Latimer (1997) reported that in 1946, representatives from 25 countries joined together to create a common and unified industrial standard; the organization created was the International Organization of Standardization (ISO). ISO has published more than 18,500 international standards in a 60-year time period beginning in 1947. These standards range from agriculture and construction standards, to mechanical engineering, to state-of-the-art information technology advances (ISO, 2011). Lawrence D. Eicher, the former ISO Secretary-General, stated in the book Friendship among Equals “The essence of ISO 's history is made up of the visions, aspirations, doubts, successes, and failures of the people who, over the past fifty years, have created this rather remarkable organization”.
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The second major turning point for ISO was the development and implementation of the ISO 14000 Environmental Management Standard in 1993. This was a major step as it started to work with public policy and general public interest. The third major turning point for ISO was the development of standards that support sustainability. This standard was named ISO Horizon 2010: Standards for a Sustainable World. Six decades since itsinception, ISO has grown into the world’s largest standards development organization with well over 14,000 standards and 148 countries in the
The second major turning point for ISO was the development and implementation of the ISO 14000 Environmental Management Standard in 1993. This was a major step as it started to work with public policy and general public interest. The third major turning point for ISO was the development of standards that support sustainability. This standard was named ISO Horizon 2010: Standards for a Sustainable World. Six decades since itsinception, ISO has grown into the world’s largest standards development organization with well over 14,000 standards and 148 countries in the