For 128 years, they have helped enable the possibilities of today while looking ahead to safeguard the unknowns of tomorrow. By empowering trust and smarter decisions, they help build a better world by advancing innovation safety, sustainability and connected security. Always upholding and pushing the rigorous scientific standards that have brought them here today, they continue to positively impact people and society by working for a safer, more secure and sustainable world.

Their mission is working for a safer world. These principles drive every decision they make:

• To promote safe, secure and sustainable living and working environments for people by the application of science, hazard-based safety engineering and data acumen
• To support the production and use of products which are physically and environmentally safe and to apply our efforts to prevent or reduce loss of life and property
• To advance safety science through research and investigation
• To concentrate their efforts and resources on public safety in those areas where they can make valuable contributions
• To work with integrity and focus on quality to enhance the trust conveyed by their certification marks and services
• To charge fair prices that allow them to meet our obligations, sustain their growth, and invest in safety science and education
• To invest in their people and to encourage their people to invest in themselves
• To be a good example of corporate citizenship and social responsibility