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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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Need to keep pace with the trends in trade? This is a must-read to stay abreast of critical standards issues and trade trends, today and tomorrow.  
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This issue highlights the fastest growing trends in travel and tourism, including sustainability and medical tourism. 
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This issue features new sustainable technologies and practices in a wide area of topics such as electrically propelled cars, safely managed sanitation and environmental management.
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Whether you are being admitted to the hospital, getting medical treatment or simply doing your annual check-up, take a look at some of the specific ways ISO standards are changing healthcare for the better.
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This edition features risk management, Internet of Things security, cyber hacks and breaches, and expert opinion from industry thought leaders.
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This issue examines how government, businesses and societies will navigate the increasing integration of technologies into business and production processes. 

From thematic areas like climate change and smart cities, the issue highlights how International Standards respond to global needs and help benchmark our progress against the SDGs.
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A look at the newly published ISO 22000:2018 on food safety management systems.
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This issue lays out the range of standards for monitoring climate change, quantifying greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and promoting good practice in environmental management and design. 
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Uncover why ISO 45001 has the potential to be a real game changer for millions of workers (and workplace health hazards) around the world.
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