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International Standards and Sustainable development : the contribution of ISO by Alan Bryden ISO Secretary General
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Outline of the presentation The global scene A new imperative: sustainable development Contribution of International Standards to: Economic growth Environmental integrity Social equity A holistic approach to management ISO & Conformity assessment SG/cta/14586762 2007-10-08
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Interdependence and tensions in the global village (1) Globalization of trade: the World Trade Organization and more than 200 Free Trade Agreements Information and Communication Technologies flatten the world: outsourcing, offshoring, e-business Emergence of new economic giants: China, India, Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico… Climate change: the Kyoto protocol and the emergence of trading of emission credits SG/cta/14586762 2007-10-08
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Interdependence and tensions in the global village (2) Natural resources are finite: energy efficiency and need to develop and promote renewable sources Threats on security: terrorism, pandemics, natural disasters Alleviating poverty ″Global Companies″ ″Global NGOs″
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Sustainable Development
Economic growth
Sustainable development Environmental integrity
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Social equity
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The ISO system At September 2007
157 national members
1388 standards produced in 2006
Collection of 16 455 ISO Standards
193 active TCs 3 041 technical bodies 50 000 experts SG/cta/14586762 2007-10-08
• IT tools • Standards development procedures • Consensus building • Dissemination
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Economic growth
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Economic growth: How International Standards help (1) Examples The ISO 9000 series for quality management The ISO/IEC 17000 series for conformity assessment Numerous ISO standards for industry: energy, aerospace, automobile, building, industrial equipment, IT… ISO/TC 229 on nanotechnologies IEC/ISO/ITU cooperation (e.g. digital car, digital home) SG/cta/14586762 2007-10-08
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Economic growth: How International Standards help (2) Examples (cont.) ISO standards for e-business Data processing and exchange: JPEG, MPEG, PDF, XML… ISO/IEC 27001 and other standards on security and quality management of IT products and services ISO 22222 - Requirements for personal financial planners The ISO Action Plan for Developing Countries SG/cta/14586762 2007-10-08
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Environmental integrity
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Environmental integrity : How International Standards help Examples
The ISO 14000 series on environmental management ISO 14064 and 14065 on GHG accounting and verification ISO 21930: Sustainability in building construction Environmental declaration of building products ISO/TC 224 on water supply and treatment services ISO initiatives on energy efficiency and renewable sources (e.g. biofuels, energy management…) SG/cta/14586762 2007-10-08
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Environmental integrity : How International Standards help Examples (cont.)
ISO/TC 197 on hydrogen technologies ISO/TC 85 on nuclear energy ISO/TC 8 new work on ship recycling ISO/TC 146 on air quality ISO/TC 147 on water quality ISO/TC 86 on refrigeration and air-conditioning SG/cta/14586762 2007-10-08
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Social equity
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Social equity: How International Standards help (1) Examples ISO/COPOLCO Guidelines for developing standards related to child safety, older persons and persons with disabilities ISO/TC 199 on safety of machinery, ISO/TC 94 on protective equipment, ISO/TC 159 on ergonomics, possible OHSMS work with ILO The ISO/IEC 19794 series on biometric data interchange formats The ISO 28000 series on security management in the supply chain26 SG/cta/14586762 2007-10-08
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Social equity: How International Standards help (2) Examples (cont.)
ISO 13485 - Quality management system for medical devices ISO/TC 215 on health informatics ISO/TC 212 on clinical laboratories IWA1 – Improvement in health service organizations The ISO 22000 series on food safety management The future ISO 26000 on social responsibility The 2007 COPOLCO Workshop on fair trade SG/cta/14586762 2007-10-08
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Corporations and organizations working in a global environment The need to reconcile the various facets of management to ensure the competitiveness and sustainability of corporations and organizations and their contribution to the societal objective of sustainable development SG/cta/14586762 2007-10-08
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ISO/CASCO: The ISO Conformity Assessment Committee The CASCO toolbox consists of 26 documents covering: vocabulary, principles and common elements of conformity assessment, code of good practice, product certification, system certification, certification of persons, marks of conformity, testing, calibration, inspection, supplier’s declaration of conformity, accreditation, peer assessment, and mutual recognition arrangements. 104 ISO members are represented in CASCO, of which 73 are participating members and 31 observers. Nine international organizations are liaison members of CASCO: BIPM, IAF, IFAN, IFIA, IPC, IQNet, ILAC, OIML and UILI. SG/cta/14586762 2007-10-08
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ISO/CASCO main current projects Revision of ISO/IEC Guide 65:1996 to become ISO/IEC 17065 General Requirements for bodies operating product certification schemes - Scope and scheme for future development approved by members ISO/IEC WD 17021 Part 2 – Conformity assessment – Requirements for third part auditing of management systems - Focus on auditor competence and audit process Sector implementation of MSS (eg ISO 22003 on food safety, ISO/IEC 27007 on IT security, ISO 28003 on the security in the supply chain) SG/cta/14586762 2007-10-08
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ISO/CASCO main current projects ISO/CD PAS 17005 – Common elements series – Use of management systems in conformity assessment ISO/IEC 17007 – Conformity Assessment Guidelines for drafting standards and specified requirements for conformity assessment applications ISO/IEC 17043 – Proficiency testing by interlaboratory comparisons SG/cta/14586762 2007-10-08
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New areas of interest for CASCO
Compliance management Market surveillance Risk Management and business continuity Sustainability and sustainable development
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ISO International Standards for a sustainable world
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