Emerging standards play a pivotal role in shaping a more efficient, transparent, and harmonised regulatory landscape. By facilitating regulatory processes and supporting seamless industry implementation, these standards help authorities enhance their services and business operations—maximising value for all users. They ensure that both local and global systems are interoperable, fostering consistency and trust across borders.

Equally important, emerging standards facilitate regulatory alignment at regional and global levels, thereby reducing fragmentation and promoting a shared understanding. The adoption of GS1 standards is driven through active collaboration with authorities, intergovernmental organisations, industry leaders, trade associations, and NGOs—creating a unified framework that benefits all stakeholders.