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BSI Group
BSI Group, also known as the British Standards Institution (or BSI),
BSI Group
is the national standards body of the United Kingdom. BSI produces
technical standards on a wide range of products and services, and also
supplies certification and standards-related services to businesses.

Contents Making excellence a habit

1 History Type Non-prot distribu ng
2 Ac vi es incorporated body
3 Management Systems Assessment and Cer ca on opera ng under Royal
Charter
4 Tes ng Services and Healthcare
Founded 1903
5 Milestones
Headquarters London, United Kingdom
6 Acquisi ons
Number of 76 oces in 28 countries
7 See also loca ons [1]
8 Notes and references Area served Worldwide
9 External links standards and standards
Products
related services
Revenue 331.1m (2015)[2]
History Number of Over 3,500 (2015)
employees
BSI Group was founded as the Engineering Standards Committee in
London in 1901.[3] It subsequently extended its standardization work and Subsidiaries List of BSI countries (h p
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became the British Engineering Standards Association in 1918, adopting the
GB/global-contact-details/)
name British Standards Institution in 1931 after receiving a Royal Charter
in 1929. In 1998 a revision of the Charter enabled the organization to Website h ps://www.bsigroup.com
(h ps://www.bsigroup.co
diversify and acquire other businesses, and the trading name was changed
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to BSI Group.

The Group now operates in 182 countries.[4] The core business remains standards and standards related services, although
the majority of the Group's revenue comes from management systems assessment and certification work.[5]

Activities
BSI produces British Standards, and, as the UKs National Standards Body, is also responsible for the UK publication, in
English, of international and European standards. BSI is obliged to adopt and publish all European Standards as identical
British Standards (prefixed BS EN) and to withdraw pre-existing British Standards that are in conflict.[6] However, it has
the option to adopt and publish international standards (prefixed BS ISO or BS IEC).

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In response to commercial demands, BSI also produces commissioned

standards products such as Publicly Available Specifications, (PASs), Private
Standards and Business Information Publications. These products are
commissioned by individual organizations and trade associations to meet their
needs for standardised specifications, guidelines, codes of practice etc. Because
they are not subject to the same consultation and consensus requirements as
formal standards, the lead time is shorter.

BSI also publishes standards-related books, CD-ROMs, subscription products

and web-based solutions as well as providing training on standards-related
issues.

Management Systems Assessment

and Certification
With 80,000 clients, BSI Group is one of the worlds largest certification
bodies. It audits and provides certification to companies worldwide who
BSI Group headquarters building in
implement management systems standards. BSI also runs training courses that Gunnersbury, West London, featuring
cover the implementation and auditing requirements of national and the BSI Group logo
international management systems standards.

It is independently accredited[7] and assesses a wide range of standards and other specifications including:

ISO 9001 (Quality),

ISO 13485 (Quality management systems for medical devices)
ISO 14001 (Environment),
ISO 50001 (Energy management systems),
BS 65000 (Organiza onal Resilience),
OHSAS 18001 (Occupa onal Health and Safety),
ISO/IEC 27001 (previously BS 7799 for Informa on Security),
ISO/IEC 20000 (previously BS 15000 for IT Service Management);
PAS 99 (Integrated Management),
BS 25999 (Business Con nuity),
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Verica on,
(RSPO) Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil
SA8000 (Social Accountability) and
Food Safety standards and specica ons, including ISO 22000.
AS9100, AS9110, AS9120 Aerospace
EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS)

Testing Services and Healthcare

Within Testing Services, BSI's best known product in the UK is the Kitemark, a registered certification mark first used in
1903.[3] The Kitemark which is recognized by 82% of UK adults[8] signifies products or services which have been
assessed and tested as meeting the requirements of the related specification or standard within a Kitemark scheme.

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BSI also conducts testing of products for a range of certifications, including for CE marking. CE
marking must be applied to a wide range of products intended for sale in the European
Economic Area. Frequently manufacturers or importers need a third-party certification of their
product from an accredited or Notified body. BSI holds Notified Body status for 15 EU
Directives,[9] including construction products, marine equipment, pressurised equipment and
personal protective equipment.

BSI also conducts testing for manufacturers developing new products and has facilities to test BSI Group Kitemark
across a wide range of sectors, including construction, fire safety, electrical and electronic and cer ca on symbol
engineering products.

Within Healthcare, BSI provides regulatory and quality management reviews, and product certification for medical device
manufacturers in Europe, the United States, Australia, Japan, Taiwan, Canada and China.[10] It is the market leader in the
USA, the worlds biggest healthcare market.[11]

Milestones
BSI is the worlds rst na onal standards body.[12]
BSI created one of the worlds rst quality marks in 1903, when the le ers B and S (for Bri sh Standard) were combined with
V (for verica on) to produce the Kitemark logo.
BSI was instrumental in the forma on of ISO, the Interna onal Organiza on for Standardiza on, in 1947 and of its European
equivalent, CEN, in 1964.
BSI pioneered the development of management systems standards: the rst of which was BS 5750, the original quality
management systems standard which formed the template for the ISO 9000 series of quality standards, rst published in 1994.
BSI published the worlds rst environmental management standard, BS 7750, in 1992. This led to the publica on of the rst
interna onal environmental management standard, ISO 14001, in 1996. BSI also published the worlds rst sustainability
standard, BS 8900, in 2006.
BSI's management systems opera on in the UK has been carbon neutral since 2006.[13] BSI reduced stas business travel by
200,000 miles per annum, and invested in carbon ose ng in the UK and Bulgaria.
BSI has been nominated a Business Superbrand in the UK every year since 2004. BSI is currently ranked no. 42 out of 500
organiza ons.[14][15]

Acquisitions
Starting in 1998, BSI Group has adopted a policy of international growth through acquisition as follows:[16]

1998: CEEM, USA and Interna onal Standards Cer ca on Pte Ltd, Singapore
2002: KPMGs cer ca on business in North America
2003: BSI Pacic Ltd, Hong Kong
2004: KPMGs cer ca on business in the Netherlands
2006: Nis Zert, Germany; Entropy Interna onal Ltd, Canada & UK; Benchmark Cer ca on Pty Ltd, Australia; ASI-QS, UK
2009: Supply Chain Security Division of First Advantage Corp. USA; Cer ca on Interna onal S.r.l, Italy; EUROCAT, Germany
2010: GLCS, the leading cer er of gas related consumer equipment in the UK, and one of the top three in Europe,[17] the
cer ca on business of BS Services Italia S.r.l. (BSS); Systems Management Indonesia (SMI).
2013: 9 May 2013 - NCS Interna onal and its daughter company NCSI Americas, Inc.[18]
2015: 24 January EORM, a US consultancy specialising in environmental, health, safety (EHS) and sustainability services[19]
2015: 30 January - the management systems cer ca on business of PwC in South Africa[20]
2016: 4 April - Espion Ltd and Espion UK, experts at managing and securing corporate informa on [21]

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2016: 15 August - Atrium Environmental Health and Safety Services LLC, experts in occupa onal safety, industrial safety and
environmental compliance [22]
2016: 22 September Crea ve Environment Solu ons (CES) Corp., an Environmental and Safety consul ng rm [23]
2016: 4 October Info-Assure Ltd, a leading provider of cyber security and informa on assurance [24]
2017: 5 December - Neville Clarke, the Business Process Improvement Expert [1] (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/
media-centre/press-releases/2017/december/BSI-acquisi on-of-Neville-Clarke/)

See also
European Commi ee for Electrotechnical Standardiza on (CENELEC)
European Commi ee for Standardiza on (CEN)
European Telecommunica ons Standards Ins tute (ETSI)
Interna onal Electrotechnical Commission
Interna onal standards
BS 25999
BS 65000
ISO
ISO 9000
ISO 14000
ISO 22000
ISO/IEC 20000
ISO/IEC 27000
Management system
Standardiza on
Standards organiza on
The Interna onal Customer Service Ins tute (TICSI)
Trading Standards Ins tute

Notes and references

1. Press Release. "BSI reports highest prots and revenue in 114 year history" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/media-
centre/press-releases/2016/april/BSI-reports-highest-prots-and-revenue-in-114-year-history/#.Vxo2wY-cG70/).
www.bsigroup.com. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
2. "BSI Group nancial informa on" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/nancial-informa on/). bsigroup.com. BSI
Group. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
3. Robert C McWilliam. BSI: The rst hundred years. 2001. Thanet Press. London
4. Press Release. "BSI reports highest prots and revenue in 114 year history" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/media-
centre/press-releases/2016/april/BSI-reports-highest-prots-and-revenue-in-114-year-history/#.Vxo2wY-cG70/).
www.bsigroup.com. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
5. "BSI Group Annual Report and Financial Statements 2014, page 20" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/Documents/about-bsi/nancial-
performance/2014/bsi-nancial-performance-2014.pdf) (PDF). www.bsigroup.com. Retrieved 5 June 2015.
6. European Commi ee for Standardiza on Benets and Principles (h p://www.cen.eu/cenorm/aboutus/benets/index.asp)
Archived (h ps://web.archive.org/web/20090807072935/h p://www.cen.eu/cenorm/aboutus/benets/index.asp) 7 August
2009 at the Wayback Machine.
7. info@ukas.com (2008-11-15). "United Kingdom Accredita on Service Cer ca on Body Schedules" (h ps://web.archive.org/we
b/20120413220852/h p://www.ukas.com/about-accredita on/accredited-bodies/cer ca on-body-schedules.asp). Ukas.com.
Archived from the original (h p://www.ukas.com/About-Accredita on/Accredited-Bodies/cer ca on-body-schedules.asp) on
13 April 2012. Retrieved 2012-04-03.

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8. "Annual Review 2006, page 15" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/Documents/about-bsi/nancial-performance/2006/bsi-annual-revi

ew-2006.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 2012-04-03.
9. "BSI Group Annual Report and Financial Statements 2009, page 97" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/Documents/about-bsi/nancial-
performance/2009/bsi-nancial-performance-2009.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 2012-04-03.
10. "BSI Group Annual Report and Financial Statements 2009, page 11" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/Documents/about-bsi/nancial-
performance/2009/bsi-nancial-performance-2009.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 2012-04-03.
11. "BSI Group Annual Report and Financial Statements 2009, page 24" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/Documents/about-bsi/nancial-
performance/2009/bsi-nancial-performance-2009.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 2012-04-03.
12. BSI was founded in 1901
13. "Annual Review 2006, page 24" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/Documents/about-bsi/nancial-performance/2006/bsi-annual-revi
ew-2006.pdf) (PDF). Retrieved 2012-04-03.
14. h ps://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/media-centre/press-releases/2004/4/BSI-Brand-Joins-The-Super-League/ BSI Press
Release 2004
15. Superbrand Ocial Top 500 2012 (h p://d3iixjhp5u37hr.cloudfront.net/les/2012/02/BSB12-Ocial-Top-500-yvd1Ux.pdf)
16. "History of BSI Group" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/our-history/). Bsigroup.com. 1929-04-22. Retrieved
2012-04-03.
17. "BSI Press Release 22 March 2010" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/media-centre/press-releases/2010/3/BSI-joins-
forces-with-gas-cer ca on-body-to-provide-extended-tes ng-oering-to-customers/). Bsigroup.com. 2010-03-22. Retrieved
2012-04-03.
18. "BSI strengthens posi on in Australia with acquisi on of NCS Interna onal" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/media
-centre/press-releases/2013/May-2013/BSI-strengthens-posi on-in-Australia-with-acquisi on-of-NCS-Interna onal/). BSI. 10
May 2013. Retrieved 20 May 2013.
19. "Press Release:BSI enters US consultancy market with EORM acquisi on" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/about-bsi/media-c
entre/press-releases/2015/january/BSI-enters-US-consultancy-market-with-EORM-acquisi on1/#.VWghD_6Ya9I). BSI Group.
Retrieved 5 June 2015.
20. "BSI Group Annual Report and Financial Statements 2014, page 59, Post balance sheet events" (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/Doc
uments/about-bsi/nancial-performance/2014/bsi-nancial-performance-2014.pdf) (PDF). www.bsigroup.com. Retrieved 5 June
2015.
21. Weckler, Adrian. "Bri sh IT security rm snaps up Espion" (h p://www.independent.ie/business/bri sh-it-security-rm-snaps-u
p-espion-34598634.html). www.independent.ie. Independent IE. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
22. "BSI expands US footprint with Atrium acquisi on" (h p://www.cirmagazine.com/cir/bsi-atrium.php). www.cirmagazine.com.
Con nuity Insurance and Risk. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
23. "BSI bolsters US East Coast EHS Consul ng presence with acquisi on of New York City rm, Crea ve Environment Solu ons" (h
p://www.kusi.com/story/33156522/bsi-bolsters-us-east-coast-ehs-consul ng-presence-with-acquisi on-of-new-york-city-rm-cr
ea ve-environment-solu ons). www.kusi.com. Kusi News. Retrieved 11 November 2016.
24. Sims, Brian. "BSI moves to acquire UK cyber security and assurance expert Info-Assure Ltd" (h p://www.risk-uk.com/bsi-moves-
acquire-uk-cyber-security-assurance-expert-info-assure-ltd/). www.risk-uk.com. Risk UK. Retrieved 11 November 2016.

External links
Ocial website (h p://www.bsigroup.com/)
BSI Group United Kingdom (h ps://www.bsigroup.com/en-GB/)

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