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The document ISO 26000:2010 needs to be purchased. Here you find sources and prices. Thanks go to Bart Slob and his LinkedIn Group on ISO 26000, who collected this data, see the original Excel sheet at http://www.scribd.com/doc/51062761/2011-12-ISO-26000-prices, and his permission to reproduce them here.
Rather than paying up to €171 to ANSI (USA) or €157 to ISO, you can buy the English version as the South African national standard SANS 26000, which is identical to ISO 26000:2010, from the South African Bureau of Standards (SABS) for only €30.
INTECO in Costa Rica offers the official Spanish version at the bargain price of only €31.
The "cheapest" French version is available as NF ISO 26000 at AFNOR for €121.
It seems to be worthwhile mentioning here that ISO Council was approached twice by the working group ISO 26000 (WG SR) with the request to make the guidance standard available for free or at least for printing and shipping costs only. This was twice denied because ISO didn't want to make a specific exception from its pricing policy for a standard on "social responsibility". On the one hand, this policy can be understood, on the other hand the decision is a lost opportunity to promote the use of ISO 26000 globally.
Adam Greene, representative of IOE (the International Organization of Employers) and chairman of the ISG (Industry Stakeholder Group of the ISO 26000 project) has summarized in a perfect way the three main reasons why ISO is well advised to reconsider its pricing policy, as contribution to the LinkedIn discussion in November 2012:
“There are three main reasons to put ISO 26000 in the public domain:
> The first is that it stands alone as the only international resource on SR that must be purchased - ALL the rest (OECD, UN, GRI, GSCP, etc.) are publicly available.
> The second is that the vast majority of the substantive content of ISO 26000 is drawn from authoritative inter-governmental documents (UN conventions, declarations, etc.) that are all publicly available - so ISO 26000 uses text drawn from public sources and then copyrights it. Indeed, UN and other governments can't (or shouldn't) even promote ISO 26000 since it is a private product for sale.
> And third, ISO's business model is based on commercial standards where the users have a commercial interest in both developing and using the standard, so selling the output makes sense. That is not the case with ISO 26000, which is why ISO's normal pricing model has become a serious barrier to widespread dissemination and use of the guidance.
You find the addresses of ISO member bodies (column 2 in this table) at http://www.iso.org/iso/home/about/iso_members.htm?membertype=membertype_MB. There you click on e.g. SABS if you want to see the details of the South African Bureau of Standards including the source of purchasing ISO 26000.
It should be mentioned that so-called “national implementations” of ISO 26000 (like “UNI ISO 26000:2010” in Italy) are in substance identical with the ISO document.
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Country
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Standards body / organization
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Language
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Price (excl. VAT)
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US dollars
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Euros
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Standard number
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Argentina
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IRAM
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Spanish
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ARS 418
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USD 97
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EUR 75
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IRAM-ISO 26000
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Austria
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ONR
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German
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EUR 93
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USD 121
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EUR 93
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ONR ISO 26000
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Austria
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ONR
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English
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EUR 93
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USD 121
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EUR 93
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ISO 26000:2010
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Belgium
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NBN
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Dutch
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EUR 130
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USD 169
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EUR 130
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NBN ISO 26000 NL : 2011
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Belgium
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NBN
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French
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EUR 130
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USD 169
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EUR 130
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NBN ISO 26000 : 2011
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Brazil
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ABNT
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Portuguese
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BRL 196
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USD 106
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EUR 81
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ABNT NBR ISO 26000:2010
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Canada
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SSC
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English
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CAD 231
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USD 223
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EUR 171
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ISO 26000:2010
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Chile
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INN
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Spanish
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CLP 49.500
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USD 94
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EUR 74
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NCh-ISO 26000:2010
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Costa Rica
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INTECO
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Spanish
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CRC 20.500
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USD 41
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EUR 31
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INTE-ISO 26000:2010
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Denmark
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DS
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English
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DKK 780
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USD 137
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EUR 105
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DS/ISO 26000:2010
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Finland
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SFS
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Finnish
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EUR 120
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USD 156
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EUR 120
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SFS-ISO 26000
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Finland
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SFS
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English
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EUR 169
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USD 220
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EUR 169
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ISO 26000:2010
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France
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AFNOR
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French
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EUR 121
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USD 157
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EUR 121
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NF ISO 26000
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Germany
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DIN
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German
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EUR 119
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USD 155
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EUR 119
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DIN ISO 26000
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Germany
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DIN
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English
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EUR 149
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USD 194
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EUR 149
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DIN ISO 26000
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Ireland
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NSAI
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English
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EUR 80
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USD 104
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EUR 80
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I.S. ISO 26000
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Italy
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UNI
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English
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EUR 91
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USD 119
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EUR 91
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UNI ISO 26000:2010
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Italy
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UNI
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Italian
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EUR 109
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USD 141
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EUR 109
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UNI ISO 26000:2010
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Netherlands
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NEN
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English
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EUR 119
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USD 155
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EUR 119
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NEN-ISO 26000:2010 en
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Netherlands
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NEN
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Dutch
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EUR 139
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USD 181
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EUR 139
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NEN-ISO 26000:2010 nl
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Norway
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SN
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English
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NOK 900
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USD 151
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EUR 116
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NS-ISO 26000.2010
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Norway
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SN
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Norwegian
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NOK 1.043
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USD 175
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EUR 134
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NS-ISO 26000.2010
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South Africa
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SABS
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English
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ZAR 324
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USD 39
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EUR 30
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SANS 26000:2010
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South Africa
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SABS
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English
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ZAR 1.076
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USD 129
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EUR 99
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ISO 26000:2010
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Sweden
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SIS
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Swedish
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SEK 1.255
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USD 182
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EUR 140
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SS-ISO 26000:2010
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Switzerland
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ISO
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English
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CHF 192,00
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USD 205
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EUR 157
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ISO 26000:2010
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Switzerland
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ISO
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French
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CHF 192,00
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USD 205
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EUR 157
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ISO 26000:2010
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Switzerland
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ISO
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Spanish
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CHF 192,00
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USD 205
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EUR 157
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ISO 26000:2010
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Turkey
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TSE
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English
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TRY 294,00
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USD 156
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EUR 120
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ISO 26000:2010
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UK
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BSI
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English
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GBP 100
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USD 155
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EUR 119
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BS ISO 26000:2010
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USA
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ASQ
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English
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USD 169
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USD 169
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EUR 130
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ASQ/ANSI/ISO 26000-2010
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USA
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ANSI
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English
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USD 223
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USD 223
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EUR 171
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ISO 26000:2010
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USA
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ANSI
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French
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USD 223
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USD 223
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EUR 171
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ISO 26000:2010 [F]
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