Standards Library
Complete index of all free ISO standards guides available on ReadSafety.com. Each guide provides clause-by-clause coverage with plain-language explanations, key concepts, and practical implementation guidance. No paywall, no jargon.
33 guides available - Last updated July 2026
Quality
The world's most widely adopted QMS standard. Clause-by-clause guide covering context, leadership, planning, support, operation, performance evaluation, and improvement.
The definitive guide to auditing any management system - principles, audit programme management, and auditor competence.
Sector-specific QMS for petroleum, petrochemical, and natural gas industries - ISO 9001 extended for the energy sector.
GMP-integrated quality management for primary packaging materials for medicinal products.
Requirements for translation service providers - processes, competence, and quality management for professional translation.
Safety
The global standard for OH&S management systems. Covers hazard identification, risk assessment, worker participation, and continual improvement.
OSHA, NEBOSH, NIOSH, IOSH, and ISO 45001 compared side by side.
Environment
The international standard for environmental management. Covers environmental policy, planning, implementation, checking, and management review.
Principles and requirements for quantification and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals.
Requirements for bodies that undertake validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions.
Competence requirements for validation and verification teams for greenhouse gas statements.
Principles, requirements, and guidelines for quantification of the carbon footprint of products.
Principles, requirements, and guidance for achieving and demonstrating carbon neutrality.
U.S. EPA regulatory requirements explained clause by clause - Clean Air Act, Clean Water Act, RCRA, CERCLA, and TSCA.
Preview of ISO 20001, currently under development - food loss and waste management systems.
IT Service Management
Artificial Intelligence
Conformity Assessment
Business
Language Services
Requirements and competences for terminology work in language services.
Requirements for interpreting services in legal settings including courts and tribunals.
Requirements for interpreting services in healthcare settings.
General guidelines and principles for community interpreting.
Quality requirements for simultaneous interpreting in conference settings.
Requirements for the process of full and light post-editing of machine translation output.
Requirements for legal translation services including competence and quality.
Guidance for translation projects including project management and quality assurance.
Framework for evaluating the quality of machine translation output.