IMS Alerts e-newsletter, Vol.1 No.6, September 2005
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Standards for a safer world 36th World Standards Day 14 October 2005
Each year on 14 October, the members of ISO, IEC and ITU celebrate World Standards Day, which is a means of paying tribute to the collaborative efforts of the thousands of experts worldwide who develop the voluntary technical agreements that are published as international standards.
International Standards accommodate people's desire to live in a safer, more secure world by providing a valuable safety net. "Standards for a safer world" is the theme of the message signed by the leaders of the three principal international standardization organizations to mark World Standards Day 2005.
"Standards developed at the international level through ISO, IEC, and ITU are available for use at the national and regional levels to meet the needs of society at large, the market and government regulators," the three leaders point out. They see standards as vital in disseminating best practices and new technologies, while avoiding new barriers to trade that national security and safety regulations may create.
See ISO's press release on World Standards Day 2005 in full.
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How companies can achieve business value through accountability and transparency
The Director of the World Business Council for Sustainable Development shares the essentials of a new report, developed by a team led by Travis Engen, President and CEO of Alcan, and Samuel Dipiazza, CEO of PricewaterhouseCoopers, that sheds strategic light on the hot business topics of accountability and transparency. Read the full article in the September-October issue of ISO Management Systems magazine.
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IMS Alerts tip n°9!
How to make ISO's business your business
Probably you know that ISO technical committee ISO/TC 176 is responsible for the ISO 9000 standards and ISO/TC 207 for the ISO 14000 family. But did you know that there 190 such ISO technical committees developing standards for just about every sector of business - including yours? Find out more by consulting the business plans of ISO's technical committees. These contain a wealth of information about the committee's sectors of activity and their standards-development programmes to meet the requirements of these sectors.
And that's not all. The business plans are posted for public review. If you have a comment, complaint or contribution to offer you can do so via the e-mail link provided directly to the secretariat of the committee concerned.
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And that's not all. The business plans are posted for public review. If you have a comment, complaint or contribution to offer you can do so via the e-mail link provided directly to the secretariat of the committee concerned.
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