Innovation is vital to our society. The newly released PAS 440 is first national framework to help organizations work through the demands of innovating in a responsible manner. Read how we worked with Innovate UK to help organizations working with disruptive technologies structure their thinking around the implications of their innovations and plan accordingly.
We want to help organizations optimize their response to the current instability by sharing some of the expertise we’ve built up. The following summarizes key learning from BSI’s most relevant standards.
Whether you are a manager or employee, full-time homeworking is testing relationships, processes and expectations. BSI offers advice drawn from management standards on how to make the most of the challenges and opportunities during this time, with a focus on productivity rather than facetime.
“A game changer for the hygiene sector” - Products with biocidal technology can be used on household surfaces for general cleaning. However, test methods for these products lacked the credibility and consensus to ensure they were relevant to real-life environments. Read how we developed a test method with Byotrol (PAS 2424 - a fast-track standard) to provide consumer assurance and industry best practice.
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has announced a regulatory exemption to support UK production of biocidal hand sanitizer products during the COVID-19 outbreak.
Climate change will change the way we use water. With greater unpredictability in weather patterns, it is going to be harder to ensure sufficient water provision, maintain water quality and deliver all the water required for development, biodiversity and human sanitation.
The safety of a cargo hold has long been the subject of debate. It’s sometimes imagined that the cargo hold is a very inhospitable and dangerous place, but should not be the case. On the contrary, the space is ventilated and heated - after all, animals including pets often fly in this space. It has even been known for baggage handlers to fall asleep in the cargo hold and spend an unplanned flight there – it’s not recommended, but not dangerous. Cabin crew even have bunks in the hold for long-haul flights.
