Monday, December 7, 2020Standards in the spotlight: PAS 440 - Responsible innovation
Society has never been hungrier for innovation nor less tolerant of innovation which fails.
PAS 440 provides guidance to organizations on how to stru...
Monday, November 16, 2020Consumer voice in standards
Standards are everywhere, making consumers’ lives safer, fairer and easier. Whether we're using a mobile phone, shopping online or travelling abroad, ...
Thursday, November 12, 2020Standards and blockchain
Blockchain is a simple, yet ingenious way of passing information from A to B in a fully automated and safe manner.
Though the technology is at a rela...
Monday, October 26, 2020Standards and innovation
Innovation is most commonly associated with the development and use of new and emerging technologies.
But what about the role of standards? Do they e...
Wednesday, October 14, 2020Supporting student research
Standards cover an extraordinarily wide range of issues. Some modernize established practice, while others work on the leading edge of emerging techno...
Sunday, September 20, 2020Standards and the SDGs
The 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) are an urgent call for action by all countries.
They recognize that ending poverty must go hand-in-han...
Thursday, September 10, 2020Standards and stakeholder engagement
For over 100 years BSI has been shaping standards to help improve the quality and safety of products, services and systems.
We’ve published over 40,0...
Sunday, August 16, 2020Standards and trade associations
Trade Associations sit at the heart of their industries, speaking on behalf of their members to government, agencies, regulators, the media and standa...
Wednesday, August 5, 2020Safe working in a global pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a huge impact on people and communities, and organizations are facing significant disruptions and challenges that they n...
Monday, July 27, 2020Standards in the spotlight: ISO 45001
ISO 45001 is designed to prevent work-related injury and ill-health and to provide safe and healthy workplaces.
As an international standard, it cros...
Thursday, July 16, 2020Why teach about standards?
In this episode Matthew speaks to leading academic and standards-maker Dr Irina Brass, Associate Professor at UCL’s Department of Science, Technology,...
Tuesday, June 30, 2020Standards and careers
Episode 1.
Successful standards draw on the widest range of expertise and opinion as possible. At BSI we want young professionals to get involved in s...