**Sponsorships directly offset ANSI's costs of executing this project and future related activities.**

In 2026, ANSI is facilitating a series of standards coordination initiatives covering the full critical minerals value chain—including upstream, midstream, and downstream. ANSI will develop a standards landscape, host webinars, and convene a technical workshop to raise awareness of existing critical minerals standardization activities and explore the challenges and opportunities in global standardization. Efforts include:

• CMSC Website – a public facing webpage with information about the project, its deliverables, and sponsor information
• Standards Landscape – a comprehensive listing (excel) of hydrogen-related standards, associated activities, supporting organizations, and related metadata
• Standards Webinars – a series of briefings from various standards and codes developers, highlighting their current activities and providing opportunities for dialogue with participants
• Technical Workshop – a one-day, in-person workshop in the Washington, DC area focused on pre-standardization research, standards and conformity assessment needs, and potential regulatory framework considerations
• Workshop Report - an executive report which will contain a summary of identified key challenges and opportunities for standards development, gaps in standards, and other associated recommendations