We are writing to you to convey our strong opposition to a proposal for ISO to create a new Technical Committee on Social Responsibility...

This far-reaching proposal, which ISO members will vote on by 10 October 2017, would likely create a lot of work and output... This is unlikely to make a positive contribution to the field of human and labour rights and, instead, it risks creating divergence with existing standards and absorbing resources away from current implementation efforts.

From an organisation perspective, [ISO's] model and membership is not appropriate for addressing larger social issues, including on human rights, which require truly representative processes that can balance the competing interests of different stakeholders...

From a substance point of view, there is [also] big concern that this proposed Technical Committee would undermine and create divergence of universally-accepted and carefully-negotiated standards and approaches on social issues...