Better Environmental Sustainability Targets (BEST) Resources

The BEST Standard

• BEST Standard 1001.

• BEST Audit Protocol

• BEST Implementation Guidance

Supporting Documentation

• Secretariat of the Basel Convention, Technical Guideline for the Environmental Sound Management of Waste Lead-Acid Batteries, 2003. (63 pages)

• Secretariat of the Basel Convention, Training Manual for the Preparation of National Used Lead Acid Batteries Environmentally Sound Management plans in the Context of the Implementation of the Basel Convention. 2004 (172 pages)

• India Lead Zinc Development Association, Recommendation & Suggestions, - The Karnataka Model , December 2002.

• International Social and Environmental Accreditation and Labelling Alliance Secretariat, Code of Good Practices for Setting Social and Environmental Standards, January, 2006.

• Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001.

• Government of India, Ministry of Environment and Forest, Rajagopalan, V. Recent Indian Policy Initiative in Lead Battery Scrap Management and their Impact on the Domestic Demand-Supply Gap of Lead .

Development of the BEST Standard

• OK International: Terms of Reference for Better Environmental Sustainability Targets (BEST) for Lead Battery Manufacturers , 2007.

• OK International, Table II: Summary of Lead Regulatory Levels and Proposed Standards (March 2006) .

• OK international, Questions and Answers on the Environmental Certification of Lead Battery Manufactures , 2008.

• OK international, List of BEST Stakeholder Meeting Participants .

• Response to Public Comments Received on the draft BEST Standard (dated June 22, 2007)

• Response to Public Comments Received on the draft BEST Standard (dated March 15, 2007)

• OK Environment, Standard Setting Work Program (June 1, 2009)