Nov 2024 - Nov 11-22 COP29 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change is held at Baku, Azerbaijan. cop29.az/en/home
Oct 2024 - BRCGS Global Standard Packaging Materials Issue 7 will be issued.
Aug 2024- World ESG Summit at Dubai, UAE on 20-21 Aug.
June 2024 - The Minister of Human Resources of Malaysia has by Gazette determined that the Occupational Safety and Health (Amendment) Act 2022 (“Amendment Act”) will come into operation on 1 June 2024.
Apr 2024- FSSC 22000 Version 6 took effect on April 1, 2023. After a 12-month transition period, all audits shall be in Version 6.
Feb 2024- ISO 9001:2015/Amd 1:2024 added climate action changes.
Jan 2024- TC 176 has started work on updating ISO 9001 QMS.
Dec 2023 - United Nations Climate Change Conference or COP28 was held in Dubai, UAE on 30 Nov~12 Dec.
June 2023 - World Food Safety Day, 7 June.
May 2023 - ISO 5741- Healthcare organization management- Pandemic response- Temporary medical facility.
Apr 2023 - IFS Food version 8 was published. Transition period from IFS Food 7 to IFS Food 8 begins on 1 Oct 2023.
Mar 2023 - ISO 20022 will become the standard for cross-border payments and cash reporting. ISO 14083 GHG - Quantification and reporting of GHG emissions arising from transport chain operations was published.
Feb 2023 - ISO 31700-1 and ISO 31700-2 on consumer protection and Privacy by Design for consumer goods and services was published. ISO 45002 OHSMS - General guidelines for the implementation of ISO 45001:2018 was published.
Jan 2023 - ISO/IEC 30179 Internet of Things (IoT) was published.
Nov 2022 - United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change COP27 was held in the green city of Sharm El-Sheikh, Egypt.
Nov 2022 - The US FDA revised Manufactured Food Regulatory Program Standards (MFRPS).
Oct 2022 - ISO/IEC 27001:2022 Information security, cybersecurity and privacy protection — Information security management systems — Requirements (3rd Edition) - Annex A has been completely restructured and revised.
Aug 2022 - ISO 10010:2022 Quality management — Guidance to understand, evaluate and improve organizational quality culture. This standard is designed to help an organization to achieve sustained success.
July 2022 - MS 1514:2022 - Good Manufacturing Practice (GMP) for Food (Second revision).
June 2022 - ESG Global Study 2022 by Harvard Law School. ESG adoption is on the rise, fueled by client demand and a desire to make an impact.
June 2022 - On 7 June, United Nations mark the fourth global World Food Safety Day to draw attention and mobilize action to prevent, detect and manage foodborne risks and improve human health.
June 2022 - ISO 22003:1:2022 - Food safety — Part 1: Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of food safety management systems. ISO 22003-2:2022 - Food safety — Part 2: Requirements for bodies providing evaluation and certification of products, processes and services, including an audit of the food safety system.
April 2022 - ISO 23616:2022 - Cleaning, inspection and repair of firefighters' personal protective equipment (PPE)
Mar 2022 - ISO 28000:2022 - Security and resilience — Security management systems — Requirements.
Feb 2022 - China SAC is willing to work together with all ISO members in the development of relevant International Standards to combat climate change, promote the effective implementation of the London Declaration, and achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN SDGs.
Nov 2021 - Glasgow Climate Change Conference (COP26 , CMP16, CMA3).
Sep 2021 - ISO 37000:2021 - Governance of organizations — Guidance was published. It provides principles and key aspects of practices to guide governing bodies and governing groups on how to meet their responsibilities so that the organizations they govern can fulfil their purpose. It is also intended for stakeholders involved in, or impacted by, the organization and its governance.
Apr 2021 - TC176/SC2 conducted a systematic review of ISO 9001:2015 “Quality management systems — Requirements”. By the narrowest of margins, they agreed that ISO 9001:2015 should be unchanged.
Jan 2021 - ISO 22341:2021 Security and resilience — Protective security — Guidelines for crime prevention through environmental design & ISO/IEC TS 27570:2021 Privacy protection — Privacy guidelines for smart cities were published.
Jan 2021 - ISO 45003 Occupational health and safety management — Psychological health and safety at work : managing psychosocial risks — Guidelines will be published in early 2021.
Nov 2020 - FSSC 22000 Version 5.1 published. The main reasons are for compliance with the latest benchmarking requirements of the GFSI and strengthened requirements for Certification Body (CB) performance.
July 2020 - MDA new guidance notes on complaint handling, field corrective actions (FCA), and problem reporting.
Apr 2020 - ISO 22483:2020 Tourism and related services- Hotels- Service requirements.
Apr 2020 - Transition deadlines extended for ISO45001:2018 to 30 Sep 2021 ; ISO22000:2018 to 31 Dec 2021 ; ISO50001:2018 to 31 Jan 2022.
Jan 2020 - First case of COVID-19 in Malaysia.
Dec 2019 - ISO 14971 Medical devices- Application of risk management to medical devices was updated.
Aug 2019 - BRC Global Standard Packaging Materials Issue 6 is now published.
Jan 2019 - MS 1480:2019 Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) System & MS1500:2019 Halal Food- General requirements were published.
Sep 2018 - SST replaces GST.
Aug 2018 - new release of BRC food (food safety issue 8)
Jun 2018 - ISO 22000:2018 is out! Key changes include a common HLS, different approach to understanding risk, 2 PDCA cycles working coherently, clear descriptions on CCPs, OPRPs and PRPs.
Mar 2018 - ISO 45001:2018 has been published and OHSAS 18001 certified companies have until March 2021 to migrate to ISO 45001.
