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BSI Briefing 28 September 2016

Dr Scott Steedman 1 Copyright 2016 © BSI. All rights reserved

1Copyright © 2016 BSI. All rights reserved.

Standards delivering economic growth by supporting public policyDr Scott Steedman CBE Director of Standards

Oslo, 28 September 2016

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Market Development,Committee management

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• BIM Level 3• City Resilience • Cyber security• Digital Health & Independent Living• Energy harvesting• Enterprise security• FinTech, Block Chain• Fire Safety• Governance & Leadership• Healthcare• Industry 4.0 • Infrastructure• Internet of Things & Big Data • Resource Management• Responsible Business • Supply chain• Synthetic Biology

Built Environment Manufacturing Healthcare

Energy ICT Security & Defence

Governance & Resilience Performance Sustainability

BSI innovation focus and market development structure BSI innovation focus and market development structure

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BSI standards staff 350

Subscribing members 14,000

Committee members 11,300Technical and Subcommittees 1,200

Live projects (ISO/IEC/CEN/CLC and national standards) 7,000

International/European secretariats 200International and European Standards work 95%

BSI NSB and Knowledge Solutions – facts and figures




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Standards are a consensus of what good looks like.


Standards are made by people for people.

BSI publishes 2,500 and withdraws 1,000 standards per year, following the European single standard model in the UK market.

This maintains a coherent, consistent body of knowledge for industry, gov’t and the public.

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Standards bring growth as business enablersStandards bring growth as business enablers

In the UK, we consider that:

• Standards are knowledge for business and industry, shared through consensus,

• Standards are tools of the market for voluntary use, used most effectively through procurement

• Standards are not regulations, but can be used to support public policy.




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Economic benefits of standards in the UK, Cebr study (2015)Economic benefits of standards in the UK, Cebr study (2015)


BSI business performance standards used worldwide



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HR workforce value management

BS ISO 37001BS 10500

BS 13500

PAS 1998

BS ISO 26000BS 8900

BehaviouralStandards

Anti-BriberyOrganisational Governance

Boardroom evaluation

Corporate Social Responsibility

Demonstrate legal compliance,Manage risk throughout

A system that integrates fundamental principles of direction, accountability and control

Strategic value management of people in the workplace

Increase confidence in the integrity of the business, provide a sustainable procurement strategy for supply-chain risk

Whistleblowing

PAS 3000Smart Working

Employee Health and Wellbeing

Health and Safety at

Work

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The basis for using voluntary standards as part of public policy delivery

Better regulation:The UK Government’s Better Regulation Framework Manual (2013) sets the following principle:

‘The Government will regulate to achieve its policy objectives only…having demonstrated that satisfactory outcomes cannot be achieved by alternative, self-regulatory, or non-regulatory approaches’

This is consistent with the principle of ‘Smart regulation’ in the European Union:

Places the minimum possible administrative burden on business, especially SMEs, and:• is fit for the purpose identified,• has been through a rigorous impact assessment,• has been subject to a screening for simplification,• is evaluated periodically and amended/withdrawn as required.



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• ‘New Approach’ European legislation: only sets high level essential requirements,

• Leaves the choice to industry as to the precise means of compliance with the law, with ‘harmonized’ European standards providing one way to meet requirements,

• Recognizes the differences between standards and regulation, and

• Enables innovative solutions for industry.

Standards and ‘Smart regulation’ – the European approachStandards and ‘Smart regulation’ – the European approach

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• Standards enable simple, flexible, ‘better’ regulation that in turn promotes innovation and industry transformation.

• However, this requires constant awareness raising: e.g. BSI and UKAS have published a ‘handbook for ministers’.

• This describes the three mechanisms of:

• Self-regulation, earned recognition, and co-regulation.

Standards enable growth as support for public policiesStandards enable growth as support for public policies



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• Government does not want to regulate but needs to provide some assurance to the market,

• Businesses then voluntarily agree to meet certain standards,

• Government will work with the industry to agree codes of conduct, charters etc.

An example of this approach in the UK was the development of BS 8580: 2010 for Legionella risk assessment. Businesses use BS 8580 to comply with the HSE code of practice. Accreditation of inspection organisations provides further assurance.

Self-regulation: use of standards to support regulationSelf-regulation: use of standards to support regulation

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• Government offers “Earned Recognition” to companies for certification against ISO 14001;

• Trusting that these are firms behaving responsibly:• Are certified to the standard by accredited auditor,• Enables regulators to reduce oversight and

inspection visits,• Reduces cost of regulation both for the state and

business, and• Encourages regulators to focus on finding the ‘bad

guys’.

Environmental management ISO 14001: better regulation in the UKEnvironmental management ISO 14001: better regulation in the UK

ISO 14001

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BIM Level 2 standards in 2015: - information management for

operational phase of assets, - collaborative production of

information, - cyber security considerations.BIM portal was launched in 2016,

www.level2BIM.orgBSI is now working to promote adoption of PAS 1192 by ISO.

Procurement: Government requires use of BIM standards on contracts

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• Government sets top level regulatory requirements (New Approach model);

• The market defines how these general principles are met through technical solutions,

• Accreditation may be used to ensure competence of those organisations certifying compliance.

This approach was used by Government to support the flagship ‘Green Deal’ programme of energy efficiency improvements to domestic properties, with general requirements set out in the Energy Act 2011 and detailed requirements in PAS 2030.

Co-regulation: use of standards to support regulationCo-regulation: use of standards to support regulation



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• Greenhouse gas management: standards help

• organizations to assess, monitor and manage their emissions – within their operations, products and supply chains, and

• Support compliance with legal requirements.

• Standards have been developed around greenhouse gas management: assessment, reduction, offsetting and communications.

• PAS 2070:2013 was sponsored by Mayor of London.

Standards also support environmental policies at city levelStandards also support environmental policies at city level

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“We will encourage and facilitate the creation of new standards earlier in the development of new technologies and in areas of technological disruption” BSI and Innovate UK Partnership Agreement, January 2016

Government is starting to promote standards to support innovation policiesGovernment is starting to promote standards to support innovation policies

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