Standards organisations

• Investors in People (link opens in a new window) (IiP) IiP is a voluntary assessment scheme supported by the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with the aim of improving organisational performance by investing in an organisation's staff through education and training.
  
  
• International Organisation for Standardisation (link opens in a new window) (ISO)
  The ISO is an international standard-setting body, comprised of representatives from various national standards organisations, and has a membership of 158 nations.
  
  
• Shaw Trust (link opens in a new window)
  The Shaw Trust is a British charity that specialises in helping disabled and disadvantaged people into employment. It also provides companies with assistance and standards to ensure that external websites are compliant with government guidelines on accessibility.
  
  
• World Wide Web Consortium (link opens in a new window) (W3C)
  The W3C is the main international standards organization for the internet with over 400 organisations as members. Its main purpose is the development of standards for the Word Wide Web.