Health matters - in all communities, all over the world. Access to health services, quality care and safe medical practices and equipment is important to people everywhere.

We have over 1200 standards that focus on health, in many sectors ranging from dentistry to medical devices, and health informatics to traditional medicines.

In this brochure you can find out more about these standards and how they help improve the quality of care, reduce health care costs and protect the health and safety of patients all over the world.

ISO safety standards protect the health and safety of people and communities; save lives and reduce injury, and protect children, the elderly and other vulnerable populations.

The energy challenge cuts across borders and requires the concerted effort of all countries. ISO International Standards are developed with all stakeholders on board: industry, government and consumers. They represent global consensus on practical technological solutions that can be implemented everywhere.

There are few industries more global than the automotive sector whose supply chains link suppliers large and small, worldwide. ISO International Standards allow this system to mesh efficiently and effectively.

This brochure presents a compilation of recent articles from ISO Focus+ magazine and of press releases showing the scale of ISO's rapid responsiveness to the needs of this important sector.

This brochure gives a concise overview of ISO's substantial portfolio of International Standards for the construction sector. It underlines how ISO standards tackle the challenges of sustainable development at the same time as providing requirements for technical and functional performance.

But how do ISO standards contribute to the economic returns of countries and companies? What is the "bottom line"? This brochures provides answers by giving examples in hard figures of the benefits of implementing ISO's and other voluntary, consensus-based standards.

ISO's solutions for ensuring quality and safety in the food industry are the subject of this brochure which provides a concise overview of International Standards available and how they can help.

ISO standards share state-of-the-art technology and good practice with the automotive sector worldwide Out of a current total (December 2011) of nearly 19 000 ISO International Standards for almost all sectors of business and technology, some 900 have been developed for road vehicles and related technologies.

ISO's 2012 Annual Report outlines the organization's performance and its future ambitions. This fold-out leaflet contains infographics of ISO's key figures from 2012.
Learn more, see the Web-based annual report.

A selection of centre spreads from ISO Focus+ magazine of the last two years provide the theme for the ISO 2012 calendar. Topics covered include motor vehicle safety, standards in everyday life, energy, accessibility of buildings, the economic benefits of standards, social responsibility and space exploration.

Six new videos (run time 38 to 54 sec) that communicate in less than a minute each the benefits that International Standards provide, helping business, government and society around the world, every day, in the following areas : Developing countries - Energy management - Environment - Food safety - Healthcare - Social responsibility

ISO has released a second edition of its brochure for the upcoming Rio+20 summit now including referrals from users and stakeholders on how voluntary ISO International Standards help to achieve the objective of sustainability.

Managers of small businesses in 10 countries from around the world say how ISO standards contribute to their success.

ISO has developed technical assistance and training packages to enable developed and developing country members of ISO to keep up to speed with new developments in the area of international standardization. This catalogue describes these various packages and to whom they are addressed.

The route map, via seven key objectives, to the global vision for ISO in 2015: to be the world's leading provider of high quality, globally relevant International Standards through its members and stakeholders.

The goal of the Action Plan is to contribute to improving developing countries' economic growth and access to world markets, enhancement of the lives of citizens, fostering innovation and technical progress and achieving sustainable development when considered from each of the economic, environmental and societal perspectives.

ISO International Standards build confidence. For today, for tomorrow and for the future.

This package explains to busy managers the advantages of putting International Standards on the leadership agenda.

This publication will help developing countries and countries with economies in transition make optimal use of national standardization infrastructure as a lever for economic development, trading capacity and support for consumer, social and environmental protection. User-friendly introduction and practical tool for people tasked with the establishment, upgrading and management of a national standards body. Prepared jointly by ISO and UNIDO.

This brochure demonstrate how ISO is an efficient and effective partner for creating and implementing technical assistance and training programmes for developing countries.

A four-page introduction to the ISO standardization system, the ISO system's output, ISO's partners and ISO's path forward.

ISO Code of Ethics has been approved by ISO Council. It groups principles and commitments that already existed in a number of statutory documents, directives and General Assembly or Council resolutions.

The purpose of this brochure is to provide a concise overview of how ISO's technical programme, which has so far produced more than 17 400 International Standards, contribute to a sustainable world.

A1 graphic table showing the historical record of ISO membership.

A four page introduction that shows how metrology, standardization and conformity assessment are the three pillars of knowledge for developing a technical infrastructure, and there by enabling sustainable development and full participation in international trade and how they are linked together.

Serves as a structure for catalogues of international, regional and national standards and other normative documents, and as a basis for standing-order systems.

Gives information on standardizing bodies having accepted the WTO TBT Code of Good Practice for the Preparation, Adoption and Application of Standards.