ISO and UNDP launch ISO/UNDP 53001:2026 to audit business contribution to the SDGs

The 36-page standard is voluntary and does not replace the CSRD or the Green Taxonomy. Its real value depends on whether companies use it to reallocate capital or to add another certificate to the corporate website.
ISO and UNDP have published the ISO ODS ISO/UNDP 53001:2026 standard, the first management systems standard that obliges organizations to integrate the Sustainable Development Goals into their operations and audit their real impact.

What the ISO SDG standard requires: from alignment to impact management
The official presentation took place on September 28 at the ISO Annual Meeting held in Paris, and the document was published that same month, in September 2026. This is the first edition of a 36-page standard, generic in nature and applicable to organizations of any size, activity or sector, according to the text released by the two institutions. The starting point of the document is uncomfortable for a large part of the market: identifying which SDGs a company is aligned with is no longer enough.

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