International environmental management standards (ISO 9000`s less tractable siblings)

Conference · Sat Dec 31 04:00:00 EST 1994

OSTI ID:78031

Cascio, J

Before the advent of ISO 9000 Quality Management standards, the International Organization for Standardization`s (ISO) nearly exclusive focus was on international technical and safety standards. Then, some ten years ago, this staid, Geneva based world standards harmonizer took a fateful step into a more exciting, through considerably less solid realm by impaneling a new technical committee (TC 176) to develop Quality Management standards for organizations. With that, it entered the relatively soft science of organizational management. This initial gamble paid off and resulted in the ISO 9000 series of Quality standards which have won adherents throughout the world and have (in some regions) become requirements of trade. Now, ISO has launched its second sally into the organizational management field by forming Technical Committee 207 to develop yet another set of management standards, this time focusing on the considerably less tractable subject of environmental protection activities within organizations.

• OSTI ID: 78031
• Report Number(s): CONF-9406319--
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

29 ENERGY PLANNING, POLICY, AND ECONOMY
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS
ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
POLLUTION ABATEMENT
STANDARDS
WASTE MANAGEMENT