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The Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and Insurance Company (HSB) is a global specialty insurer and reinsurer headquartered in Hartford, Connecticut. It was founded in 1866 and is the largest provider of equipment breakdown insurance and related inspection services in North America serving over five million commercial locations. [citation needed]
Saudi Arabia – SASO & SABER Certificate – Saudi Arabian Standards Organization; Serbia and Montenegro – ISSM -Institution for Standardization of Serbia and Montenegro; Seychelles – SBS – Seychelles Bureau of Standards; Singapore – SPRING SG – Standards, Productivity and Innovation Board; Slovakia – SUTN – Slovak Standards ...
The pictogram for harmful substances of the Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals.. The Globally Harmonized System of Classification and Labelling of Chemicals (GHS) is an internationally agreed-upon standard managed by the United Nations that was set up to replace the assortment of hazardous material classification and labelling schemes previously used around ...
These standards are conventionally accepted as best practice and used globally by industry and organizations. In circumstances and situations there are certain methods and systems that are used as benchmarks, guidelines or protocols for communication , measurement , orientation , reference for information , science , symbols and time .
International or global standards are agreements on common technical approaches that are used world-wide. Typical examples are: Internet standards — HTTP, SMTP, HTML, XML, etc. SI units of measure; Electrical power — 110V and 220V; A and AA battery sizes; GSM standard for mobile/cell phones; A0/A1/A2/A3/A4 paper sizes
The Global Reporting Initiative (known as GRI) is an international independent standards organization that helps businesses, governments, and other organizations understand and communicate their impacts on issues such as climate change, human rights, and corruption.
Geometrical Product Specification and Verification (GPS&V) [1] is a set of ISO standards developed by ISO Technical Committee 213. [2] The aim of those standards is to develop a common language to specify macro geometry (size, form, orientation, location) and micro-geometry (surface texture) of products or parts of products so that the language can be used consistently worldwide.
Harmonization of regulatory standards is seen by economists as a key component in reducing trade costs and increasing interstate trade. [9] Where importing-market standards are harmonized with international standards, such as those from ISO or IEC, the negative effect on developing-country exporters is substantially lessened, or even reversed. [10]