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Whether a multinational enterprise faced with major decisions or a small business looking for ideas, ISOfocus seeks to provide both the kind of overviews that strategic planners need and the little details that can make a big difference. You will find international topics covering everything from IT and transport to personal stories and everything in between. Our goal is to bring you the highest-quality information and most up-to-date and internationally relevant material on standards in each issue.

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Sculpture of Shiva, the Hindu god.

A coverage of key issues ranging from risk management and business continuity to sustainable procurement. And a complete picture of ISO 37001 on anti-bribery management systems.
Aerial view of a port with ships.

An overview of recent trends and near-term prospects for the transport sector at a global level, as well as the long-term outlook for standards in the industry (maritime, air and land).
Aerial view of blocks of flats in Geneva, Switzerland

From the birth of the first ISO standard to our emblematic management systems standards, we look back at ISO’s 70-year journey and some of the formative events that shaped its history.
Tractor spraying chemicals

We examines how high-tech farming techniques and technologies can improve production output while minimizing cost and preserving resources.
An elderly man wave surfing.

Contrary to common negative perceptions, older adults are creating a new niche market and fuelling growth and innovation.
Plane in the sunset

Flying is more popular than it has ever been. Once seen as a luxury that only a privileged few could afford, air travel has become a genuine form of mass transport over the past few decades
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Experts give us their thoughts on the impact that energy efficiency can have on climate change around the globe and the standards being developed to address the growing market.
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In a few short years the Internet of Things (IoT) will be connected to nearly 50 billion “things” of one kind or another. This issue covers the most pervasive and ubiquitous IoT advances, trends and opinions
The face of a little girl getting the last trace of peanut butter with a knife in the jar, seen from the bottom of the jar.

With trust, businesses and consumers embark on a lifelong journey towards solutions that will meet their mutual expectations. Learn about how standards help bridge this relationship.
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This issue looks closely at the work ISO technical committees are doing in developing standards for IT service management, consulting, tourism and training.
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