International Ban on Domestic Ivory Markets to Stop Elephant Poaching
On September 11, 2016, after days of pushback, delegates at the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) congress in Hawaii agreed to enact a…
ISO Management Systems Standards
What is ISO 9001 and How Does it Relate to Other Standards? ISO 9001:2015 – Quality management systems – Requirements is a recognized international standard…
Earth Day – Environmental Impact of Standards
Earth Day, despite representing the ancient celestial body that we call home, is a relatively recent holiday. Birthed out of concepts of the counterculture movement…
ISO 14004:2016 Revision, Environmental Management Guidelines
ISO 14004:2016 is the latest revision of ISO 14004 – Environmental Management Systems – General Guidelines on Implementation, and updates the 2010 release. From the…
It’s Getting Warmer
2015 was the hottest year in recorded history. If this fact only sobered you to the impending dangers to the Earth after it was stated…
Standards Could Have Saved Easter Island
Ancient Easter Island has been seen as a tragic historical folly, with the Rapa Nui people causing the complete desolation of their small ecosphere at…
Tragedy of the Commons
Environmental problems derive from many different sources, but effective environmental sustainability is ultimately dependent on mentality and ideology. If people do not view something as…
Redline Versions of Standards
To accommodate the needs of adapting markets, there are rules that require standards to be reviewed and revised after a set period of time has…
Annex SL (Annex L) of ISO Management Systems Standards
Annex SL (now Annex L) serves to effectively, standardize standards. It provides a shared structure and common terms/definitions so that separate ISO management systems standards…