Sonya Bird, vice president of International Standards at UL Standards & Engagement, was recently featured in two Latin American safety and security industry journals.

In this episode of our Word to the W.I.S.E. podcast series, UL Standards & Engagement Operations Manager Mark Ramlochan and Director of International Standards Sonya Bird discuss UL Standards & Engagement’s Gender Action Plan.

On February 20, 2023, UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE) met with the Mexican Council of Standardization and Conformity Assessment (COMENOR) in Mexico City to explore ways of increasing participation in Mexico’s standards and conformity assessment community.

On February 24, 2023, UL Standards & Engagement met with the National Standardization and Certification Body of Construction and Building (ONNCCE) to discuss the development of fire safety standards, and to expand the scope of the memorandum of understanding MOU both organizations signed in 2019.

On February 20, 2023, UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE) met with Asociación de Normalización y Certificación, A.C. (ANCE) in Mexico City to explore opportunities for standards collaboration.

UL Standards & Engagement (ULSE) and the Mexican Association of Professionals in Risk Management and Civil Protection AC are pleased to announce the signing of a collaborative memorandum of understanding (MOU).

We signed a collaborative memorandum of understanding (MOU) with FECIME, an association of more than 40 colleges and 4,000 industry affiliates in Mexico, to help improve facilities, equipment, and public safety in the country through standardization.

UL Standards & Engagement and STAMEQ, the national standards body of Vietnam, signed a renewed and expanded agreement to collaborate on safety requirements. 

We recently met with more than 20 members of our Technical Committee for National Standardization of Fire Safety and Lifesaving Devices (CTNNSCIDS) in Mexico City to discuss opportunities for harmonization in standardization.

We proudly sponsored the 30th Annual General Meeting (AGM) for CANENA in Mexico City, a volunteer-based organization dedicated to driving the harmonization of electrotechnical standards in Canada, Mexico, the United States, the Caribbean, and Central and South America.