{"id":462,"date":"2022-11-08T11:16:51","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T10:16:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.uni.com\/chi-siamo\/"},"modified":"2026-04-22T09:44:04","modified_gmt":"2026-04-22T07:44:04","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.uni.com\/en\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About us"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>About us We were born 100 years ago, we are free and independent. Creating the standards that improve our lives is our daily commitment.     <\/p>\n<p>We were born<br \/>\n100 years ago     <\/p>\n<p>we are free<br \/>\nand independent     <\/p>\n<p>creating the standards<br \/>\nthat improve our lives     <\/p>\n<p>is our daily<br \/>\ncommitment    <\/p>\n<p>About us<br \/>\n     We are a private, non-profit association that has been developing, publishing and disseminating the standards of our lives for over 100 years: the voluntary technical standards.<\/p>\n<p>     We are free. Because we are independent.<br \/>\nWe are &#8216;unique&#8217;. Because we are recognised by the Italian State and the European Union.<br \/>\nWe are open to everyone&#8217;s participation: we sit experts, companies, professors, institutions and consumers around the same table to create a great shared heritage of knowledge.<\/p>\n<p>Our history <\/p>\n<p>100 years of<br \/>\nwell made things<br \/>\nMore than a century has passed since we published our first standard in 1921. Since then we have published more than 48,000.<br \/>\nIt is an endeavour that we carry out thanks to the work of almost 8,000 people. We are never alone in this endeavour: our platform is open for everyone to participate, to share a wealth of knowledge, both useful and ethical, that applies to every field of life.<\/p>\n<p>    Discover our history<\/p>\n<p>Our commitment <\/p>\n<p>Standardisation at the core of everything<br \/>\nEnhancing the centrality of standardisation is our daily commitment.<br \/>\nDrawing up, publishing and disseminating technical documents of voluntary application that are the result of a deliberative, democratic, transparent and consensual process.<br \/>\nWe involve all stakeholders in every sector and collaborate with 7 independent partners: the Federated Bodies. This gives us the certainty of improving and standardising the characteristics of our products and services, always respecting our ethical parameters.<\/p>\n<p>    Discover our commitment<\/p>\n<p>Vision <\/p>\n<p>Building a well made world<br \/>\nHuman Rights, Inclusiveness, Social Responsibility.<br \/>\nThese are the values we never disregard.<br \/>\nThey are the indispensable building blocks for building a more ethical, fair and sustainable world for today&#8217;s and tomorrow&#8217;s generations.<br \/>\nGuaranteeing well made things is good for everyone. People, companies, universities, research, the third sector, NGOs: everyone can play their part, in a system that is never rigid, but always dialoguing and inclusive.<\/p>\n<p>    Discover our vision<\/p>\n<p>The numbers of UNI<br \/>\n     The goals of this year<\/p>\n<p>                Active Members   :<br \/>\n                5.000+ <\/p>\n<p>                 Published standards  :<br \/>\n                1.500+ <\/p>\n<p>                 Committees carrying out standardisation activities  :<br \/>\n                800+ <\/p>\n<p>                 Training courses delivered  :<br \/>\n                500+<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>About us We were born 100 years ago, we are free and independent. Creating the standards that improve our lives is our daily commitment. We were born 100 years ago we are free and independent creating the standards that improve our lives is our daily commitment About us We are a private, non-profit association that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":91,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-462","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/462","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=462"}],"version-history":[{"count":34,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/462\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":39789,"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/462\/revisions\/39789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.uni.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=462"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}