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 Jessica Navarria
  • 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 15 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
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
16
Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions
8

Published ISO standards *

8

ISO standards under development *

60
Participating members
26
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

 

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 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 Shenzhen (China) ISO/TC 309 *

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

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