June – July 2011

News articles archived from June – July 2011.

ISO international software systems Standards – participation by New Zealand IT stakeholders critical for government and industry

11 July 2011 In May 2011 a group of six New Zealand (NZ) information technology (IT) stakeholders w...more

New ISO 50001 energy management Standard impacts the bottom line

11 July 2011 The new Energy management systems – Requirements with guidance for use ISO 50001:201...more

Information technology – new ISO/IEC service management Standard

11 July 2011 ISO/IEC 20000-1:2011 Information technology – Service management – Part 1: Service m...more

Risk management for IT-networks incorporating medical devices – new BS Standard

11 July 2011 Recognising that medical devices are incorporated into IT-networks to achieve desirabl...more

Contact lenses – ISO Standard updated

11 July 2011 With millions of people around the world using contact lenses, it is important to ma...more

Queen's Service Medal – Tom Leong – dedicated supporter of Standards

11 July 2011 Standards New Zealand congratulates Tom Leong, who was awarded the Queen’s Service Med...more

Just published – Handbook 141:2011 Risk financing guidelines

7 June 2011 Handbook 141:2011 Risk financing guidelines is designed to help organisations of all ...more

Exceptional contribution to gas and plumbing Standards – Dr Eric Palmer

7 June 2011 For over 20 years Dr Eric Palmer has helped to develop Standards for gas,...more

Correction amendment published – Amendment 1 to AS/NZS 3760:2010 In-service safety inspection and testing of electrical equipment

7 June 2011 Standards New Zealand has published a correction amendment, Amendment 1 to AS/NZS 376...more

New ISO Standard – Competence requirements for greenhouse gas validation and verification teams

7 June 2011 A new Standard, ISO 14066:2011 specifies competence requirements for validation teams...more

ISO Standards supporting pulp and paper industry – CD-ROM launched

7 June 2011 ISO recently launched a CD-ROM collection of Standards that provide the basis for the...more

Upcoming pricing changes – effective from 3 July 2011

2 June 2011 Standards New Zealand regularly monitors the impact of inflation on the cost of provi...more

Standardisation and continuous improvement help Fonterra to grow

11 July 2011 Recently we talked to Don McVeigh, OE Acceleration Stream Support at Fonterra, about h...more

Compliance capabilities milestones reached

Compliance capabilities milestones reached Three new qualifications and a new guide for compliance ...more