PASs for Trade Associations and Professional Bodies

Sponsoring a PAS with BSI

Trade associations and professional bodies choose to sponsor a PAS because it improves the performance of their member companies and shows leadership in their sector.

We develop and publish the PAS on the sponsor’s behalf, using our expert and proven process.

For example:

  • The sponsor: Electronic Cigarette Industry Trade Association
  • Purpose: to highlight the importance of safety and quality for consumers using electronic cigarettes and other vaping products
  • Content: to provide a guide for the manufacture, import, labelling and sale of vaping products
  • Benefits: manufacturers can make safe products and demonstrate this to regulators, and consumers can avoid unlicensed or rogue products
  • Result: PAS 54115:2015
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The benefits for trade association and professional bodies

Innovation

A PAS can:

  • help your members build trust with their customers, suppliers and contractors
  • support innovation by providing an agreed approach
  • increase global reach through the collaboration with international stakeholders

Regulation:

A PAS can:

  • enable your members to self-regulate, making them more efficient and competitive
  • help your members avoid costs associated with compliance or penalties for non-compliance
  • support industry Kitemark and Certification schemes

Credibility

A PAS is:

  • co-branded with the BSI logo and the sponsor’s logo
  • developed using a proven process, underpinned by its own standard – PAS 0
  • a connection to the authority of the trusted BSI brand
  • a useful tool to attract and retain members and to weed out unethical operators
  • a sign of your leadership in the field, increasing your industry influence