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With the ISO 9001:2015 revision currently dominating standards conversations, it's easy to pass over the humble energy standard from Geneva—ISO 50001. You might not even know what it is, let alone the benefits of implementing it. On the other hand, the rising price of energy and concerns over carbon emissions may spur us to consider a comprehensive enterprisewide energy policy as a front-burner issue.

Energy as a management issue

"Energy is no longer a technical issue but a management issue with an impact on the bottom line," noted Rob Steele, the former secretary general of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO). "The time to address the issue is now." Steele issued this statement at the launching of the new energy management standard by ISO at the Geneva International Conference Centre (CICG) in Switzerland back in 2011. That statement remains more relevant now than ever before.

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