About UL
A name you can trust.
UL is a global independent safety science company offering expertise across five key strategic businesses: Product Safety, Environment, Life & Health, Knowledge Services and Verification Services. Our breadth, established objectivity and proven history mean we are a symbol of trust and enable us to help provide peace of mind to all.
Mission
Our mission: Working for a safer world since 1894
The following principles drive every decision we make at UL:
- Promoting safe living and working environments by the application of safety science and hazard-based safety engineering
- Supporting 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
- Advancing safety science through research and investigation
- Concentrating our efforts and resources on public safety in those areas where we can make valuable contributions
- Working with integrity and a focus on quality to enhance the trust conveyed by our certification marks and services
- Charging fair prices that allow us to meet our obligations, sustain our growth, and invest in safety science and education
- Investing in our people and encourage our people to invest in themselves
- Being a good example of corporate citizenship and social responsibility
Global conformity
Unparalleled breadth. Unmatched expertise:
UL's global conformity work in 2011
- 22.4 billion UL Marks appeared on products
- 67,798 manufacturers produced UL certified products
- 86,972 product evaluations were conducted by UL
- 563,862 follow-up services inspection visits were conducted by UL
- 19,909 types of products were evaluated by UL
- 160 satellite and inspection centers in service (97 UL inspection centers and 63 UL-STR satellite locations)
- 104 countries with UL customers
- 3.1 billion consumers were reached by UL with safety messages in Asia, Europe and North America
- 1,464 current standards for safety published by the UL family of companies (1,158 for UL; 306 for ULC)
- 95 laboratory, testing and certification facilities in the UL family of companies
- 8,956 employees in the UL family of companies ready to serve UL customers
- 6,461 products certified for Energy Star
- 46 countries with UL employees
