What does the U.S. TAG to ISO/TC 207 do?
Each country that has membership in ISO or IEC is represented by a national organization called a "member body." Each member body has a mechanism for identifying issues, developing national consensus regarding the work items of the ISO Technical Committee (TC), and actively involving itself in the creation of international standards.
In the United States, work on the ISO/TC 207 standard on environmental management is handled by the ANSI-Accredited U.S. Technical Advisory Group (TAG) to ISO/TC 207 (hereafter referred to as TAG 207). TAGs follow all ANSI procedures.
For each country, the primary purpose of the TAG (or national committee) is to develop and transmit to ISO, via their country’s national standards organization, their country’s position on activities and ballots of TC 207. TAG delegates are actively involved in the international negotiation and preparation of international standards.
TAG 207 develops the U.S. positions on international standardization activities of ISO/TC 207 on environmental management. TAG 207 consists of experts and practitioners in the field of environmental management. Delegates selected by the TAG actively participate in the international activities of ISO/TC 207. Participation in TAG 207 provides an opportunity for representatives of all affected U.S. constituencies (industry, commerce, non-governmental organization (NGO), education, government, etc.) to influence the development of international environmental standards that have become a foundation of international trade.
If you’re interested in participating or have additional questions, please e-mail the ASQ Standards Team at standards@asq.org.
