An initiative of the French Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion, AFNOR Spec 2314 sets out calculation methodologies and best practices for measuring and reducing the environmental impact of AI, and for communicating with fair, verifiable claims. You can download it free of charge.
In a study available to download free of charge, AFNOR takes a look at a key tool in occupational health and safety policies: the voluntary ISO 45001 standard. At a time when the standard is being revised, the vast majority of those responsible for health and safety in the workplace say they have taken it on board. It opens up the field of a related subject: quality of life at work.
A small revolution at the start of 2024: climate change has been included as an issue in several key standards, including ISO 9001, which is currently being revised. It must now be included in the challenges and requirements of a management system. How does this change a quality approach? Here are some answers.
The regenerative economy is radically different from the one we've known until now, so much so that it could change accounting models. Sometimes accused of utopianism, it is not easy to understand. By deciding to initiate pre-standardization work at AFNOR, some twenty French players sought to clarify their vision and initiate a transition to scale. Their text was published on November 8, 2024 in the AFNOR Spec collection.
Since mid-April 2024, AFNOR Certification has been able to issue CE marking for medical devices. Professionals wishing to become assessors will find new sources of professional motivation in this mission, in a buoyant market.
AFNOR Editions has published a pack of 21 standards updating the rules governing low-voltage electrical installations, an industry bestseller for building professionals.
In 2021, the French government launched the Grand Défi IA, tasking AFNOR with creating the standards environment to deploy "trustworthy AI".
This July 25, 2024, the program has just been renewed, with an important dossier to be completed in April 2025: that of harmonized standards.
With the onset of summer and its dry spells, let's take a closer look at the voluntary standard and ISO 46001 certification, for undertaking and reporting reasoned water management.
