AA1000AP (A1000 AccountAbility Principles)
The AA1000AP (2018) can be used by organisations to develop internal approaches for sustainability issues identification and stakeholder engagement. AA1000AP consist of the following four principles:
- Inclusivity: How an organisation engages with stakeholders and involves them in organisational decision making
- Materiality: How an organisation identifies the issues relevant and significant to it and its stakeholders and includes these in its disclosures
- Responsiveness: How an organisation responds to stakeholder issues and feedback through decisions, actions, performance and communication
- Impact: How an organisation monitors and measures its actions and the impacts they have on stakeholders
AA1000AP is also linked to other standards from AccountAbility, such as the AA1000 Stakeholder Engagement Standard (AA1000SES) which is based on the above four principles. Similarly, the evaluation criteria of the AA1000 Assurance Standard (AA1000AS) also include the principles of AA1000AP.
See www.accountability.org for more details.
How AA1000AP is used in our services
We primarily use the AA1000AP’s Inclusivity, Materiality and Responsiveness principles and Impact as assessment criteria in our assurance engagements under AA1000AS or for our validation services. We also rely on the associated AA1000SES for our stakeholder engagement services.