BSI British Standards
BSI British Standards is the UK's National Standards Body (NSB) and was the world's first. It represents UK economic and social interests across all of the European and international standards organizations and through the development of business information solutions for British organizations of all sizes and sectors. BSI British Standards works with manufacturing and service industries, businesses, governments and consumers to facilitate the production of British, European and international standards.
BSI British Standards is a non-profit distributing organization, which means that any profits are reinvested into the services it provides.
Key facts
- BSI British Standards has 27,000 current standards; this equals one for every 59 businesses in the UK.
- BSI standards cover everything from accounting to zoom lenses.
- There are approximately 6,000 standards in development at any one time.
- The price of a standard reflects its complexity; the price range for BSI standards is £5 - £1,150.
- The average price of a standard is £75
- Over 130,000 BSI standards are sold each year in hard copy alone.
- 6,000 people from 1,800 organizations are involved in helping BSI to make approximately 1700 standards each year.
- Over 14,000 organizations are engaged with us every year; this is equivalent to just under 9% of all UK businesses.
- The most popular standard in the world (ISO 9001 Quality Management Systems Requirements) is used by over 670,000 organizations in 154 countries.
- Both ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 began as British standards, as did some of the other top global standards (eg health & safety and IT).
- The second most popular global standard (ISO 14001 Environmental Management System) is used in over 90,000 organizations in 127 countries.
- Standards contribute £2.5bn to the UK ecomony
- BSI’s oldest standard still in use today, is from 1927 - BS 275 Dimensions of rivets - while some of its most recent are for biometrics and business continuity.
British Standards in Europe
BSI is globally recognized as an impartial body serving all industries in both public and private sectors delivering standards and best practice solutions. You can position British Standards as the gateway to Europe - the use of British Standards enables companies to do business in Europe. Whether a company is exporting to Europe or wanting to set up business there, British Standards are a critical part of the process for compliance and credibility. All European standards (ENs) are adopted by British Standards hence, (BS ENs).
All British Standard versions of European Standards (BS ENs) are the original English language versions - so you can be sure they are accurate. Insist on the BS EN version.
Useful statistics for affiliates
BSI works with manufacturing and service industries, businesses, governments and consumers to facilitate the production of British, European and International Standards. Every day, people all over the world use and rely on goods, commodities and services that have been designed, inspected, tested or traded relying on the British Standards Institution.
BSI offer a large portfolio of publications, standards, guides, digital products and seminars to help your customers manage business critical decisions and achieve excellence. BSI is incorporated by Royal Charter.
Statistics
- World’s first national standards-making body
- Over 24,000 current documents
- Over 7,000 historical documents
- 2,500 research and development committees for UK, Europe and the rest of the world
- 23,000 research and development committee members.
Key Standards Information
This information is provided as a suggestion of how to promote various popular standards on your website
Disaster Recovery management
- How secure is your company infrastructure?
- Do you have a disaster recovery/business continuity plan in place?
- Are your business assets identified?
The following publications can help you:
- BS 25999-1:2006 Business continuity management
- BS 25999-2:2007 Specification for business continuity management
- PAS 79:2007 Fire risk assessment. Guidance and a recommended methodology
- PAS 77:2006 IT Service continuity management code of practice
- Risk maker risk taker. A manager's guide to risk DVD
BSI order ref; BIP 3077:2006
- A Risk management approach to business continuity. Aligning business continuity with corporate governance
BSI order ref; BIP 2121:2006
- The Risk management universe: A guided tour
BSI order ref; BIP 2036:2006
Environment
Is your company compliant with the latest environment legislation?
As changes occur in our climate, organizations have a corporate responsibility to assess their processes and procedures to meet best practice.
The following publications can assist:
- BS EN ISO 14001:2004 Environmental management systems. Requirements with guidance for use
- BS ISO 14004:2004 Environmental management systems. General guidelines on principles, systems and supporting techniques
- BS EN ISO 19011:2002 Guidelines for quality and/or environmental management systems auditing
- Auditing the ISO 19011 Way
BSI order ref; BIP 2006:2003
- Environmental Due Diligence. A Guide to ISO 14015: The role of environmental assessment in environmental due diligence
BSI order ref; BIP 2038:2004
- Managing the environment the 14001 way
BSI order ref; BIP 2069:2005
- BS 8900:2006 Guidance for managing sustainable development
Health and Safety - Are you up to speed?
As health and safety becomes more important in our every day working life, organizations will have to consider their obligations to ensure workers health and safety requirements are not compromised.
The following publications can provide best practice guidance:
- BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational health and safety management systems requirements
- Step through guide. Health and safety management
BSI order ref; BIP 3002:2004
- Managing safety the systems way
BSI order ref; BIP 2050:2004
- Fire Extinguishing Systems. A guide to the types, application and considerations
BSI order ref; BIP 2003:2003
- Fire Detection BSI order ref; BIP 2009:2003
Cross-selling opportunities
Examples
Customer needs to purchase BS EN ISO 9000.
Alert the customer to the three individual standards: 9000, 9001 and 9004. Also discuss availability of the ‘presentation set’ (BIP 2039) containing three standards plus the book ‘Achieving Registration’ and the ‘Achieving Registration’ CD-ROM (BIP 3024) - contents the same as the presentation set. Other books to mention are ‘Beyond Registration‘ (BIP 2020) and ‘Achieving Registration’ (HB 10218).
Customer needs to purchase BS EN ISO 14001 - Environmental management.
Alert the customer to the complete 14001 series (18 standards) on CD-ROM (BIP 3023), the ‘presentation set’ (BIP 2070) - contents BS EN ISO14001, BS ISO 14004, BS EN ISO 19011 ‘Guidelines for quality and/or environmental management systems auditing’ and the book ‘Auditing the ISO 19011 way’.
Customer needs to purchase Information Security standards.
BS ISO/IEC 17799:2005 Information technology. Security techniques. Code of practice for information security management This universal standard provides a complete set of guidelines for an effective information security management system (ISMS). It is essential guidance to help you manage an effective information security policy.
BS ISO/IEC 27001:2005 Information technology. Security techniques.
Information security management systems.BS ISO/IEC 27001 is the new complementary standard to BS ISO/IEC 17799:2005 The standard will provide a specification for ISMS and the foundation for third party audit and certification.
Information security management systems (ISMS) certification. Guidelines on requirements and preparation for certification based on ISO/IEC 27001:2005 BSI order ref; BIP 0071:2005
Are you ready for a BS ISO/IEC 27001 information security management systems (ISMS) audit? BSI order ref; BIP 0072:2005
Guide to the implementation and auditing of information security management systems (ISMS) controls BSI order ref; BIP 0073:2005
Measuring the effectiveness of your BS 7799 implementations BSI order ref; BIP 0074:2005
