ISO Focus 2008
June
Mechanical innovation
June’s ISO Focus explores the field of mechanical innovations and international standardization. It gives an insight into the latest developments of some of the oldest established ISO committees and spotlights some of the newest.
May
A new universe of services
The issue provides an overview of the latest developments on standardization for personal services (e.g. financial planning), public services (e.g. supply of drinking water), and marketing services (e.g. market, opinion and social research).
April
Information and document management
The April issue of ISO Focus concentrates on how international standards facilitate information and document management in all areas – from presentation to classification, contextualization, management and preservation of information.
March
Conformity assessment
This issue of ISO Focus takes a close look at conformity assessment – the process of verifying compliance with international standards. The issue explores all facets of conformity, including testing, surveillance, inspection, auditing, certification, registration and accreditation.
February
Action on climate change
Climate change is one of the most critical global challenges of our time. Recent environmental crises have increasingly exposed our growing vulnerability to this phenomenon, and we know that the time to act is now. ISO has therefore developed a portfolio of tools to help tackle this problem.
January
Office and home conforts
What difference would it make if you worked in a cropped, noisy, stuffy office, rather than a modern friendly, easily accessible room? Office and home equipment and environments are crucial elements that encourage, motivate and inspire individuals and teams, thus fueling efficiency, improving productivity or harmonizing a home.
Views from the top
A compilation of interviews that offers insights into the minds of the world's top CEOs.
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CEO's speak out
The latest interviews with the world's top CEOs that have shared their views in ISO Focus :
- Mrs. Chen Lifen, Chairman of the Board of Jiangsu Sunshine Group, Ltd.
- Dr. Siegfried Dais, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Management of Robert Bosch GmbH
- Antoine Frérot, Chief Executive Officer, Veolia Water and Vice President of VE
- Sergio Giacoletto, Executive Vice President of Oracle Corporation, Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA)
- Pierre Delayen, Vice President of Corporate Environment, Health and Safety (EHS) at Saint-Gobain
- Achim Steiner, Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)
- Henry Jarlsson, CEO of Kinnarps, Sweden
- Katarina Lindström, Senior Vice-President, Head of Manufacturing in Volvo Powertrain and Chairman of the Manufacturing, Key Technology Committee
- Song Mingshun, Winner of the ISO Award for Higher Education in standardization, China Jiliang University
- Michel Danet, Secretary-General, World Customs Organization (WCO)
- Doris Leuthard, Swiss Minister of Economy