As pandemic restrictions are eased, more organizations are preparing to re-open their workplaces. However, this welcome move comes with many challenges: as well as ensuring workplaces are Covid-safe, employers will need to adjust to shifts in working practices and provide additional support for employees.
So, what should you consider when reopening your workplace?
2021 is an important year for sustainability. The UK is set to host three important events with sustainability firmly on the agenda. The G7 meeting, ISO’s 75th Anniversary General Assembly and COP26.
BSI will play its part in supporting the government’s Net Zero agenda and providing guidance and standards to organizations who want to improve their sustainability performance. And here are two of the individuals helping to ensure BSI can meet this challenge.
In 2021, sustainability is demanding more urgent action than ever. Three key events to be held in the UK this year will underline the global importance of making progress on this vital issue.
In the highly pressured early days of the pandemic, one MOD worker spotted an opportunity to make it easier for essential workers to access the standards they needed. The simple but effective solution made a real difference to people at the forefront of the nation’s pandemic response.
If you have a bigger workload than before COVID hit, BSI Membership can help lighten that load the a number of ways, improving your efficiency and making it easier to stay up to date with standards.
Standards must apply across a number of different situations. Manufacturing provides real challenges, particularly in niche applications involving highly-specialized manufacturing processes.
The question is often how to continue to adjust a standard to make sure that it continues to work effectively, whilst minimizing disruption to those processes.
Preferably without requiring unnecessary new work to make sure that the manufacturer remains compliant.
This third edition of the standard for sterilizing medical devices like biological heart valves (BS EN 14160 Liquid chemical sterilization of Health Care Products) is a good example of fine-tuning a standard to do exactly that.
Published standards have to adapt to change.
But what’s the best way to stay on top of the upcoming changes that affect you, and then implement them efficiently?
Deciding when to start the process to implement a change can depend on a variety of factors.
These factors can be considered during a Gap analysis - the first step in a six-step process to implement a change.
Our recent survey of 1000 UK businesses found that many companies were committed to net zero targets,but were unsure where to start.
If you’re a BSI member who is not sure either, or you want to ensure you’re on the right track to a carbon-free business, these seven recommendations provide a framework for action.
A message for members from BSI’s new CEO Susan Taylor Martin. Putting the client at centre of our world. Focusing on BSI’s people and ensuring a diverse and truly inclusive environment. Driving individual and collective performance to maximise our impact and deliver our purpose to inspire trust for a more resilient world.
The COVID-19 pandemic has made 2020 a challenging year, but some organizations and individuals have made outstanding efforts to help manage the pandemic and mitigate its impacts. On 19 November 2020, an e-conference in the Special 2020 Edition BSI Standards Awards celebrated those whose efforts made this unprecedented year a little easier.
