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ISO - Latest News
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ISO/IEC guide upgrades safety aspects in medical device standards
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission) have just published a new, improved guide to help standards writers address safety aspects in medical device standards even more thoroughly.
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From farm to fork – ISO recipe for successful food supply chains
ISO’s solutions for ensuring quality and safety in the food industry are the subject of a new brochure – ISO & food – which provides a concise overview of International Standards available and how they can help.
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Exclusive: "The world needs standards", says Fiat-Chrysler CEO as ISO focuses on auto industry
 “We do need standards; the world needs standards. Standards help an enterprise manage business-critical issues, such as quality, environmental performance and safety,” says Sergio Marchionne, CEO of Fiat and Chrysler Group, in an exclusive interview in the February 2012 issue of ISO Focus+, the magazine of the International Organization for Standardization.
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ISO in figures
In 2011, references to ISO and its standards on Internet media sites increased by 128 937 compared to 2010 to reach a total of 467 830 – a rise of 38 %. But how many people have an idea of the size of ISO and its standards development operations? To answer such questions, ISO has just published ISO in figures.
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Standardizers explore closer cooperation on electric vehicles
ISO, the world's largest developer of International Standards, and the US standards development organization, SAE International, are discussing closer cooperation on standards for electromobility and the automotive industry.
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No jolts! Safe electric cars thanks to ISO standard
 Just how safe are electric cars? Do you risk an electric shock?
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ISO participates in WEF efforts to offer global solutions to global challenges
The growing awareness that ISO International Standards can make practical contributions to tackling many of the challenges facing the international community has led to ISO being invited to participate in two of the "global agenda councils" set up by the World Economic Forum (WEF), organizer of the annual meeting in Davos, Switzerland, of leaders from business, government and civil society.
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ISO/DS handbook demystifies geometrical product specifications
ISO and Danish Standards (DS – ISO member for the country) have jointly published a handbook on geometrical product specifications (GPS) for which nearly 120 ISO standards provide a globally harmonized base for technical drawing, with benefits for manufacturing and trade.
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New ISO brochure focuses on force multipliers of ICT standards innovation
ISO (International Organization for Standardization) has just published a new brochure providing a concise overview of how information and communication technologies (ICT) standards can be a force multiplier for achieving positive results. It focuses on the work developed by the joint technical committee of ISO and IEC (International Electrotechnical Commission), ISO/IEC JTC 1, Information technology.
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Personal health data better protected by ISO standard
 ISO has published a new technical specification which will increase protection of personal health information processed, stored and transferred by computer systems for subsequent use by clinicians and others in healthcare organizations. ISO/TS 14265:2011, Health informatics – Classification of purposes for processing personal health information, defines a set of high-level categories of purposes for which such personal health information can be processed .
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