The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) was created in 1947 as an autonomous, non-governmental organization. ISO’s mission is to create and maintain international ISO standards that provide world-class specifications for goods, services, and safe working practices in order to encourage safe business practices. It develops and promotes a wide range of proprietary, industrial, and commercial guidelines. Despite the fact that ISO produces and publishes ISO standards, it does not grant certification. As a result, businesses seek ISO certification from third-party ISO certification bodies for the plethora of standards that are released.