标准2025BSI(商业标准公司)发布了《BS ISO 37101:2016，城市可持续发展—可持续发展的管理体系—要求及使用指南》。
这个世界日新月异，对很多城市领导者来说，工作的重中之重是确保城市和社区适合于未来。对此，他们需要考虑的问题有：提供可持续能源供应、解决环境和气候变化等问题、建设且维护耐用持久的基础设施以及满足市民的需求与期待。BS ISO 3701的制定是为了帮助城市领导者设立其城市的可持续发展计划。
英国已经以BS 8904:2011社区可持续发展指南的形式制定了类似的指南。此项标准适用于当地的基层组织，为BS ISO 37101的制定做出贡献。
国际标准提出的要求和指南旨在借助包括智慧和恢复力在内的各种方法和工具实现可持续发展。它能够帮助城市在以下许多领域有所提升：
- 形成全局综合的方法而不是单干（单干会阻碍可持续发展）
- 促进社会和环境变化
- 改善卫生和福利
- 鼓励可靠的资源利用以及实现更优的管理
BSI可持续性与服务市场开发部负责人David Fatsche表示：“随着社会发展以及社区内人口密度增大，我们需要在这些城市的可持续发展上思考更多。一个城市面临的并不仅仅是人口规模的问题，也有经济、社会和环境的问题。之前的指南使得个人有能力从本地控制社区，通过改善社会经济机会来保护当地环境。不过，这一国际标准的视野更广阔。城市领导者能够在任何影响社区的决定中处于最前沿，并得到所需的指南来实现改变，以通过多种形式惠及环境。”
BS ISO 37101最初是由法国国家标准机构（AFNOR）提出，反映了建设和服务行业的利益。按照通常合作的国际标准化做法，每个国家向其国家代表提交自己的意见，代表将意见交由国家化标准组织委员会审议。全球城市指标设施和联合国环境计划署建立了外展与联络服务，包括国际标准化组织关于城市指标和智能基础设施的协调工作。
其他参与BS ISO 37101标准制定的国家有：奥地利、加拿大、中国、丹麦、法国、德国、日本、墨西哥、荷兰、俄罗斯、瑞典、斯里兰卡和美国。
BS ISO 37101能够帮助城市最高领导人、可持续发展官员、智能城市管理者、法规管理者、政策顾问、非政府组织工作人员及顾问为城市的长期可持续发展议程做出规划。
Sustainable development of communities standard is published
BSI, the business standards company has published BS ISO 37101:2016, Sustainable development in communities — Management system for sustainable development — Requirements with guidance for use.
In a fast-changing world, ensuring cities and communities are fit for the future is a key priority for many city leaders. Providing sustainable energy supplies, coping with environmental and climate changes, building and maintaining durable infrastructures and meeting the needs and expectations of citizens are just some of the considerations to be made. BS ISO 3701 has been developed to help city leaders set their city's sustainable development agenda.
The UK has already developed similar guidance in the shape of BS 8904:2011 Guidance for community sustainable development which is suited to local grass roots organizations, with this standard contributing towards the development of BS ISO 37101.
The international standard sets out requirements and guidance to attain sustainability with the support of methods and tools including smartness and resilience. It can help communities improve in a number of areas such as:
•Developing holistic and integrated approaches instead of working in silos (which can hinder sustainability)
•Fostering social and environmental changes
•Improving health and wellbeing
•Encouraging responsible resource use and achieving better governance
David Fatscher Head of Market Development for Sustainability and Services at BSI said: “As societies grow and populations within a community increase in density, more thought has to be put into the sustainable development of those communities. This is not just about population size but also the economic, social and environmental issues that a community faces. Whilst previous guidance has enabled individuals to take control of their communities locally, from improving social and economic opportunities to protecting the local environment, this international standard takes a broader view. City leaders can be at the forefront of any decisions that impact their communities and now have the guidance they need to implement changes to benefit their environment in multiple ways.”
BS ISO 37101 was first proposed by the French National Standards Body, Afnor to reflect the interests of the construction and services industries. In accordance with the normal collaborative ISO practices, each country submitted their comments to their country representative for consideration by the ISO committee. Outreach and liaison was established with the Global City Indicators Facility and the United Nations Environment Programme. This included harmonizing work being done in ISO on city indicators and smart infrastructure.
Some of the other countries involved in the development of BS ISO 37101 include: Austria, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Russia, Sweden, Sri Lanka and USA.
BS ISO 37101 will be able to help city CEOs, sustainability officers, smart city managers and compliance managers, policy advisors, NGOs and consultants plan their city’s long term sustainability agenda.