CERTIFICATION, AUDIT & MANAGEMENT SERVICES

Certification, audit & management services

Certification, according to internationally recognized management standards, allows your company to continue to improve. We provide essential certification, assessment, and training services to reduce your risks and inspire confidence.

Equipment and products can be certified to meet industry or sector standards, but also international, local or voluntary standards or to meet the requirements of a manufacturer or customer. 

YOUR CHALLENGES

Management systems are critical to your business success: they provide the framework of policies and processes that ensures your company achieves its objectives and reduces risk in specific areas. Certification of these systems by a third party ensures your company is internationally recognized standards.

HOW WE SUPPORT YOU

We provide services in three core areas:

  • Independent certification of management systems: We support you to improve organizational performance and mitigate risks via certification to standards published by ISO and other bodies.
  • Customized audits: We make sure you comply with international and/or internal standards on a range of topics, such as social responsibility, quality, and brand conformity.
  • Training: We provide training programs that develop your employees’ competences on a variety of topics to a required international and/or internal standard.
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Quality, Health & Safety, & Environment 
Our certification services include the following: 

  • Quality: ISO 9001 improves the management of your organization’s quality process.    
  • Health & Safety: ISO 45001 helps you to create better and safer working conditions.
  • Environment: ISO 14001 improves your environmental management approach. 

Enterprise risk
Our certification services address the following risk-related challenges:

  • Data protection: Our Data Protection Technical Standard helps you to address data protection issues.
  • Information security: ISO 27001 minimizes the risk of IT breaches and helps you comply with data protection legislation.
  • Business continuity: ISO 22301 improves your organization’s resilience against disruptive incidents across your entire business ecosystem, such as malicious cyberattacks.
  • Anti-bribery: ISO 37001 helps you to establish procedures to prevent, detect, and manage bribery risk within your organization.
  • Asset management: ISO 55001 helps you to balance risk against cost efficiency in decision-making. 

Sustainability management
Our certification services for sustainability enable you to responsibly manage natural resources, limit carbon-intensive activities, improve traceability of your forest and wood products and demonstrate your social responsibility. 

  • ISO 14001 (Environmental Management System): Help organizations improve environmental performance through efficient resource use and waste reduction
  • ISO 50001 (Energy Management System): Enable organizations to improve energy performance, efficiency, and sustainability
  • ISO 14046 (Water Footprint): Evaluate and report water footprint of products, processes, or organizations
  • ISO 14064-3 (Greenhouse Gas Verification): Verify and validate greenhouse gas (GHG) declarations
  • ISO 14067 (Product Carbon Footprint): Quantify product carbon footprint to support climate change mitigation
  •  ISO 20400 (Sustainable Procurement): Guide organizations in implementing sustainable sourcing practices
  • Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi): Help organizations set emission reduction targets aligned with climate science
  •  B Corp Certification: Certify businesses meeting high social and environmental performance standards
  • ISO 26000 (Corporate Social Responsibility): Guide organizations to operate socially responsibly
  • ISO 45001 (Occupational Health and Safety Management System): Provide a framework for managing workplace health and safety risks and opportunities
  •  International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC): Provide certification for sustainable and traceable supply chains of biomass, bioenergy, and circular economy products
  • Environmental Product Declarations (EPD): Provide transparent and comparable information on product environmental impact
  • LEED Certification (Green Building): Promote sustainable construction and development practices through rating systems
  •  Fair Trade Certification: Ensure fair prices, decent working conditions, and sustainable practices in supply chains
  •  SA 8000 (Social Accountability): Ensure ethical worker treatment, including fair wages and safe working conditions
  • Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC): Promote ethical, social, and environmental practices in jewelry supply chains
  •  Responsible Steel (RS): Promote sustainable and responsible practices in steel industry
  •  IRMA (Initiative for Responsible Mining Assurance): Establish social and environmental standards for responsible mining
  • RSPO (Roundtable on Sustainable Palm Oil): Ensure sustainable palm oil production and supply chains
  • ISAE 3000 (International Standard on Assurance Engagements): Assure non-financial information, including sustainability reports
  • ASI (Aluminium Stewardship Initiative): Promote sustainability and responsible practices across aluminum value chain
  • Pharmaceutical Supply Chain Initiative (PSCI): Promote ethical practices and sustainability in pharmaceutical supply chains
  • SEDEX Ethical Trade Audits (SMETA): Assess ethical business practices in supply chains
  • ISO 27701 (Privacy Information Management System): Extend ISO 27001 to include personal information management
  • ISO 27001 (Information Security Management System): Protect sensitive information through a systematic approach to security risk management
  • ISO 27017 (Cloud Information Security): Provide guidelines for securing cloud-based services
  • ISO 27018 (Personally Identifiable Information Protection in Cloud): Protect personally identifiable information (PII) in cloud environments
  • ISO 55001 (Asset Management System): Optimize physical asset management to improve performance and reduce costs
  • ISO 22301 (Business Continuity Management System): Ensure business resilience during disruptions
  • ISO 37001 (Anti-Bribery Management System): Prevent corruption and promote ethical business practices
  • FSC (Forest Stewardship Council): Ensure responsible forest management and sustainable wood sourcing
  • PEFC (Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification): Promote sustainable forest management through independent certification
  • 2BSvs (Biomass Biofuels Sustainability Voluntary Scheme): Certify sustainability compliance of biomass and biofuels for EU RED
  • REDcert: Ensure sustainability of biomass, biofuels, and bioliquids under the European Renewable Energy Directive (RED)
  • Green-e: Certify renewable energy and carbon offset projects to promote clean energy markets
  • CEE France (Environmental Certification for Companies): Recognize environmental performance of French agricultural businesses
  • PAS 2070: Provide a framework for accounting and reporting greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at city scale
  • PAS 2060: Establish guidelines for carbon neutrality certification
  • CORSIA (Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation): Regulate aviation emissions through carbon offsetting
  • VCS (Verified Carbon Standard): Certify carbon reduction projects to issue tradable carbon credits
  • Gold Standard: Ensure high-quality carbon offset and sustainable development projects
     

Sector-specific solutions 
Our certification services address the following industries:

TRAINING

Our range of customized training programs enables you to ensure your workforce remains highly qualified and well-informed to stay competitive in today’s constantly changing international marketplace. We offer 11 accredited programs that address a variety of topics, including Quality, Environment, Health and Safety, Social Accountability Management Systems, Food Safety, and Information Security Management Systems.