[vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”yes” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”32″ padding_bottom=”0″][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n
[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”yes” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”center” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern” padding_top=”45″ padding_bottom=”35″ css=”.vc_custom_1477588676007{margin-left: 100px !important;}”][vc_column width=”1\/6″]<\/i><\/span>[vc_separator type=”small” position=”center” up=”10″ down=”10″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Companies<\/strong><\/p>\n [vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=” up=’5′ down=’5]<\/p>\n Voluntary standards are synonymous with performance, competitiveness, quality, innovation and occupational safety.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″]<\/i><\/span>[vc_separator type=”small” position=”center” up=”10″ down=”10″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Employees<\/strong><\/p>\n [vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=” up=’5′ down=’5′]<\/p>\n Voluntary standards improve working and safety conditions.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″]<\/i><\/span>[vc_separator type=”small” position=”center” up=”10″ down=”10″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Public entities<\/strong><\/p>\n [vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=” up=’5′ down=’5′]<\/p>\n Voluntary standards help implement public policies and address societal issues.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″]<\/i><\/span>[vc_separator type=”small” position=”center” up=”10″ down=”10″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Local communities<\/strong><\/p>\n [vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=” up=’5′ down=’5′]<\/p>\n Voluntary standards facilitate and simplify consultations and purchasing.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/6″]<\/i><\/span>[vc_separator type=”small” position=”center” up=”10″ down=”10″][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n Consumers<\/strong><\/p>\n [vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=” up=’5′ down=’5′]<\/p>\n Voluntary standards increase confidence in products and services purchased.<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row css_animation=”” row_type=”row” use_row_as_full_screen_section=”no” type=”grid” angled_section=”no” text_align=”left” background_image_as_pattern=”without_pattern”][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text el_class=”h3″ css=”.vc_custom_1608814209554{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #fce76b !important;}”]<\/p>\n A lever for competitiveness<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]A study by BIPE for AFNOR presented in early 2016 showed a clear impact on the balance sheet of the companies taking part: standardization is a growth accelerator and a passport to improved cross-border sales. In 2017 and 2019 AFNOR repeated the exercise in two industries:\u00a0mechanical engineering\u00a0and\u00a0electrotechnologies.<\/p>\n [vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=” up=’5′ down=’20’]<\/p>\n Download the document<\/i><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text el_class=”h3″ css=”.vc_custom_1608814825821{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #fce76b !important;}”]<\/p>\n A way of becoming the benchmark in your market<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Through standardization you can change your industry\u2019s practices … or even revolutionize your market. You position your products or services as benchmarks in your sector.<\/p>\n Entrepreneurs, consider voluntary standards!<\/b><\/p>\n Discover the story of Th\u00e9o, a young entrepreneur who sees the value of getting involved in developing voluntary standards and using them to launch his business… and improve competitiveness.<\/p>\n [vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=” up=’10’ down=’10’]<\/p>\n Watch the video<\/i><\/a>[\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/2″][vc_column_text css=”.vc_custom_1608814226362{padding-top: 10px !important;padding-right: 10px !important;padding-bottom: 10px !important;padding-left: 10px !important;background-color: #fce76b !important;}” el_class=”h3″]<\/p>\n A catalyst for innovation<\/p>\n [\/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space][vc_column_text]Voluntary standards create favourable conditions for sharing and developing new products and services and act as innovation accelerators.<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The European Commission recognizes voluntary standardization as a key instrument for promoting innovation. Standardization is both a powerful tool for making optimal use of research and a vector for disseminating innovation. [vc_separator type=’transparent’ position=’center’ color=” thickness=” up=’10’ down=’10’]<\/p>\n
\nUsed upstream of innovation as a tool for economic intelligence, voluntary standardization makes it possible to detect changes demanded by civil society players and therefore to guide technical choices in research and development and to develop new concepts. Standardization can therefore, in this sense, foster the emergence of innovation.<\/p>\n