Views from the experts on occupational health and safety in a pandemic. It’s been around a year since the COVID-19 pandemic turned our world upside down, and that includes the world in which we work. Certainty has hung up its hat, normality looks unlikely to return and unpredictability is here…
With cloud computing revolutionizing the way that we socialize and work, ISO standards are providing much needed answers. For many of us, the cloud is something like a virtual hard drive. A place in the ether to keep our data, pics and videos safe and secure. The cloud adds flexibility…
It’s widely accepted that artificial intelligence will have a huge impact on our lives in the coming decades — but how can we be sure this new technology is not just innovative and helpful, but also trustworthy? To address issues of trust in artificial intelligence (AI), a new technical report…
Damage to reputation or brand, cybercrime, political risk, and terrorism are some of the risks that private and public organizations of all types and sizes around the world must face with increasing frequency. The latest version of ISO 31000 has just been unveiled to help manage the uncertainty. Risk enters every…
Helping educational providers deliver a better service is the aim behind the world’s first international management system standard for the educational sector just published. From pre-school to university, to vocational training and coaching, the world of learning is constantly changing and evolving. As the trend to move away from the traditional…
With over two hundred diseases spread through the food chain, it’s clear that safe, sustainable food production is one of our greatest challenges. Globalization of the food trade further complicates food safety and the new edition of ISO 22000 on food safety management systems presents a timely response. Food safety…
Every day, thousands of lives are lost due to work accidents or fatal diseases linked to work activities. These are deaths that could and should have been prevented, and must be in the future. ISO 45001 aims to help organizations do just that. Here, Kristian Glaesel and Charles Corrie tell…
