It’s the final Update Standards magazine of the year. So, if you want the details of new, revised, draft and withdrawn standards and publications from the last month, it’s all in the 65+ pages of the December edition of Update Standards.
We caught up with Daan van der Wekken to discuss his professional background in sustainability, how he sees his role at BSI, plus his views on COP27, the prospects of hitting 2050’s net zero targets and his love of quizzes.
For the final time this year, we’re catching up on key developments in the world of sustainability, breaking news, data and analysis drawn from across the globe. Like making leather from fish, transforming food waste with flies, and drilling for energy into the centre of the earth.
Modern slavery isn’t just a problem for murky companies overseas – major brands in the UK can also be associated with the practice, especially once global supply chains are considered. How confident can you be about your complete supply chain? And what is the role of a new, freely-available standard?
The BSI Standards Users Awards recognize the successful use of voluntary standards. Amongst 2022’s outstanding winners are three BSI Members. Here they are, and a brief description of what’s made them award winners in areas like business performance improvement, safety and resilience.
Throughout the year, the BSI Member Portal brings you our take on the hot topics of the day, as well as all the important developments from the world of standards.
As we rapidly approach the end of 2022, we’ve been taking stock of another busy year and have been looking at what our members have been reading. Here are the 10 most-read articles on the Member Portal published this year
Continuing high energy prices have fed into the UK’s annual inflation rate hitting a 41-year-high. These spiralling costs put significant strain on businesses and their customers. While a combination of interventions will be required, how can improved energy efficiency further minimize the damage to the bottom line? And how can a free standard that's ideal for SMEs help provide a more efficient way forward?
If you want the details of new, revised, draft and withdrawn standards and publications from the last month, it’s all in one place: the 55+ pages of the November edition of Update Standards magazine.
Find your way to the relevant changes in your sector with an easy-to-use reference index. (And, for BSI Members, there are back issues going back 12 years.)
A close look at all kinds of products will reveal a series of familiar (and possibly not so familiar) markings.
Several of these product markings are often mandatory, and used to demonstrate that a product or service meets legal requirements. Others are voluntary, and used to inspire trust and confidence by demonstrating a level of quality, safety, sustainability, and/or security, over and above any basic legal requirements.
But, with changes to UK and European marking systems coming into effect post-Brexit, how well do you know your markings, what they are used for, and how they can be used to maintain market access and inspire confidence in your products?
It’s a year since the London Declaration was signed by the world’s standards community, an important step towards a more sustainable world via standards. But what’s happened since then, and how can you get involved? We spoke to someone at the heart of the Declaration’s development in the UK, Tom Cantillon.
