{"id":18864,"date":"2018-10-01T09:57:00","date_gmt":"2018-10-01T09:57:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technopolis-group.com\/the-potential-of-standardisation-for-innovation-and-green-growth-and-steps-towards-untapping-it\/"},"modified":"2020-04-08T14:29:44","modified_gmt":"2020-04-08T14:29:44","slug":"the-potential-of-standardisation-for-innovation-and-green-growth-and-steps-towards-untapping-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/technopolis-group.com\/nl\/the-potential-of-standardisation-for-innovation-and-green-growth-and-steps-towards-untapping-it\/","title":{"rendered":"The potential of standardisation for innovation and (green) growth \u2013 and steps towards untapping it"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-pullquote\"><blockquote><p>Standards and standardisation policy are underrated tools of economic  policy. They are not \u2018sexy\u2019 and therefore rarely in the focus of the  public eye and policy makers. In fact, most standards are developed by  stakeholders from (mainly) industry and (partly) society without any  policy intervention. Still, standards are an important ingredient of  regulatory policy and the innovation policy mix. When standardisation  works well and when societal groups are adequately involved, it can  contribute significantly to innovation and growth \u2013 and green growth in  particular.  <\/p><\/blockquote><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>The importance of standards <\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>What are standards? \u2018Standards\u2019 can merely mean a common set of practices agreed on between different actors: the Gregorian calendar, music notes or football game rules. Agreements of this kind account for the vast majority of \u2018standards\u2019. For STI policy-making, a special kind of standard is primarily important: so-called de jure standards, developed in the formal standardisation system \u2013 at the European level by institutions like CEN, CENELEC or ETSI, at the international level by ISO, IEC and ITU. In quantitative terms, these standards might only be the tip of the iceberg \u2013 but it is these formal standards that often have the greatest impact and the widest recognition in a global society. Both businesses and public bodies use them as tools for managing vital issues: trade policy, health and safety regulation, energy efficiency, environmental impact or the interoperability of new technologies from smartphones to smart factories. A review of a number of studies looking at the impacts of standards by Blind et al<sup><a href=\"#1\">1<\/a><\/sup> suggests that de jure standards are responsible for between 0.2 and 0.9% of economic growth in Western developed economies, mainly due to knowledge diffusion effects. And these numbers do not even include wider socio-economic impacts such as environmental benefits which are becoming more important as environmental challenges grow. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>Challenges in an evolving standardisation system <\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The current standardisation system, however, faces several\nissues: the speed with which standards are developed, process transparency of\nstandard-setting, costs of standards, to name a few. Maybe the most important\nchallenge is to ensure stronger inclusiveness of the standardisation system,\ni.e. the extent to which all relevant stakeholder groups are adequately\nrepresented in the process. That system has evolved essentially to handle\nindustrial standards. But as policies extend from focusing on industrial growth\nto addressing the \u2018societal challenges\u2019 such as climate change, coping with the\nageing of the population and so on, the standardisation system is failing to\nevolve. It generally addresses these new questions through the perspective of\nindustry, not sufficiently taking on board other societal interests that have\nto be involved in tackling the societal challenges. We need to find mechanisms\nto strengthen these other interests as a \u2018countervailing force\u2019 to industry if\nwe are to have a standardisation system that properly connects the societal\nchallenges to the industrial clout needed to address them effectively. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong><em>More inclusive standardisation processes are needed to\naddress societal challenges <\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>There are many reasons for greater inclusiveness. One of\nthem is that standards can contribute to one of the most pressing societal\nchallenges today, namely to combine economic growth with sustainability. To reach\n\u2018greener\u2019 standards, environmental groups and experts are involved in\nstandardisation and the European Commission supports institutions like the CEN\nEnvironmental Helpdesk or the Strategic Advisory Body on Environment (SABE). By\ndoing so they follow the treaties of the European Union which postulate that \u2018environmental\nprotection requirements must be integrated into the definition and implementation\nof the Community policies and activities, in particular with a view to\npromoting sustainable development\u2019. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A key challenge is how to rectify the wider asymmetries of power and information between industry and environmental stakeholders in the standardisation system. In (too) many standardisation bodies, especially regarding product standards, environmental players are outnumbered by industry actors. Environmental stakeholders need to be more strongly supported to be able to effectively participate in standard development processes. This way, the potential of standardisation for sustainable innovation can be better leveraged to create not only economic growth but also wider environmental effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><p id=\"1\">1 &#8211; <a href=\"https:\/\/ www.din.de\/blob\/89552\/68849fab0eeeaafb56c5a3ffee9959c5\/economicbenefits-of-standardization-en-data.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Blind, Jungmittag, Mangelsdorf: The Economic Benefits of Standardization, An update of the study carried out by DIN in 2000, 2011.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Standards and standardisation policy are underrated tools of economic policy. 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