ISO Standards ISO not an acronym but a

ISO Standards

ISO (not an acronym but a nickname) International Organization for Standardization derived from the Greek isos, meaning equal independent, non-governmental organization world’s largest developer of voluntary International Standards develops and publish International Standards February 1947 officially began operations published more than 19, 500 International Standards Central Secretariat in Geneva, Switzerland Members: 163 countries & 3, 368 technical bodies for standard development

Standards a document that provides requirements, specifications, guidelines or characteristics that can be used consistently to ensure that materials, products, processes and services are fit for their purpose

Popular standards ISO ISO ISO 9000 Quality management 14000 Environmental management 3166 Country codes 26000 Social responsibility 50001 Energy management 31000 Risk management 22000 Food safety management 4217 Currency codes 639 Language codes

ISO 9000 Quality Management: Key Concepts is a comprehensive set of rules— a business system that can cause the way your organization runs to profoundly change, almost always for the better the goal of the Standard is customer satisfaction. Its scope is universal implemented because of customer pressure. Others, to improve their operations ISO 9000 works. Not overnight, and not without pain. It’s no panacea, but it works

ISO 9000 registration improves customer confidence, provides access to markets, improves competitive standing, and reduces supplier quality assurance program costs maintain access to key customers, improve performance, and achieve a new level of international credibility

ISO 14000 Environmental Management: Key Concepts provides practical tools for companies and organizations looking to identify and control their environmental impact and constantly improve their environmental performance Benefits: ◦Reduced cost of waste management ◦Savings in consumption of energy and materials ◦Lower distribution costs ◦Improved corporate image among regulators, customers and the public

ISO 3166 Country codes: Key Concepts first published in 1974 International Standard for country codes and codes for their subdivisions establish internationally recognized codes for the representation of names of countries, territories or areas of geographical interest, and their subdivisions ISO 3166 -1: standards for coding country names ISO 3166 -2: establishes codes for the names of the principal subdivisions (e. g provinces or states) of all countries coded in ISO 3166 -1

ISO 22000 - Food safety management: Key Concepts addresses food safety management help organizations identify and control food safety hazards maps out what an organization needs to do to demonstrate its ability to control food safety hazards in order to ensure that food is safe

ISO 26000 - Social responsibility: Key Concepts provides guidance on how businesses and organizations can operate in a socially responsible way cannot be certified to unlike some other wellknown ISO standards helps businesses and organizations translate principles into effective actions and shares best practices relating to social responsibility, globally

ISO 50001 - Energy management: Key Concepts based on the management system model of continual improvement supports organizations in all sectors to use energy more efficiently, through the development of an energy management system (En. MS) Certification is possible but not obligatory

ISO 31000 - Risk management: Key Concepts provides principles, framework and a process for managing risk help organizations increase the likelihood of achieving objectives, improve the identification of opportunities and threats and effectively allocate and use resources for risk treatment. cannot be used for certification purposes, but does provide guidance for internal or external audit programmes

Currency codes - ISO 4217: Key Concepts International Standard for currency codes establish internationally recognized codes for the representation of currencies Currencies can be represented in the code in two ways: a three-letter alphabetic code (USD – D for Dollar) and a three-digit numeric code (useful when currency codes need to be understood in countries that do not use Latin scripts and for computerised systems)

Language codes - ISO 639: Key Concepts the International Standard for language codes establish internationally recognized codes (either 2, 3, or 4 letters long) for the representation of languages or language families Ex. ◦Armenian is represented by hy (from the endonym Hayeren) ◦Dutch is represented by nl (from the endonym Nederlands) ◦English is represented by en