BSI Sustainable Standards

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Identify your sustainable development goals & achieve them

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 BSI have developed powerful and intuitive online training resources specifically for sustainability in business

Try the BSI free sustainability evaluator to discover where your organization sits on your sustainability journey and what still needs to be done to achieve your aim.

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Sustainable Resilience

New regulatory frameworks will affect SME's in the UK's drive to NET ZERO. Discover how BSI can help your company stay ahead of the competition.

In June 2022 BSI reported:


  • Just 18% of UK SMEs are aware of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, despite making up 99% of UK businesses
  • Over half of large businesses in the UK are also unaware of SDGs and their implications for the organisation.


Output from the research commissioned by BSI makes for worrying news. The report questions the resilience of British companies in our increasingly competitive international markets.  Earlier research by BSI indicated that only about a fifth of companies are aware of what carbon net zero means in practice within their organisations.  To help overcome this critical inertia BSI have a suite of standards that SME's can access. A first step might be to register for BSI's 'Introduction to the UN Sustainability Development Goals'.

Register Here for Your SDG Introduction

Below is a reminder of why all businesses should make that all important move towards Sustainable Development Goals

Data Published by UK Office of National Statistics June 2023

Visit the Environmental Accounts for 2023

The ONS UK Environmental Accounts - 2023 published in June report that the UK produced 502m tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (Mt Co2e) in the period 2020-2021.


The four biggest pollution sources are households, energy, manufacturing and transport which between them account for in excess of 69% of all pollutants to atmosphere.


The same four sectors were the biggest consumers of fossil fuel - accounting for 80% of all fossil fuel used in 2020-2021.


A reduction in overall UK greenhouse gas (GHG) emission intensity would, in theory, indicate that the UK is moving towards a lower carbon economy.


 Progress but not enough


In 2021, the UK emitted 0.19 thousand tonnes of Co2e per £million of gross value added (GVA). This is a drop of 67% since 1990.


Agriculture, forestry and fishing was by far the most emission intensive industry in 2021 after surpassing electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning supply in 2016.


This is likely a combination of the agriculture industry being the heaviest emitter of the potent GHG CH4 (Methane) and reductions in emission intensity of the electricity industry.

International Travel

Let our experts guide you to make the best choices

As business people we sometimes need to travel both domestically and internationally. Where possible a journey by train generates the least C02.  If we need to fly then plan ahead to minimise the number of flights and hotels, travel economy with airlines that publish C02 per passenger mile.


Part of your planning should include your own C02 emissions per flight which will be required since your company is expected to publish its combined C02 emissions. The International Civil Aviation Organisation provide an intuitive resource to help you.

What we do

 

European countries, including the United Kingdom can travel visa free to over 190 countries world wide.  Nevertheless you will be required to complete an online form to gain entry, before you travel.  Completing the documentation will help you arrange your itinerary especially when visiting the United States which has strict entry requirements. We can help click the link below to find out more.

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