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Framework for managing sustainable development in business districts: IWA 9:2011 Document available as of: 2011-08-29 Guidelines for auditing management systems:  ISO 19011:2011 Document available as of: 2011-11-11 Environmental management -- Material flow cost accounting -- General framework: ISO 14051:2011 Document available as of: 2011-09-12

Edwin Pinero, chair of ISO TC 242, answers your questions: Question : Does the Energy Management System ISO 50001 cover on Energy conservation and supporting for the supply of energy by preserving the environment? Answer : THE STANDARD IS A TYPICAL ISO-TYPE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM STANDARD FOCUSED ON HOW AN ORGANIZATION MANAGES ITS ENERGY USE.  THIS INCLUDES BOTH CONSERVATION AND EFFICIENCY.  BUT IT ALSO INCLUDES THE MANAGEMENT OF THE TYPE OF ENERGY THE ORGANIZATION DOES HAVE TO USE, FOR EXAMPLE SELECTING RENEWABLE OVER FOSSIL FUELS  MANAGEMENT DECISIONS REGARDING ENERGY CAN TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION CRITERIA SUCH AS ENVIRONMENT, ENERGY RELIABILITY, ENERGY SECURITY, CLIMATE CHANGE CONCERNS AND MANY OTHERS.    Question : Secondly, is the scope of this standard covering the nuclear energy and all sorts of energies? Answer : YES, ANY TYPE OF ENERGY THE ORGANIZATION WISHES TO INCLUDE CAN BE ADDRESSED IN THE ENERGY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM. Question : Is this proced...

ISO (International Organization for Standardization) issued a new standard ISO 50001 - Energy management systems – Requirements with guidance for use in June 2011. This standard defines requirements for energy management systems including energy efficiency, energy performance, energy supply, measurement and continual improvement of energy usage. ISO 50001 was created by a TC 242 (Technical Committee) that was established in 2008. Centauri Business Group (formerly QPRC) invited Edwin Pinero , chair of ISO TC 242, to answer our questions: CBG : Please tell us about your professional background and your current role as a chair of ISO TC 242 Energy Management. Edwin Pinero : I am currently the Chief Sustainability Officer for Veolia Water North America, a global water services provider. With over 30 years of experience, I have worked in the sustainability, environmental, and energy field both in the private and public sector. I am a geologist by education. In 2008, I became the c...

Environmental management systems (EMS) ISO 14006:2011   Environmental management systems -- Guidelines for incorporating eco design Contains:   guidelines on management of eco design as part of an environmental management system (EMS) Issued on: 2011-07-08 Environmental Management Systems: Understanding Organizational Drivers and Barriers   Environmental Management: Systems, Sustainability and Current Issues Security management systems for the supply chain   ISO 28002:2011 Security management systems for the supply chain -- Development of resilience in the supply chain -- Requirements with guidance for use Contains:   requirements that help an organization to develop and implement policies, objectives, and programs for a resilience management system in the supply chain Replaces:   ISO/PAS 28002:2010 Issued on:   2011-07-21 Specification for Security Management Systems for the Supply Chain

January 2011 Certification of management systems ISO/IEC 17021:2011   Conformity assessment -- Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems Contains: contains principles and requirements for the competence, consistency and impartiality of the audit, certification of management systems, and for bodies providing these activities Issued on 2011-01-31   April 2011 Service management systems (SMS) ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011   Information technology -- Service management -- Part 1: Service management system requirements Contains: requirements for the service provider to plan, establish, implement, operate, monitor, review, maintain and improve a service management system (SMS) Replaces: ISO/IEC 20000-1:2005 Issued on 2011-04-12   May 2011 Information security management systems (ISMS) ISO/IEC 27005:2011   Information technology -- Security techniques -- Information security risk management Contains:   guidelines for the impleme...

Innovation, invention, improvement, and execution – these four words determine successes and failures in business. It is commonly accepted that the best way to manage execution and improvement is through process definition, planning, measurement, and control. Application of a process approach to manage innovations and inventions is still not very clear for many businesses. Companies that believe that innovation occurs by chance and rely on “invent-it-ourselves” can find their businesses on a path to diminishing returns. Real innovation leaders look at both internal and external sources for innovation. They also use technology and networks to seek out new ideas, measure innovation processes and link them to revenue growth, resource allocation, people development, performance evaluation and rewards. Find out more about best practices in managing innovation as a process in our new online course Innovation Best Practices . Register before July 1st 2011 and receive the 20% off th...

• Innovation is not an art, but a process that receives inputs from monitoring and analyzing an organization’s environment. • ISO 9004:2009 provides a systematic, process based approach to innovation within a quality management system. • This approach can help organizations innovate more effectively. Natalia Scriabina's article Organize How to Innovate was published as a cover story in the June 2011 issue of Quality Progress. A link to an audio interview with Natalia on innovation topic is posted on ASQ web-site at media.asq.org

"Innovation distinguishes between a leader and a follower". Steve Jobs It is hard to underestimate the role of innovation in the success of an organization in the modern rapidly changing world. Is your Company a Leader or a Follower? Check out our  ten-question tool   that evaluates innovation activities in a company and identifies the most important areas to improve.

The theme of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos this year was “Shared Norms for the New Reality.” Several speakers communicated that the business world must come together in furtherance of sustainability goals because cooperation through government has been slow to progress. The conference celebrated the 10th anniversary of one such cooperative effort, the Global Compact. This initiative was introduced to encourage companies toward greater ambitions in the area of sustainability. This year, a new platform for corporate sustainability leadership, Global Compact LEAD, was introduced to challenge the member companies to implement the Blueprint for Corporate Sustainability Leadership, a list of approximately 50 action steps that companies can take to achieve improved sustainability. At this year’s conference, the renowned Harvard Business School strategy professor, Michael Porter, put forth his latest strategic concept: Shared Value . He suggested that the existing model for val...