Issue Eight - How standards can accelerate progress towards a sustainable world for future generations.

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.
Throughout Standards Outlook issue 8, BSI experts discuss how standards play a vital role in dealing with the most critical environmental issues the world is currently facing. In addition there are external contributions from Executive Director of the UN Global Compact, Steve Kenzie and Dr Alex Tautrims from the University of Nottingham’s Rights Lab and current chair of the BSI’s Technical Committee.
Issue 8 includes:
- Carbon countdown – trust and transparency are critical to the fight against global warming
- On the road to net zero – transport and energy decarbonization
- Healthy mind, healthy body - recognizing the importance of mental health at work
- Built environment – infrastructure finds its place in a system of systems
- Sustainability in the agri-food sector
- Lifting the lid on modern slavery
- UN Global Compact - turning sustainability commitments into action