The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by world leaders at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on 25 September 2015, is a broad and ambitious plan of action. At its core are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets with the overarching objective of leaving no one behind.
Check the World Accreditation Day 2021 brochure here: https://ilac.org/?ddownload=123742 The 2030 Agenda, articulated across 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which bring together economic, social and environmental dimensions, includes the three key pillars: people, prosperity and planet.
Accreditation, in collaboration with other quality infrastructure institutions including metrology, standardization, conformity assessment and market surveillance, provides the technical foundations that are critical to the functioning of developed and developing societies. It is an enabler for industrial development, trade competitiveness in global markets, efficient use of natural and human resources, food safety, health and environmental protection.
The positive impact of accreditation is therefore clearly aligned with the pillars of People, Prosperity and Planet, and provides policymakers, businesses and other stakeholders with the solutions to implement, measure and monitor many of the objectives and targets contained in the SDGs, and the support to achieve them.
Protecting the planet (SDGs 6,12,13,14 and 15) - This pillar of the SDGs addresses the protection of the natural world. Trade and consumerism have an impact on the environment, through the use of limited natural resources, pollution, and waste. This is impacting the climate, the sustainability of scarce natural resources, and pollution of air, land and oceans. Accreditation underpins environmental performance by reducing contamination & greenhouse gases and controlling waste & pollution.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by world leaders at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on 25 September 2015, is a broad and ambitious plan of action. At its core are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets with the overarching objective of leaving no one behind.
Check the World Accreditation Day 2021 brochure here: https://ilac.org/?ddownload=123742 The 2030 Agenda, articulated across 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which bring together economic, social and environmental dimensions, includes the three key pillars: people, prosperity and planet.
Accreditation, in collaboration with other quality infrastructure institutions including metrology, standardization, conformity assessment and market surveillance, provides the technical foundations that are critical to the functioning of developed and developing societies. It is an enabler for industrial development, trade competitiveness in global markets, efficient use of natural and human resources, food safety, health and environmental protection.
The positive impact of accreditation is therefore clearly aligned with the pillars of People, Prosperity and Planet, and provides policymakers, businesses and other stakeholders with the solutions to implement, measure and monitor many of the objectives and targets contained in the SDGs, and the support to achieve them.
Meeting the needs of people (SDGs 1,2,3,4 and 5) - This group of SDGs is centered on improving wellbeing. These goals focus on addressing hunger, reducing inequalities, and providing access to good health. Accreditation supports the needs of people as it verifies that products are safe, and quality expectations are met. Accredited measurement ensures that consumers are protected, while health and social care systems are delivered by competent professionals.
The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, adopted by world leaders at the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on 25 September 2015, is a broad and ambitious plan of action. At its core are 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and 169 targets with the overarching objective of leaving no one behind.
Check the World Accreditation Day 2021 brochure here: https://ilac.org/?ddownload=123742 The 2030 Agenda, articulated across 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) which bring together economic, social and environmental dimensions, includes the three key pillars: people, prosperity and planet.
Accreditation, in collaboration with other quality infrastructure institutions including metrology, standardization, conformity assessment and market surveillance, provides the technical foundations that are critical to the functioning of developed and developing societies. It is an enabler for industrial development, trade competitiveness in global markets, efficient use of natural and human resources, food safety, health and environmental protection.
The positive impact of accreditation is therefore clearly aligned with the pillars of People, Prosperity and Planet, and provides policymakers, businesses and other stakeholders with the solutions to implement, measure and monitor many of the objectives and targets contained in the SDGs, and the support to achieve them.
Building prosperity (SDGs 7,8,9,10 and 11) - This pillar of the SDGs relates to industry, innovation and infrastructure, decent work and economic growth.
Accreditation creates competitive domestic markets, as well as facilitating trade for both importers and exporters through the removal of technical barriers. Economic development, a key driver of building prosperity, is linked to domestic and cross-border trade. The need to meet regulatory requirements, national standards, trading partner requirements and consumer needs can be demonstrated through reliable accredited conformity assessment.
World Accreditation Day 2020 highlights the role of accreditation in improving food safety. Building on World Accreditation Day 2019, which highlighted the role of accreditation in adding value to supply chains, the 2020 World Accreditation Day spotlights accreditation’s role in improving food safety. Applied to the food sector, accreditation helps improve food safety. It does this across the whole of the food supply chain from farm to fork, through food production, processing and packaging, storage and transportation, to retail and catering, helping build layers of assurance in the supply chain.
World Accreditation Day 2020 with the theme of Accreditation Improving Food Safety sets out to illustrate how in just the one area, food safety, accreditation contributes to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular Good Health and Well-Being (SDG 3). World Accreditation Day 2020 comes just two days after the second ever World Food Safety Day, which aims to highlight the need for safe food. Through accreditation bodies and subsequently accredited certification bodies, inspection bodies and laboratories, the conformity assessment community continuously strives to help deliver safer food.
For further details, contact your local accreditation body. http://www.iaf.nu//articles/IAF_MEMBE… and https://ilac.org/ilac-membership/ Further case studies, research and support material is available at http://www.publicsectorassurance.org/ topic-areas/health-safety/
Standards, accreditation and conformity assessment are market-based tools that can be used by Government policy makers to deliver better regulation, environmental protection, public safety, fraud prevention, fair markets and public trust. These tools are not as widely known and understood, or used, as they should be. However, there are many instances around the world where the public sector has embraced accredited conformity assessment as a means of delivering public policy objectives.
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