page_title: BSI Group
section_title: Milestones
hierarchical_section_title: BSI Group / Milestones
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Hauptsitz BSI Group
context_page_description: BSI Group, also known as the British Standards Institution, 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.
context_section_description: BSI is the world's first national standards body.
  BSI created one of the world's first quality marks in 1903, when the letters 'B' and 'S' (for British Standard) were combined with V (for verification) to produce the Kitemark logo.
  BSI was instrumental in the formation of ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, in 1947 and of its European equivalent, CEN, in 1961.
  BSI pioneered the development of management systems standards: the first of which was BS 5750, the original quality management systems standard which formed the template for the ISO 9000 series of quality standards, first published in 1994.
  BSI published the world's first environmental management standard, BS 7750, in 1992.  This led to the publication of the first international environmental management standard, ISO 14001, in 1996.  BSI also published the world's first sustainability standard, BS 8900, in 2006.
  BSI's management systems operation in the UK has been carbon neutral since 2006. BSI reduced staff's business travel by 200,000 miles per annum, and invested in carbon offsetting 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 organizations.
caption: BSI EMEA headquarters in Milton Keynes
exif: {"Image Orientation": "Horizontal (normal)", "Image XResolution": "72", "Image YResolution": "72", "Image ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Image Software": "Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.0 (20060914.r.77)  Windows", "Image DateTime": "2013:02:21 18:20:13", "Image ExifOffset": "188", "Thumbnail Compression": "JPEG (old-style)", "Thumbnail XResolution": "72", "Thumbnail YResolution": "72", "Thumbnail ResolutionUnit": "Pixels/Inch", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormat": "326", "Thumbnail JPEGInterchangeFormatLength": "5519", "EXIF ColorSpace": "sRGB", "EXIF ExifImageWidth": "1140", "EXIF ExifImageLength": "570"}