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AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009

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Risk management - Principles and guidelines

Available format(s)

Hardcopy , PDF 1 User , PDF 3 Users , PDF 5 Users , PDF 9 Users

Language(s)

English

Published date

20-11-2009

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Summarise this standard

Provides a generic guide for managing risk. It may be applied to a wide range of activities or operations of any public, private or community enterprise, or group.

Committee
OB-007
DocumentType
Standard
ISBN
0 7337 9289 8
Pages
24
PublisherName
Standards Australia
Status
AvailableSuperseded
SupersededBy
Supersedes
UnderRevision

This International Standard provides principles and generic guidelines on risk management.This International Standard can be used by any public, private or community enterprise, association, group or individual. Therefore, this International Standard is not specific to any industry or sector.NOTE: For convenience, all the different users of this International Standard are referred to by the general term“organization”.This International Standard can be applied throughout the life of an organization, and to a wide range ofactivities, including strategies and decisions, operations, processes, functions, projects, products, services and assets.This International Standard can be applied to any type of risk, whatever its nature, whether having positive or negative consequences.Although this International Standard provides generic guidelines, it is not intended to promote uniformity of risk management across organizations. The design and implementation of risk management plans andframeworks will need to take into account the varying needs of a specific organization, its particular objectives, context, structure, operations, processes, functions, projects, products, services, or assets and specific practices employed.It is intended that this International Standard be utilized to harmonize risk management processes in existing and future standards. It provides a common approach in support of standards dealing with specific risks and/or sectors, and does not replace those standards.This International Standard is not intended for the purpose of certification.

Standards Relationship
ISO 31000:2009 Identical

Originated as AS/NZS 4360:1995.
Third edition 2004.
Revised and redesignated as AS/NZS ISO 31000:2009.

Frequently Asked Questions

AS/NZS ISO 31000 provides principles, a framework and a process for managing risk across organisational activities and decisions. It is a joint Australian and New Zealand standard published by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand.

AS/NZS ISO 31000 is used by any organisation integrating risk-based decision-making into governance, strategy, projects or operations. It is a joint Australian and New Zealand standard published by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand.

AS/NZS ISO 31000 is Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand's standard for risk management guidelines, while AS ISO 37301 covers compliance management (Australia). AS/NZS ISO 31000 provides principles, a framework and a process for managing risk across organisational activities and decisions. AS ISO 37301 provides requirements, guidance or test methods for compliance management systems. It supports consistent specification, design or process control, verification and documented acceptance; the exact provisions depend on the cited part and edition.

Yes — AS/NZS ISO 31000 is a joint Australian and New Zealand standard published by Standards Australia and Standards New Zealand, and applies in both countries.

AS/NZS ISO 31000 provides principles, a framework and a process for managing risk across organisational activities and decisions. In practice it is applied by any organisation integrating risk-based decision-making into governance, strategy, projects or operations.
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