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ISO Management Systems
March - April 2008

Oil and Gas

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Quality for the oil and gas sector

New, improved edition of ISO/TS 29001

As well as describing what’s new about the 2007 version of ISO/TS 29001, the quality system requirement for the oil and gas sector, this feature looks at the roll-out of ISO/TS 29001 in the industry since it was launched in 2003. The article also covers the system now in place for providing third-party certification to ISO/TS 29001, along with an estimate of the number of certificates issued to date.

Viewpoint

The confluence of small business, succession and sustainability
Lynn Johannson, a Canadian expert representing the interests of SMEs in ISO/TC 207, Environmental management, points out that globally, the ownership of small business is about to experience incredible shifts as the current generation of owners retire and predicts that this is going to be a test of a country’s ability to evolve towards sustainability.  

ISO Insider

• Integrated use of management system standards
• All ISO standards for food safety management systems included on one CD
• Towards a new framework for eco-efficiency
• ISO publishes international benchmark for incident preparedness and operational continuity management
• ISO standards highlighted at Bali conference as essential to voluntary and regulatory efforts to fight climate change
• Consumers, manufacturers, regulators and many others may benefit from free new brochure on ISO/IEC guides
• New ISO standards to improve quality of water services to consumers

International

• China powerhouse embraces ISO 14001 certification
  China pioneered ISO 14001 implementation as a pilot project in 1996, before the actual publication of the international standard. From this head start, the country was ranked 2nd in the world ISO 14001 league table by end 2006, and has well over 30 000 certified organizations to date.
• ISO 9001:2000 – an instrument for corporate governance
• Asian Development Bank HQ reduces environmental footprint through ISO 14001  

Standards for services

• KATS develops standards for 30 Korean service sectors
  With the service sector accounting for approximately 57 % of Korea’s gross domestic product, the Korean Agency for Technology and Standards (KATS) has put a major effort into developing consumer-oriented service standards.