ISO 37001 - Anti-bribery management systems  
The future ISO 37001, Anti-bribery management systems, specifies a series of measures to help organizations prevent, detect and address bribery. These include adopting an anti-bribery policy, appointing a person to oversee anti-bribery compliance, training, risk assessments and due diligence on projects and business associates, implementing financial and commercial controls, and instituting reporting and investigation procedures.    
Post-2015 UN Development Agenda: Human Right– Based Approach to Health  
The agenda for global health is changing in a number of important ways which have a bearing on how priorities for development are defined in the future and how they should be measured. In this regard, a human rights-based approach to health is essential. The right of everyone to enjoy the highest attainable standard of physical and mental health is recognized in numerous global, regional and national treaties and constitutions. It underpins action and provides part of the rationale for including health in the post-2015 development agenda.    
2016: The International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU)  
The International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) addresses the ways in which we inhabit an increasingly globalized world. How do we transform nature? How do we build new social and political relationships for the emerging global reality? Societies and cultures determine the ways we live with and shape nature. They influence how we perceive the global consequences of our everyday actions. We need to understand what our daily actions mean for the world as a whole in order to overcome global challenges.    
ISO/TS 13811:2015 Tourism and related services -- Guidelines on developing environmental specifications for accommodation establishments  
A new set of guidelines for accommodation establishments will not only help them minimize their impact on the environment but make a more positive contribution to our world.    
UN forum highlights ‘fundamental’ role of private sector in advancing new global goals  
The fundamental role of the private sector in advancing the newly-adopted sustainable development agenda was highlighted today at a United Nations forum, during which a new tool was launched to support companies in navigating and operationally aligning with the global goals that make up the agenda.    
Sustainable Health Code of Practice  
In “Sustainable Health Code of practice” , organizations have a duty to act in the best long-term interests of our beneficiaries and believe that environmental, social, and economy issues can affect the their performance. This Programme involves ‘greening’ the health sector with particular attention to human health care (physically, mentally, welfare), energy, travel, waste, procurement, water, infrastructure adaptation and building’s related industries.    
ISO 18459,Biomimetics – Biomimetic structural optimization  
ISO 18458:2015, Biomimetics – Terminology, concepts and methodology, provides a framework for the terminology on biomimetics in scientific, industrial and educational fields while ISO 18459,Biomimetics – Biomimetic structural optimization, specifies the functions and scopes of biomimetic structural optimization methods that consider the ideal design of components to withstand things like weight or lifespan.    
ISO 11000” Collaborative business relationship management – Framework” is expected to be published in December 2016  
A draft standard for collaborating effectively in business is undergoing a second round of votes, taking it another step closer to publication. Collaborative working and business partnerships can bring unlimited benefits for everyone involved - if they are managed effectively. Providing access to new services, improving opportunities for contracts and combining resources are just some of the ways that organizations can win from working together.    
The revision of ISO 22000 on food safety management is underway  
Ensuring food is safe along the entire food chain is a major concern in our modern societies, where products sometimes cross several borders before reaching the end consumer.    

 
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