Benefits of standards: the ISO materials

Here you'll find materials developed by ISO that provide extensive information on the benefits that standards bring to organizations and, more generally, to citizens and society.

They describe the approach used by ISO to assess the economic and social benefits of standards, and include company case studies from over 20 countries, books and communication materials designed to be shared with decision makers and representatives of stakeholders.

These materials were created by ISO with the contribution of many people from national standards bodies, companies and other organizations, as well as university professors, students and consultants who have actively participated in the development of the methodology and of the case studies. Our sincere thanks goes to all those who took part.

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  Economic benefits of standards

  This publication is intended to assist organizations and individuals, and particularly ISO members, to demonstrate the tangible benefits that standards bring to organizations – and, more generally, to citizens and society, by: - Highlighting how standards create value for the organizations that use them,...

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  Economic benefits of Standards - ISO Methodology 2.0

  This book explains how to use the ISO Methodology - a step-by-step way to quantitatively measure the economic benefits of standards. The ISO Methodology is applied at the company level. It involves identifying the activities for which standards are used, and then investigating how these activities, supported...

• ISO Methodology toolbox

  The toolbox consists of various elements –  presentations, calculation tools, checklists, questionnaires and reporting templates – helping to use the ISO methodology

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  Economic benefits of standards Volume 1

  This ground-breaking book presents "The ISO Methodology to assess the economic benefits of standards" in action.

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  Economic benefits of standards Volume 2

  This ground-breaking book presents "The ISO Methodology to assess the economic benefits of standards" in action. It provides case studies from a variety of organizations of different sizes and from different sectors from the following countries: Cameroon, China, Egypt, Italy, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritius,...