ISO standards, and what each one means for you
Not every ISO standard leads to a certificate. Each one below is labelled with the pathway it actually follows.
- Management-system certification
An independent certification body audits your management system and decides whether to certify it.
- Specialist accreditation pathway
Laboratories are assessed and accredited by an accreditation body. This is not certification.
- Guidance only
Useful practical guidance that you adopt yourself. It is not intended for certification.
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- Quality managementFor organizations that want consistent processes and fewer service or product failures.
- Environmental managementFor organizations that want to manage and reduce their environmental impact in a structured way.
- Occupational health and safetyFor organizations managing workplace health and safety risks across their sites and contractors.
- Information securityFor organizations that need to protect information and show customers how they manage security risk.
- Food safetyFor organizations in the food chain that need to control food safety hazards.
- Business continuityFor organizations that must keep critical services running through disruption.
- Anti-bribery managementFor organizations that want structured controls to prevent, detect and respond to bribery.
- Compliance managementFor organizations that want a structured way to meet and maintain their compliance obligations.
- IT service managementFor IT and managed service providers that want consistent, measurable service delivery.
- AI managementFor organizations that develop or use AI systems and want to govern them responsibly.
- Privacy information managementFor organizations that handle personal data and want a structured privacy management system.
- Energy managementFor energy-intensive organizations that want to measure and improve energy performance.
- ISO 21001Educational organizationsFor schools, universities and training providers that want to manage learning services consistently.
- ISO 41001Facility managementFor facility management providers and owners running buildings and multi-site services.
- ISO 28000Supply-chain securityFor logistics and supply-chain organizations managing security risk to goods and operations.
- ISO 55001Asset managementFor organizations that depend on physical assets and want to manage them over their full life.
- ISO 39001Road traffic safetyFor fleet operators and others whose work affects road traffic safety.
- Medical devices quality managementFor medical device manufacturers and suppliers working to a sector-specific quality system.
- ISO 20121Event sustainability managementFor event organizers and venues managing the sustainability of what they deliver.
- ISO 44001Collaborative business relationshipsFor organizations that rely on long-term partnerships and want to manage them deliberately.
- ISO 29001Petroleum and petrochemicals quality managementFor suppliers to the oil and gas sector working to a sector-specific quality system.
- ISO 10002Customer complaints handlingGuidance for organizations that want a fair, consistent way to handle customer complaints.
- ISO 21502Project managementGuidance on project management practices for organizations delivering projects.
- ISO 20400Sustainable procurementGuidance on building sustainability into how an organization buys goods and services.
- Social responsibilityGuidance on operating in a socially responsible way. It is not intended for certification.
- Risk managementGuidance on managing risk across an organization. It is not intended for certification.
- ISO 37002Whistleblowing managementGuidance on setting up a system for receiving and handling reports of wrongdoing.
- Testing and calibration laboratoriesFor laboratories that need to show competence. Assessed and accredited by an accreditation body.
- Medical laboratoriesFor medical laboratories that need to show quality and competence through accreditation.
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