The breadth and depth of standards in use in the UK is impressive. From management systems to toothbrushes, from customer service to the design of screw threads, smart phones to electric cars. If you ever wondered how these 30 000+ BSI standards come into being, here's the full story.
In today’s fast-changing world, people are finding it harder than ever to trust institutions and leaders. Instead, they are looking to business to speak out on important issues.
What is behind this trend, and what can organizations do to demonstrate that they are worthy of trust?
Standards terminology can get a little confusing, especially when it comes to its status. So, here are the top ten questions you’ve been asking our experts in the BSI Membership Knowledge Centre. And their answers.
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.
The ongoing pandemic has severely tested resilience across organisations. BSI’s latest Organizational Resilience Index finds that business leaders’ confidence in the resilience of their organisations actually rose in the last 12 months. Find out how your organisation ranks across 16 elements of organisational resilience by completing BSI's benchmark questionnaire.
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.
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.
