Making the World Safer for You
We are a community of experts and advocates moving the world toward a safer, more secure, and more sustainable tomorrow.
The Unseen Impact of Safety Science
UL Standards & Engagement is a global safety organization that protects you by developing and advocating for standards that keep products, services, and systems safe. Like instruction manuals, these standards provide safety guidelines for product designers, manufacturers, and testing companies.
From the moment you turn on the lights to when you close your garage door at night, our safety science is hard at work. You might not see it or notice it, but our work is quietly protecting you while fitting seamlessly into your everyday life.
We call this safety science, and it’s all around you.
What’s New
Your Safety, Our Legacy
For more than 120 years, UL Standards & Engagement has translated safety science into action.
Through standards that help protect people and property, partnerships that amplify our mission, and support of policies that advance safety and innovation, we work to achieve a safer, more secure, and more sustainable future.
Keep reading to learn more about our organization, history, and mission.
120+
years developing
standards
76
memorandums of understanding globally
4,000+
active volunteers supporting our mission
1,700+
standards and documents developed
Our Focus Areas
UL Standards & Engagement’s priorities are simple: protect people, property, and the planet. Learn how these priorities come to life and make the world safer for you.
Travel Safety
You deserve to feel safe when you travel. Find out how we’re working to help you keep safe from point A to point B and everywhere in between.
Home Safety
Home is where you should feel your safest. Learn how we are working to give your household greater peace of mind.
Community Safety
When you step outside your door, you should feel safe where you work and live. Explore how we’re helping make your community safer.
Global Safety
Global safety is a collective effort. Broaden your understanding of global safety challenges and the solutions we are bringing to the world.
Environmental Safety & Sustainability
Environmental sustainability is important to your health and safety. Learn about the programs that help make it possible.
Home Safety
Home is where you should feel your safest. Learn how we are working to give your household greater peace of mind.
Explore each interactive focus area category to learn more.
Travel Safety
You deserve to feel safe when you travel. Find out how we’re working to help you keep safe from point A to point B and everywhere in between.
Explore each interactive focus area category to learn more.
Community Safety
When you step outside your door, you should feel safe where you work and live. Explore how we’re making your community safer.
Explore each interactive focus area category to learn more.
Environmental Safety & Sustainability
Environmental sustainability is important to your health and safety. Learn about the programs and standards that help make it possible.
Explore each interactive focus area category to learn more.
Global Safety
Global safety is a collective effort. Broaden your understanding of global safety challenges and the solutions we are bringing to the world.
Our focus areas are just the beginning for our dedication to making the world safer for you. Explore more about our efforts and impact.
Standards in Action
Safety standards outline the process by which a product is tested to help mitigate risk, injury, or danger.
View the stories below to learn how our standards are formed and how we are helping make the world more safe, secure, and sustainable, for you.
Thousands of battery ingestion accidents send children to the ER each year. One of these incidents claimed the life of 18-month-old Reese Hamsmith, and through her mother’s tireless advocacy, Reese’s Law was passed, requiring UL 4200A compliance in products containing button or coin cell batteries. Together with parents, industry experts, safety advocates, and government, we worked to ensure fewer families experience similar heartbreak.
What started as an effort to reduce injuries and deaths from e-mobility devices in New York City is now a budding story of e-mobility safety throughout the United States. Learn about the hazards of e-mobility devices like electric bikes and scooters, the incidents affecting your community, and how action in New York City is spurring safety reform across the country.
Daryl and Shirley Jenkins checked into their hotel room, believing it was safe. Tragically, this assumption was incorrect, as the hotel lacked a carbon monoxide detector. Just seven weeks later 11-year-old Jeffrey Williams also lost his life to CO poisoning – in the same room.
Motivated to protect more families from this tragic ending, Jenkin’s surviving daughter, Kris, started the Jenkins Foundation to increase awareness of carbon monoxide poisoning. Working together with ULSE, Kris helped update UL 2034, a safety standard for CO alarms, to support small businesses in stopping similar tragedies.
Help Us Make the World Safer
The best standards result from diverse voices and deep collaboration. Be part of the process by reviewing options for participation to inform the next generation of standards.
Technical Committees
Each TC is a diverse group of experts representing a broad range of perspectives and interests, including consumers, manufacturers, regulators, supply chain professionals, and more.
As a TC member, you will review proposals for new or revised standards and work collaboratively to achieve consensus through balloting in our transparent process.
Stakeholders
Stakeholders can submit, review, and comment on proposals for new standards or revisions to existing standards. While these individuals cannot vote, the TC considers their input during the standards voting process. Since standards affect everyone, all are welcome to participate as stakeholders. Register online through our Collaborative Standards Development System, CSDS.
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