Azerbaijan adopts new state standard for "green business management systems"

The AzerbaijanStandardization Institute (AZSTAND) under the State Service forAntimonopoly and Consumer Market Control under the Ministry ofEconomy has adopted a new state standard, AZS 962:2024, "greenbusiness management systems," reports. The new state standard includes features of minimizing thenegative impact of enterprises and organizations on theenvironment, rational use of resources, and environmentalresponsibility. Moreover, the relevant standard will stimulate the introductionof such basic principles as environmental financial management,sustainable supply chain, environmental sustainability, andenvironmental innovation in the management systems oforganizations.

The aforesaid state standard was discussed in the technicalcommittees on standardization "Conformity Assessment" (AZSTAND/TK08) and "Ecology" (AZSTAND/TK 09) within the framework of the draftstandard presented by the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) andwas adopted by general agreement and submitted to the institute forapproval..