This International Standard is designed to authorize communities and to build on local initiatives. It targets environmental, social and economic issues, including improved community services and socio-economic benefits, as well as supporting clear purposes for sustainable development in communities and encouraging sound planning systems to achieve them.
This International Standard focuses on communities as stepping stones towards sustainability of society as a whole. Although each community has values and interests of its own, all communities can derive mutual benefits from agreeing upon ownership of shared values and objectives without exonerating individual actors from their respective responsibilities. This can be achieved only if the community applies a long-term view on planning, while respecting the Earth's overall capacity and the needs of current and future generations, including the capability and resources to provide resilience.
ISO 37101 certification has been developed to help city leaders set and achieve their city's sustainable development agenda. It sets out requirements and guidance to help create a sustainable future for communities with the support of methods and tools including smartness and resilience.
