO
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 27 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 40 IT service management and IT governance ISO/IEC
ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 42 Artificial intelligence ISO/IEC
ISO/TC 46/SC 11 Archives/records management ISO
ISO/TC 176 Quality management and quality assurance ISO
ISO/TC 207 Environmental management ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 1 Environmental management systems ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 2 Environmental auditing and related practices ISO
ISO/TC 207/SC 7 Greenhouse gas and climate change management and related activities ISO
ISO/TC 224 Drinking water, wastewater and stormwater systems and services ISO
ISO/TC 251 Asset management ISO
ISO/TC 258 Project, programme and portfolio management ISO
ISO/TC 260 Human resource management ISO
ISO/TC 262 Risk management ISO
ISO/TC 268 Sustainable cities and communities ISO
ISO/TC 283 Occupational health and safety management ISO
ISO/TC 286 Collaborative business relationship management ISO
ISO/TC 292 Security and resilience ISO
ISO/TC 307 Blockchain and distributed ledger technologies ISO
ISO/TC 314 Ageing societies ISO
ISO/TC 322 Sustainable finance ISO
ISO/PC 337 Guidelines for the promotion and implementation of gender equality ISO
ISO/PC 343 Sustainable development goals management ISO

 

Organizations in liaison (Category A and B)
Acronym Title Category
ACCA Association of Chartered Certified Accountants A
ACi_ Association of Corporate Investigators A
EBRD European Bank for Reconstruction and Development A
ECI Ethics & Compliance Initiative A
ecoDa European Confederation of Directors Association A
ETUC European Trade Union Confederation A
FIEC European Construction Industry Federation A
Govern for Impact International Policy Governance Association A
IBE Institute of Business Ethics A
ICDPASO International Commercial Dispute Prevention and Settlement Organization A
ICGN International Corporate Governance Network A
IFC International Finance Corporation A
IFCA International Federation of Compliance Associations A
IIA The Institute of Internal Auditors A
IIOA Independent International Organisation for Assurance A
IIRC International Integrated Reporting Council A
IRM The Institute of Risk Management A
OAS Organization of American States A
OECD Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, OECD A
RIMS The Risk Management Society A
SVI Social Value International A
The CQI The Chartered Quality Institute A
Transparency International Transparency International A
UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development A
WBCSD World Business Council for Sustainable Development A
WFEO World Federation of Engineering Organizations A
WIN Worldwide independent network A

Organizations in liaison (Category C)

C liaisons participate at the level of a Working Group

Acronym Title Category
IFAC International Federation of Accountants C
Date Month Location TC/SC Note
3-8 November 2024 Shen Zhen Shi (China) ISO/TC 309  

* Information definite but meeting not yet formally convened
** Provisional

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