Sustainability
Sink or swim: how to save the world’s water
Water is imperative to survival but is under threat. Standards are vital to preserving, rehabilitating and managing water resources. Here’s why. 
Close-up photography of a bee with pollen on the flower of a thistle.
Sustainability
Our fight for a living planet
ISO is harmonizing the world’s many metrics, indicators and standards for biodiversity, to give life on Earth a boost.  
Plastic trash & garbage underwater off Cebu Island, Philippines.
Sustainability
Rethinking the future of plastics
Plastic pollution is a key environmental challenge today, calling for a new global agreement and sustainable solutions. Standards for plastics enjoy a privileged status in making this happen. 
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Bringing groundwater to the surface on World Water Day
Groundwater has been out of sight and out of mind for too long. Better groundwater sustainability through standards will help protect people’s health and the environment.
A not-so-private outhouse in Nicaragua.
Health | Society
Sharing our love of toilets
Flush with sanitation standards on World Toilet Day. 
Emosson hydroelectric dam and lake surrounded by rocky landscape, in Switzerland.
Sustainability
The power of water
New international guidance for hydropower plants just published.
Close shot of a large shower head with multiple jets spraying water.
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World Water Day
Standards that protect our most precious resource. 
A wheel line irrigation system with directional spray heads waters a golden wheat field.
Sustainability
Leaving no drop to waste
Standards to support treating wastewater for irrigation projects just updated.
Two dilapidated open-air squatting toilets with scaling blue-painted walls.
Sustainability | Society
Turning waste into useful resources
Supporting the right to safe sanitation on World Toilet Day.
Lifeguard walking on beach with flags
Security
Swimming between the flags
In our globetrotting society, beach safety signs and flags need to be understood in a language that everyone can speak. Internationally agreed illustrations and protocols are key, and the International …
“Hummingbird hovering by a flower sucks the nectar through its long pointed beak.”
Sustainability
Biodiversity high on standards agenda
A new expert committee on biodiversity just formed.
Palm trees reflecting in a luxury swimming pool with sunset views of the sea.
Health
Healing powers of the sea
Tunisia is the second most popular destination in the world for thalassotherapy after France. How did it manage to achieve this? The answer lies in its implementation of ISO 17680, which has helped to …
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Rear view of woman using at turnstile at station.
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Photo taken in Nakhon Phanom, Thailand
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