Friday, March 28, 2014

Sustainability good practices in Public Transit

Read how King County Metro Transit benefited from establishing an Environmental and Sustainability Management System on our blog.


Wednesday, March 12, 2014

New Must-Know ISO Standards + Chance to Win

Take a look at some of management system standards published in 2014.
Application of ISO 9001:2008
Two new guidelines on the application of ISO 9001:2008:
  • ISO 18091:2014 Quality management systems -- Guidelines for the application of ISO 9001:2008 in local government
  • ISO/TS 17582:2014 Quality management systems -- Particular requirements for the application of ISO 9001:2008 for electoral organizations at all levels of government
Asset Management
New guidelines and requirements on developing a disciplined approach to maximize value and minimize liabilities from the portfolio of assets such as physical, information, financial, IT, infrastructure, human, and other forms of assets.
  • ISO 55000:2014 Asset management -- Overview, principles and terminology
  • ISO 55001:2014 Asset management -- Management systems -- Requirements
  • ISO 55002:2014 Asset management -- Management systems -- Guidelines for the application of ISO 55001
In our March blog we raise the question of why the number of sustainability indicators and criteria are rapidly growing. Winning answers will receive a gift from CBG.