World Standards Day 2020: Protecting the planet with standards

A standards-based approach to minimizing impact, protecting natural resources and innovating for the future

Every year on 14 October countries around the globe celebrate World Standards Day, marking our appreciation for the standards that we all rely on and paying tribute to the collaborative efforts of thousands of experts worldwide who develop the voluntary technical agreements that are published as standards.

World Standards Day 2020 is themed “Protecting the planet with standards”. We have written a series of articles to raise awareness on key areas and challenges affecting sustainable growth, and how standards can help organizations to adapt, transform, communicate sustainability performance and better allocate resources.

Environmental challenges in business: Standards as solutions
Find out how organizations can address key impacts and dependencies on the climate with a standards-based approach. Read the full article

The digital solution to sustainability challenges
The ongoing rapid urbanization presents a unique set of challenges and opportunities for towns and cities, and their inhabitants. Different cities will have different visions and authorities should look to standards to help meet their future potential. Read the full article

Sustainable resource management: From a linear to a circular model
Our global economy is dominated by a linear model of ‘take, make, dispose’ approach to productions and consumption. This linear model is wasteful and grounded in short-term thinking. Find out more about the circular economy and how standards can help. Read the full article

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