ISO 45001 Moves in the Right Direction Towards Publication
DID YOU KNOW?! As organisations are responsible for minimising the risk of harm to both its employees and people affected by their activities, they are under unsurmountable pressure to ensure they manage their occupational health and safety risks. ISO 45001 an occupational health and safety management system standard, which enables organisations to manage their occupational […]
ISO 9001:2015 Reaches Penultimate Stage
ISO 9001:2015 is nearly upon us with the revised version due to be published in September. The International Standards Organisation (ISO) recently released a statement stating that ISO 9001:2015 had progressed to the Final Draft International Stage (FDIS); the final stage in the revision process. The FDIS contains the majority of the content that will […]
ISO 14001: What’s the difference?
With the new version of ISO 14001 due to be published in the coming months, we decided to sit down and have a look at the changes that will be made to the new version of the standard and how it will be different to the 2004 version of the standard. With the publication of […]
REACH Registration to Conclude in 2018
The last deadline for registration of existing chemicals will be 31st May 2018. This deadline concerns SMEs that manufacture or import substances in low volumes between 1-100 tonnes per year. It is expected that up to 70,000 registrations will be prepared for 2018, which is 3 times the amount previously prepared for either of the […]
Quality Standard ISO 9001:2015 is Nearing Publication
Since it was first published in 1987, ISO 9001 has proved to be the most popular ISO standard, with nearly 1.2 million organisations already certified to this standard worldwide. It has become quite clear why so many organisations have decided to become certified to this standard, as it helps companies demonstrate to their customers that […]
Infographic: Surge in Growth of ISO Certificates in France and Germany
At the end of 2014, the International Standards Organisation (ISO) released a survey outlining the growth in the uptake of ISO Standards. The figures released by the ISO late last year showed a 4% increase in the uptake of ISO Standards globally, with a total of 1,564,448 certificates issued in 2013. We have previously blogged […]
CLP Regulations Come into Force this June
CLP stands for Classification, Labelling and Packaging of Substances and Mixtures Regulations. This framework was established in 2008 for the classification and labelling of substances and mixtures in the European Union which came into force in 2009. The CLP Regulations are based on the Globally Harmonised System (GHS) which is an international voluntary agreement that […]
Important Update on the Progress of the New ISO 45001 Standard
So far the new ISO 45001 Standard has passed through several phases. To date: ISO PC 283 finished the first working draft of ISO 45001 in October 2013. The first committee draft (CD1) produced in July 2014. In October 2014, the Project Committee failed to reach a consensus on the proposed changes and the standard […]
Revision of ISO 22000
In recent years there have been a few food scandals which have made modern societies question how safe our food is on its journey from farm to fork. Additionally, there have been new food safety requirements that have pushed the need for a revision of ISO 22000. On the 23rd – 25th February 2015 there […]
Update to ISO 14001 Revision
On Friday 24th April 2015, the ISO Technical Committee, ISO/TC 207/WG5 concluded their meeting in Chiswick, UK. They made significant progress and during their last meeting and now the draft standard is currently nearing the end of the Enquiry Stage. During their last meeting the committee reviewed and completed the remaining comments which were received […]
