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Issue one of Standards Outlook explores how standards improve trade around the world and at home. The trade issue examines:

• the Commonwealth Standards Network
• how BSI can help small business to unlock their potential through the use of Standards
• AI in healthcare

BSI is pioneering new ways of collaborating with standards makers and users to ride the wave of the Fourth Industrial Revolution. Read the innovation issue to find out about:

• how BSI is working to bring ethics to innovation
• the Future Standards Programme
• Digital manufacturing

The fourth issue of Standards Outlook focuses on how standards could help you do your part in achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Read the sustainability issue to find out about:

• Industry decarbonization and the circular economy

• Sustainable agriculture, biodiversity and climate change

• Smart cities and communities

• Diversity, inclusion and equality

The fifth issue of Standards Outlook explores how standards can help your organization harness the power of digitalization.

Read the digitalization issue to discover more about the following topics: 

• Making the case for digital manufacturing 
• Building blocks for digitalization 
• Double vision 
• ''First, do no harm'' AI and medical devices
• Educating energy - energy supply and digitalization 
• Blockchain 
• Standards virtual conference 

The sixth issue of Standards Outlook focuses on how your organization can use standards to build and maintain resilience in an uncertain and dynamic world.

Issue six explores standards and resilience in areas including:

• Environment, Social and Governance
• Supply Chain 
• Built environment
• Cyber Risk
• Oil and Gas
• Digital Manufacturing
• Construction

In the seventh issue of Standards Outlook, BSI experts, as well as external professionals, demonstrate how standards should be perceived as essential business tools for the UK Government to help create new and innovative trade opportunities for companies in the UK.

Issue seven includes the following topics:

• Making international standards work for trade agreements
• Giving consumers a say in trade policy
• Maintaining low friction access to the European market
• How to build trust in digital trade
• Case study: ‘Working with standards is critical to our brand.'

Following from COP26, the latest issue of Standards Outlook looks at how standards play a crucial role in steering us towards a sustainable world for future generations.

Issue 8 includes:

• The fight against global warming
• On the road to net zero – transport and energy decarbonization
• Recognizing the importance of mental health at work
• Lifting the lid on modern slavery
• UN Global Compact - turning sustainability commitments into action

In this issue of Standards Outlook, BSI experts look at how standards are changing the world in areas that are essential to all of our futures.

Issue 9 includes:

• Inclusion and diversity in standards making
• Net Zero – from commitments to action
• Creating dementia-friendly communities
• Speaking up for consumers – CPIN and the Consumer Forum