标准2025能源问题将国际社会面临的最严重挑战之一，最近结束的清洁能源部长级会议（CEM8）推动了ISO 50001能源管理体系标准的修订，CEM8是致力于推动全球清洁能源运用的高级别国际论坛。。
在中国北京举行的CEM8会议上，各国能源部长、高层决策人、技术专家和企业家齐聚一堂，共同讨论如何扩大可再生能源利用，提高清洁能源利用效率和在清洁能源领域展开合作。会议期间，主办方组织了一系列周边会议、论坛和研讨会，其中就包括了促进绿色消费国际
研讨会，其召开凸显了ISO 50001标准带来的益处。
负责ISO 50001制定的人员同样在于北京召开的ISO ISO/TC 301能源管理与节约能源技术委员会的年会上碰面。这次全会的主要成果之一就是对ISO 50001标准的修订，这是在ISO 50001标准发布六年后对该项标准的修订，以确保该项标准仍然是世界范围内各企业和组织的有用工具。
会议达成了充分进展和共识，使得ISO 50001标准进入国际标准草案（DIS）阶段，有望在三个月内完成并进行发布。目前计划ISO 50001的最新版本将于2018年十一/十二月出版。
能源标准修订工作组的召集人迪安.德赛（Deann Desai）对标准修订的仙鹤进行了评议：“2018版的主要变化之一是其纳入了高级别结构，这提升了与其他管理体系标准的兼容性。2018版还有其他改进，以确保对中小企业相关的能源绩效相关的关键概念是明确的。”
ISO 50001标准于2011年发布，它改变了组织管理能源的方式，为公司提供了持续改善能源绩效、可持续发展和盈利的全面手段。其针对环境与清洁能源采取的行动，无论是作为最佳实践模式，还是作为全球基准，均存在其价值。事实上，截止2015年，已有近12000个组织通
过了该标准的认证， 较上一年度增长77%。
CEM分析显示，ISO 50001标准在全球商业和工业部门的实施可在2030年时驱使约62个exajoules的累积能源节约，在能源开支方面节省约600亿美元，减少二氧化碳排放65亿吨。预计可达到的年碳排放节约量等于减少2.15亿私人轿车的排放量。
ISO/TC 301
ISO/TC 301主席罗兰.勒辛（ Roland Risser）解释道：“ISO 50001为无法或不愿进行改进的组织提供了可延展、具有成本效益的持续能源管理途径，允许这些组织向国际合作方和伙伴展示并验证他们持续改善能源绩效的决心。”
CEM8还承认能源管理卓越奖的获奖者，这是一项国际竞赛，获奖企业成功应用ISO 50001.这一奖项是能源管理工作组（EMWG）（参与了ISO/TC 301工作）在清洁能源部长级会议上的提议。
ISO 50001 highlighted as key tool for climate action at Clean Energy Ministerial
With energy one of the most critical challenges facing the international community, the revision of ISO 50001 on energy management systems was given a major boost at the recently concluded Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM8), a high-level global forum working to advance clean energy globally.
Energy ministers and high-level decision makers, together with technical experts and private-sector leaders, gathered in Beijing, China, for the CEM8 to discuss how to scale renewables, improve efficiency and cooperate on clean energy initiatives. A series of side events, forums and workshops were organized, including an International Workshop on Improving Green Consumption featuring the benefits of ISO 50001.
Developers responsible for ISO 50001 also met in Beijing at the annual meeting of ISO technical committee ISO/TC 301, Energy management and energy savings. One of the main outcomes of the plenary was the revision of ISO 50001, which after six years of existence is being updated to ensure it remains a useful tool for all types of businesses and organizations around the world.
Sufficient progress and consensus were achieved to enable the revision of ISO 50001 to move to a Draft International Standard, which is expected to be completed and released within three months. Publication of the new edition of ISO 50001 as an International Standard is currently planned for November/December 2018.
Deann Desai, Convenor of the working group revising the energy standard, commented on its improvements: “One of the main changes for the 2018 version is in the incorporation of the High-Level Structure which provides for improved compatibility with other management systems standards. There are other improvements in the 2018 version to help ensure that the key concepts related to energy performance are clear for small and mid-size businesses.”
Published in 2011, ISO 50001 transforms the way organizations manage their energy, offering companies a comprehensive approach to continually improve energy performance, sustainability and their bottom line. It has value both as a best-practice model and as a global benchmark for climate and clean energy action. In fact, nearly 12 000 organizations were already certified to the standard at the end of 2015 – up 77 % from the previous year.
CEM analysis shows that implementation of the ISO 50001 standard across the commercial and industrial sectors globally could drive cumulative energy savings of approximately 62 exajoules by 2030, sparing nearly USD 600 billion in energy costs and avoiding 6 500 million metric tonnes of CO2 emissions. The projected annual emissions savings are equivalent to removing 215 million passenger vehicles from the road.
ISO/TC 301
Roland Risser, Chair of ISO/TC 301, Energy management and energy savings, explains: “ISO 50001 provides a scalable, cost-effective and continuous energy management pathway for organizations that might not have otherwise performed these improvements, and allows organizations to demonstrate and verify to international parties and partners that they are committed to continuously improve their energy performance.”
CEM8 also recognized the winners of the Award of Excellence in Energy Management, an international competition that honours companies successfully using ISO 50001. The Award is an initiative of the Energy Management Working Group (EMWG) at the Clean Energy Ministerial, which participates in the work of ISO/TC 301.