Context: Recently ISO Member Countries resolve to boost consumer engagement, and renew focus on sustainability in Standardisation.
About ISO
- ISO (International Organization for Standardization) is an independent, non-governmental international organization with a membership of 168 national standards bodies.
- The ISO story began in 1946 when delegates from 25 countries met at the Institute of Civil Engineers in London.
- Its headquarters is based in Geneva Switzerland.
- Through its members, it brings together experts to share knowledge and develop voluntary, consensus-based, market-relevant International Standards that support innovation and provide solutions to global challenges.
- An International Standard provides rules, guidelines or characteristics for activities or for their results, aimed at achieving the optimum degree of order in a given context.
- ISO standards are internationally agreed upon by experts Think of them as a formula that describes the best way of doing something. It provides standards for various sectors like-
- Quality management
- Environmental management
- Health and Safety
- Energy management
- Food safety
- IT security
