ISO to provide international platform for developing world’s first consensus-based net-zero guiding principles and the benchmark for the climate agenda. Climate change is the most pressing existential threat to our planet. The IPCC’s most recent report issued a clarion call to organizations and policymakers across the world, encouraging them to…
The implementation of ISO 22301 – Business Continuity Management System (BCMS), ISO 22316 – Security and Resilience and Organizational Resilience (OR), can be adapted into any type of organization, regardless of the size or line of business, and it is imperative for an organization to prosper in the long term.…
In a technology-driven future, healthcare organizations must undergo fundamental changes if they are to meet today’s global challenges. The global healthcare industry is on the cusp of a major transformation as an array of new technologies conspire to disrupt the way we give and receive care in the 21st century.…
Organizations, for a very long time, have been struggling to balance security and openness to run the business efficiently. The issue has been put to trial when organizations started using a large number of workforces to modernize business, once again when organizations had to use offshore resources to reduce costs…
Is there internal reluctance for executives to tackle digital subjects and to carry on with it within their company? As seen from the side of the business manager, IT, digitalizing means always more costs of protection and budget, but let us recognize that the counterpart of digitization means more turnover,…
Tomorrow’s metrology is the science of measurement for the digital economy. Digital technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data and machine learning are increasingly important to the manufacturing industry. Just imagine the implications on metrology – the science of measurement. “Metrology in the Digital Era” is the theme of this…
ISO is harmonizing the world’s many metrics, indicators and standards for biodiversity, to give life on Earth a boost. Two years ago, ISO convened a group of international experts to develop standards on biodiversity. According to Caroline Lhuillery from the French national standards body AFNOR and the manager for the…
ISO has put together a group of world experts to apply smart tech to the challenges of sustainably feeding a growing planet. Most of us agree that humankind is facing serious problems. And while the increasing pace of life may have contributed to those problems, technology is also providing us…
The COVID-19 pandemic has taken its toll on our emotional and mental health. Yet while the impact has been devastating, it has also stimulated positive change in the world of work. As the COVID-19 crisis grinds on, the forecast for the world’s economy is looking bleak indeed. In its World…
Cyber-attacks are costly, disruptive and a growing threat to business, governments, and society alike. Happily, an arsenal of standards helps stay ahead of the game. Cybercrime is on the rise. And as we move deeper into the digital age, the era of the so-called Fourth Industrial Revolution, it is also…
