ISO Survey of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 Certificates

Vendor Note: The ISO Survey is compiled annually by the Central Secretariat of ISO (International Organization for Standardization), the developer of the ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 families, and more than 12 7000 other voluntary International Standards covering almost the entire range of business activity and technology. ISO itself does not carry out certification and does not issue either ISO 9000 or ISO 14000 certificates. This is done independently of ISO by more than 570 certification bodies active around the world. The survey is based on data supplied by certification bodies and by ISO national member institutes. It is the unique source of information for a worldwide picture of certification to ISOs management system standards.

The survey includes world totals and regional and country-by-country breakdowns of ISO 9000 and ISO 14000 certifications. Like the previous years survey, the 1999 edition includes industry sector breakdowns on a worldwide basis. This time, however, ISO answers a constant demand for more detailed information by carrying out industry sector breakdowns on a country-by-country basis.