The FINANCIAL - US Government standards chief praises ISO's sustainability standards

US Government standards chief praises ISO's sustainability standards

21/09/2012 03:28 (246 Day 13:36 minutes ago)

The FINANCIAL -- ISO is making enormous progress in developing standards for sustainability and is taking the lead in this area through standards like ISO 14001 and ISO 50001, according to Dr. Patrick Gallagher, the US Under Secretary of Commerce for Standards and Technology and Director of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, as ISO reported.

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“I applaud and celebrate ISO for taking the lead in sustainability standardization. In particular, ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 are models for how to approach sustainability in practice and in management,” he said in his opening address at the 35th General Assembly of ISO, the world's largest developer of International Standards, on 19 September in San Diego, USA, hosted by the ISO member for the country, the American National Standards Institute (ANSI), a founder member of the organization.

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