Sustainable Cities And Communities

Sustainable Cities And Communities

Case studies, Research and Supporting Materials associated with the Sustainable Cities And Communities Sustainable Development Goal.

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Research
Supporting Material

Case Studies (19 items)

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Labelling scheme allows companies to demonstrate water efficiency of products

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

MSPO certification scheme provides numerous benefits to certificate holders

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Energy management system certification helps businesses improve energy performance in China

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Scottish Water uses ISO 55001 certification to manage physical assets efficiently and boost customer service levels

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Downer gains 47% operational cost saving from implementation of IS0 55001

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Gerfor achieves savings of over 5 million dollars annually, with the use of 200 technical standards and management systems

Accreditation enables TPK – ZAVOD d.d. to expand into Europe

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Accredited testing of power cables supports reduction of transmission loss

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Accreditation: Putting safety and interoperability on the right track

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Cable manufacturer saves R1.5 million per year

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Welding wire and manufacturing plant cuts energy consumption by 22%

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Standards have a positive impact of 4.96% on EBIT for brick company

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Standards contribute between 1.1% and 2.8% of EBIT

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Standards contribute ZAR 147.5 million (USD 19.8 million) annually for cement producer

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Businesses earn reduced environmental levies recognition through accredited certification of ISO 14001

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

ISO 50001 saves cement plant in Canada $2,071,309

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

ISO 50001 payback in less than 2 months for cement business

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Arabian Cement Company saves $8.74m from ISO 50001

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Accredited Waste Management Scheme generates £17m saving

Research (23 items)

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Accreditation and certifications. Economic value and social benefits

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

World Bank Group Infographic

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

European Metrology Research Programmes boost sales of 1,627 million Euro

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Standards influence economic growth (2018)

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

ISO 14001 delivers positive results (Australia 2012)

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Investment in ISO/IEC 17020 and its impact in Latin America (August 2018)

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Symbola report identifies environment management systems to be a competitive accelerator

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

The Economic Value of Accreditation in Australia (April 2018)

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

The Correlation between the number of accredited laboratories and domestic GDP (January 2017)

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

ISO 14001 certification provides critical positive impact on many dimensions of operational performance.

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

ISO 14001 reduces waste and improves environmental performance in US manufacturing organisations

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Positive impact of integrated management system certification for Portuguese SME’s

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Austrian ISO 14001 certified organisations demonstrated improved environmental performance

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Comprehensive literature review of 82 scientific studies shows clear benefits of ISO 9001 and ISO 14001

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Environmental Management Systems Certification improves performance according to US Managers

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Australian firms enhance environmental performance and social and market positioning with ISO 14001 certification

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Harvard Business School confirms ISO 9001 US certified companies out-perform similar non-certified ones

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Spanish companies improve customer relationships with ISO 9001 certification

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

ISO 9001 certification supports success for Spanish construction companies

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Management Standards certification improve the sustainability performance of Chinese manufacturing firms

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

The value of ISO 14001 in Australia and New Zealand

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

The value of ISO 9001 for businesses

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Supporting Material (7 items)

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Ensuring Quality to Gain Access to Global Markets : A Reform Toolkit (the World Bank)

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Guide for the Use of Standards and Accreditation in public procurement

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Inter-governmental agency promotes use of quality infrastructure to make renewable energy investment decisions

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Directory of accredited Conformity Assessment Bodies in West Africa (August 2017)

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

ISO Economic Benefits of Standards

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

Standards for SMEs

Accreditation plays a significant role in facilitating trade, employment and GDP

What ISO standards can do for you as an SME

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