ISO originated from the union of two organisations – the ISO (International Federation of the National Standardizing Associations) and the UNSCC (United Nations Standard Coordinating Committee). In 1946 over 25 countries met at the Institute of Civil Engineers in London to create a new international organisation, where the objective was to ‘facilitate the international coordination and unification of industrial standards’ From this the new organisation ISO began operations in February 1947. The word ISO is derived from the Greek ISOS meaning ‘equal’. As the International Organization for Standardization would translate differently across different languages it was decided that the short form name for the organisation would be ISO.
Today the ISO has grown to a confederation of delegates representing over 150 countries and has published over 16,500 international standards. They meet on a regular basis to further develop new and existing management standards.
ISO 9001 requirements are general and designed to apply to all organizations, regardless of their type and size, or the products and services offered. The most approved first ISO standard on the world market. It can be implemented in all areas of the industry and will help improve existing management processes to enable organizations to compete locally and / or globally. It helps to meet regulatory requirements and effectively implements the system to deliver real benefits to your customers.
The ISO 14001 environmental management system is a systematic framework for managing the immediate and long-term environmental impacts of an organization's products, services, and processes. By obtaining ISO 14001 certification, your organization can assure stakeholders that your environmental management system is compliant with industry-specific international environmental standards. ISO 14001 provides a framework for best environmental management practices allowing environmental certification organizations:
The Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS) was recently established and implemented from 2018. It is an extension of the range of standards ISO 45001: 2018 for ISO health and safety. It is an international standard spanning the globe and provides a single platform for equal health and safety practices regardless of region and culture. ISO 45001: 2018 is designed to prevent accidents, health and fatal accidents. on occasion. It is very useful for small, medium and large companies operating in different parts of the world and practicing the same process of health and safety measures..
ISO 13485, compliance with requirements includes compliance with regulatory requirements. Thus, for devices used in the United States to comply with ISO 13485, manufacturers must also comply with the QS Reg. standard. As a regulation, QS Reg. Is often more specific than ISO 13485, particularly in the areas of claims handling, labeling control and documentation. ISO 13485 is structured similarly to ISO 9001: 2000 and is actually 90% the same as the general standard for quality management systems.
What is ISO 13485?
ISO 13485 Medical Device - Quality Management System - Requirements for regulatory purposes is a standard of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) first published in 1996; It represents the requirements of a complete quality management system for the design and manufacture of medical products.
ISO 20000-1 is the international standard for quality management focusing exclusively on IT service management. ISO 20000-1: 2011 (latest version of ISO 20000-1) provides a set of standardized requirements for an IT service management system (SMS). Given the critical importance of IT for organizations, it is important that you’re internal and external IT services align with the needs of your business and your customers.
ISO 20000-1 IT service management certification ensures that your day-to-day service is delivered in a way that generates customer satisfaction through improved service and prospects. ISO 20000-1 helps organizations ensure the efficient operation and delivery of IT services, continuously improving processes and guiding their customers.
ISO 22000:2018, Food safety management systems – Requirements for any organization in the food chain, sets out the requirements for a food safety management system. It defines what an organization must do to demonstrate its ability to control food safety hazards and ensure that food is safe for consumption.
ISO 22000 is applicable to all organizations in the food and feed industries, regardless of size or sector. Following the same High-Level Structure (HLS) as other ISO management system standards, such as ISO 9001 (quality management), it is designed in a way that it can be integrated into an organization’s existing management processes but can also be used alone.
ISO 27001:2022 standard was published in October 2005, essentially replacing the old BS7799-2 standard. The ISO 27000 family of standards helps organizations keep information assets secure. If you are concerned about protection of assets especially information assets, ISMS provides a control framework to protect the (information) assets. This combines management controls (such as ISMS framework, ISMS policy), technical controls (malware management, access controls, network perimeter, encryption), procedural controls (e.g. document management), personnel controls (e.g. background screening) to name a few. The controls combine preventive, detective, restorative, maintenance and monitoring controls. It is the specification for an ISMS, an Information Security Management System. BS7799 itself was a long standing standard, first published in the nineties as a code of practice. As this matured, a second part emerged to cover management systems. It is this against which certification is granted. Today in excess of a thousand certificates are in place, across the world.
There are 4 essential business benefits that a company can achieve with the implementation of this information security standard:
Lower costs – the main philosophy of ISO 27001 is to prevent security incidents from happening and every incident, large or small, costs money. Therefore, by preventing them, your company will save quite a lot of money. and the best thing of all – investment in ISO 27001 is far smaller than the cost savings you'll achieve.
Better organization – typically, fast-growing companies don't have the time to stop and define their processes and procedures – as a consequence, very often the employees do not know what needs to be done, when, and by whom. Implementation of ISO 27001 helps resolve such situations, because it encourages companies to write down their main processes (even those that are not security-related), enabling them to reduce the lost time of their employees.
Comply with legal requirements – there are more and more laws, regulations and contractual requirements related to information security, and the good news is that most of them can be resolved by implementing ISO 27001 – this standard gives you the perfect methodology to comply with them all.
Achieve marketing advantage – if your company gets certified and your competitors do not, you may have an advantage over them in the eyes of the customers who are sensitive about keeping their information safe.
ISO 50001 is a certifiable energy management system (EnMS) standard applicable to any organisation, large or small, in any sector.
ISO 50001 applies to any organisation that wishes to:
implement and maintain an EnMS to help reduce energy costs (and reduce the impact of rising costs), improve environmental performance, enhance reputation and/or deliver other business benefits;
assure itself of its conformance with its energy policy, legal and other requirements and industry good practice measures;
seek certification of its EnMS by an independent certification body or self-declare conformance with the standard.
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