ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) is internationally recognised as the world’s leading quality management standard and has been implemented by over one million organisations in over 170 countries globally. ISO 9001 implemented, to its full potential, becomes an invaluable asset to your organisation.
The purpose of the standard is to assist companies in meeting statutory and regulatory requirements relating to their product while achieving excellence in their customer service and delivery. The standard can be used throughout an organisation to improve the performance or within a particular site, plant or department. ISO 9001 contains eight key principles of quality management which is not auditable but do form the fundamental characteristics of quality management:

• Customer focus and customer satisfaction
• Leadership
• Involvement of people
• Process approach
• Systematic approach to management
• Continual improvement
• Factual approach to decision making
• Mutually beneficial supplier relationship
• Become more cost efficient
• Increased credibility and competitiveness
• Lower costs and shorter cycle times through effective use of resources
• Enhanced customer satisfaction and improved customer loyalty leading to repeat business
• Increased revenue and market share obtained through flexible and fast responses to market opportunities
• Integration and alignment of internal processes which will lead to increased productivity and results
• Consistency in the delivery of your product or service
• Improved communication, planning and administration processes

ISO 14001 Environmental Management System (EMS) is a systematic framework to manage the immediate and long term environmental impacts of an organisation’s products, services and processes. By completing ISO 14001 certification your organisation can assure stakeholders that your environmental management system meets international industry specific environmental standards.

ISO 14001 environmental certification provides a framework for environmental management best practice to help organisations:

• Minimise their environmental footprint
• Diminish the risk of pollution incidents
• Provide operational improvements
• Ensure compliance with relevant environmental legislation, and
• Develop their business in a sustainable manner

• Identify cost savings with greater emphasis on resource, waste and energy management
• Develop corporate image and credibility
• Quantify, monitor and control the impact of operations on the environment, now and in the future
• Ensure legislative awareness and compliance
• Improve environmental performance of supply chain
• Protect the company, assets, shareholders and directors
• Potentially decrease public liability insurance costs for your organisation
• Grow your access to business partners and potential customers

OHSAS 18001, Occupational Health and Safety Assessment Series, (officially BS OHSAS 18001) is an internationally applied British Standard for occupational health and safety management systems. It exists to help all kinds of organizations put in place demonstrably sound occupational health and safety performance.

OHSAS 1800:2007 Occupational Health and Safety Management Certification is an international standard which provides a framework to identify, control and decrease the risks associated with health and safety within the worklpace. Implementing the standard will send a clear signal to your stakeholders that you view employee’s health and safety as a priority within your organisation.

Benefits of ISO 18001:2007

• Improves corporate image and credibility among stakeholders, regulators, customers, prospective clients and the public
• Adoption of international best practice in relation to risk management
• Ensures health and well-being of employees, sub-contractors and the public
• Minimisation of liability of employers through adoption of proactive rather than reactive controls
• Ensures legislative awareness and compliance
• Reduces accident and incident rates by reducing or eliminating workplace hazards
• Improves the incident investigation process
• Increases employee motivation through the provision of a safer workplace and participation process