Standards play an important role in achieving sustainable development goals (SDGs). ISO has developed several standards families like ISO 14000 that relate to environmental management and reducing impacts. National standards bodies help develop domestic standards aligned with international ones. Standards ensure wastewater is treated according to drinking, irrigation and discharge quality levels. They provide guidance on sampling techniques and laboratory competence. The U4SSC KPIs use international smart city standards to measure sustainability progress. However, some challenges remain such as the lack of standards in all needed areas and difficulty getting communities to adhere to standards.

1. Standards for
achieving SDGs
PROF. HEMANTHI RANASINGHE
DEPARTMENT OF FORESTRY AND
ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE
UNIVERSITY OF SRI JAYEWARDENEPURA

2. Theme for World
Standards Day
October 14, 2021

3. What is a Standard?
• A means of determining what a thing should be
• Some examples:
• ISO
• SLS

4. Examples: SLS standards…

5. ISO Standards..
ISO 9001. By far the
most popular family
is that of ISO 9000.
...
ISO 14001. ISO
14000 is a family of
standards relating to
the environment. ...
ISO 27000. ... ISO/TS 16949. ...
ISO 22000. ... ISO 50001. ... ISO 13485. ... ISO 31000.

6. ISO 14000 series towards greater
environmental sustainability….
• ISO 14001 Environmental management systems - Requirements with
guidance for use
• ISO 14004 Environmental management systems - General guidelines on
implementation
• ISO 14005 Environmental management systems - Guidelines for a flexible
approach to phased implementation
• ISO 14006 Environmental management systems - Guidelines for
incorporating ecodesign
• ISO 14015 Environmental management - Environmental assessment of
sites and organizations (EASO)
• ISO 14020 to 14025 Environmental labels and declarations

7. • ISO/NP 14030 Green bonds -- Environmental performance of
nominated projects and assets; discusses post-production
environmental assessment
• ISO 14031 Environmental management - Environmental
performance evaluation – Guidelines
• ISO 14040 to 14049 Environmental management - Life cycle
assessment; discusses pre-production planning and
environment goal setting
• ISO 14050 Environmental management - Vocabulary; terms
and definitions

8. ISO/TR 14062 Environmental management - Integrating
environmental aspects into product design and development
ISO 14063 Environmental management - Environmental
communication - Guidelines and examples
ISO 14064 Greenhouse gases; measuring, quantifying, and
reducing greenhouse gas emissions
ISO 14090 Adaptation to climate change — Principles,
requirements and guidelines

9. Standards to check the performance of the
use of standards….
• SLAB as the national accreditation authority of the country is mandated
to promote accreditation activities and provide the necessary accreditation
services to facilitate conformity assessments in the provision of goods and
services for domestic and export markets.
• It covers accreditation of laboratories , certification and inspection bodies,
GHG validation/verification bodies, proficiency testing providers for various
ser vies to the industry and business community and to government and
consumer public.

10. Other regulations available…..

13. The evolution of the Sustainable
Development Goals….
Sustainable
Development
Goals (SDGs) -
2015
Millennium development Goals (MDGs) in 2000

14. “Transforming our
world: the 2030
Agenda for
Sustainable
Development”.
17 goals
169 targets
244 indicators
Adopted by 194 countries

15. List of the SDGs…

17. To realise SDGs require cooperation of many
including available tools (international, national
and local standards and conformity assessments
….
• I

18. SDG
SL Sustainable Vision 2030:
Strategies for Action
NDCs
Action plans
Action Plans Tools -
standards
Policie
s

19. Locally…..

20. The major Aspects in
Sustainable Development
CONSUMPTION
PRODUCTION

21. A measure of human
demand on the
Earth's ecosystems.
A standardized
measure of demand
for natural capital that
may be contrasted
with the planet's
ecological capacity to
regenerate.
Reduce your Ecological
Footprint

23. Main areas to concentrate on….
Energy conservation Water conservation GHG emissions
Solid waste
generation
(hazardous and non
hazardous) including
food wastes
Chemical
consumption
Built environment
Green cover
available to provide
ecosystem services
High quality of life for
all inhabitants

24. How standards help to achieve SDGs?

25. Example:
• Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
using a Constructed Wetland
System at Institutional Level
Country: Botswana

26. Strategy
• Improving water quality by
reducing pollution,
minimizing the release of
hazardous chemicals and
materials

27. • National standards based on international standards to treat
wastewater discharged to it.
• Effluent produced by the constructed wetland system is
assessed for quality in accordance with the national water
quality standards. These are the drinking water quality
specifications (BOS32: 2015), wastewater discharge
requirements (BOS 93: 2012) and the water quality for
irrigation specifications (BOS 463:2011).
• These standards were developed in Botswana by Botswana
Bureau of Standards.

28. The collection of samples from the wetland system is
carried out in accordance with water quality sampling
standards (BOS ISO 5667) which provide guidance
on sampling wastewaters, sampling techniques, sample
handling and preservation and guidance on the design of
sampling programmes.
Sampling, handling of samples in the field, their preservation
and transportation to the laboratory for testing are also
guided by the standard BOS ISO/IEC 17025 for the
Competence of Testing and Calibration Laboratories.

30. How to Measure the Smartness and
Sustainability of a City using International
Standards: The Case of Pully, Switzerland

32. • To check for inclusiveness, safe, resilient and
sustainability
• The U4SSC KPIs for Smart Sustainable Cities are
developed based on the international standards
“Recommendation ITU-T Y.4903/L.1603 on Key
Performance Indicators for smart sustainable cities to
assess the achievement of sustainable development
goals”

36. Ministry of Environment – GHG Inventory tool
for Cities

37. Locally…

38. UDA Planning guidelines ….

39. Challenges/Drawbacks
• Non availability of standards for all the possible aspects
• Non availability of Sri Lankan standards for all
• The need to adhere to standards not very eager within
communities
• Need ugrading of the standards
• Need to make more standards perhaps more local ones too