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Six management-system standards, explained in plain English. Start with the business problem, then explore the requirements and evidence.

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ISO 9001

Quality management

Build a quality management system around how work actually reaches your customers. ISO 9001 concerns the organisation’s ability to deliver consistently, understand customer requirements and improve its processes.

2026Requirements standard · Organisations
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ISO 14001

Environmental management

Understand your environmental impacts, decide what you can control or influence, and make improvement visible. ISO 14001 provides the requirements for an environmental management system, commonly called an EMS.

2026Requirements standard · Organisations
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ISO 45001

Occupational health and safety

Build a management system that helps people identify hazards, participate in decisions and improve how work is organised. ISO 45001 addresses occupational health and safety through an organisation’s management arrangements.

2018 + Amendment 1:2024Requirements standard · Organisations
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ISO/IEC 27001

Information security management

Give information security a clear scope, accountable owners and an evidence trail. ISO/IEC 27001 specifies the requirements for an information security management system, or ISMS, covering the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information.

2022 + Amendment 1:2024Requirements standard · Organisations
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ISO/IEC 27701

Privacy information management

Make responsibility for personal information visible across the organisation. ISO/IEC 27701 sets requirements and provides guidance for a privacy information management system, or PIMS.

2025Requirements standard · Organisations
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ISO/IEC 42001

Artificial intelligence management

Give AI decisions an accountable owner, a defined purpose and evidence that can be reviewed. ISO/IEC 42001 specifies requirements for an artificial intelligence management system, commonly called an AIMS.

2023Requirements standard · Organisations
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