The British Standards Institution

The British Standards Institution (BSI) is the United Kingdom's national standards body and a business improvement company. Founded in 1901, it originated as the world's first national standards body and today helps organizations embed excellence through four principal services: standards development, certification, training and consulting. Its technical work spans artificial intelligence trust and assurance, climate change and sustainability, and product safety and reliability.

The organization's reach is substantial. BSI reports more than 77,500 clients across 193 countries and over 128,000 sites touched worldwide, serving both high-profile brands and local businesses. Its work is carried out by a community of 15,000 experts and 12,200 committee members globally. The Kitemark, introduced in 1903, remains a globally recognised symbol of quality, safety and reliability under its certification business.

BSI describes its purpose as mission-driven, oriented toward what it calls inspiring trust for a more resilient world. It states a commitment to accelerating progress toward a fair society and a sustainable world, and to supporting the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Its stated approach is to transform best practices into habits of excellence for the organizations it works with.