News from the standards world

The ISO/IEC Joint Strategic Advisory Group on Gender Responsive Standards (ISO/IEC JSAG GRS) has developed a guidance on GRS for technical work to ensure that international standards provide equal benefit to all different genders, and for technical committees to determine the extent of potential gender …

These six case studies provide practical examples of how gender responsive considerations have been integrated in different standards.

The ISO policy brief: A primer on public policy – maximizing your NSB’s engagement with policymakers outlines how a National Standards Body can play a pivotal role in supporting public policy across various stages of the public policy life cycle. This brief is intended to serve as a complement to the …

The ISO Policy brief – Combatting plastic pollution with International Standards highlights how International Standards and National Standards Bodies (NSBs) can support the design and implementation of public policies in response to the plastic pollution crisis. This document is the first in the series …