Director's update: what's happening with standards in 2019 and 2020?
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As we rapidly approach the end of another extremely busy year for BSI, the BSI Knowledge team and the world of international standards, I'd like to share with you some important achievements and updates from 2019 and to look forward to what's in store for standards in 2020.
With the general election now behind us, we will be working immediately with the new Government and Ministers across all portfolios to make sure that they are aware of the value of standards to business and industry. We will also emphasize the role that UK stakeholders play in influencing the 37,000 British Standards (comprising over 85% of international and European regional standards) that underpin our economic success and global competitiveness. The involvement of UK representatives in international standards making is the highest of any country in the world.
BSI's role as the National Standards Body and the UK member of ISO, IEC, CEN, CENELEC and ETSI enables us to build strong bilateral relationships with our opposite numbers in countries all over the world. This year, discussions with our opposite number in China have ranged from the exporting of wooden shoes to artificial intelligence and green finance. With Japan, we jointly published a standard supporting the operation of online platforms in the sharing economy. At ISO level, we were delighted to see our UK best practice standards for building information modelling become global ISO standards (the ISO 19650 series).
As we move into 2020 we are focusing on how we engage with all companies that are interested in using standards as a strategic tool for business advantage, international trade, and environmental, social and governance (ESG) performance.
Please contact us directly if you need any information on how standards could help your bottom line next year. We would be pleased to hear from you.
Enjoy the festive season. I look forward to sharing more with you in the new year.
Scott Steedman CBE, Director of Standards, BSI
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