The ISO 14001 environmental standard is one of the most popular. There are more than 300,000 certifications to ISO 14001 in 171 countries around the world. The ISO 14001 audit time calculation is a little more complicated than calculating ISO 9001; many more variables are considered. Like ISO 9001, the time is established by the [...]
Is ISO Certification worth it? might be one of those million dollar questions but in reality it's more of a "work in, work out" answer. ISO Certification is either a pass or fail situation, there is no gold, silver or bronze ranking but there should be. With ISO Certification there is an acceptable bar that [...]
There are many different places where you can get ISO 9001 Certification and you need to choose carefully as all are not the same. There are two key avenues to first choose from; Accreditation or Non-Accredited. Accredited ISO Certification is when you use a Certification Body who are accredited to deliver the service by an [...]
As many of us currently have more spare time than usual on our hands, why don't you use just five minutes of it to see how much you can save on your ISO certification (ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001)? There are many reasons to transfer your certification, but right now most businesses could [...]
What is a Stage 1 Assessment? The stage 1 audit requirement has been in place for around 8 years now, it came in as a mandatory requirement with ISO 17021 in 2011 although it was a requirement for ISO 14001 assessments before then. The stage 1 assessment can be a useful process for organisations [...]
A lot of organisations are not clear on what is the purpose of an ISO Certification reassessment (sometimes referred to a recertification audit). A reassessment will occur every 3 years and you will notice that the time required will be more than a surveillance visit for a number of reasons. To give you an insight [...]
It is round this time of year (1st quarter) that a lot of the Certification Bodies will increase their ISO certification fees, the larger ones especially tend to increase their prices by 3-5% year-on-year even if they gave you a quotation for 3 years. What you will notice is that around February time a letter [...]
Why Transfer your ISO Certification? Many organisations with ISO Certification are unaware that you can transfer your ISO Certification from one Certification Body to another at any stage you wish, you are not tied into any contract. This is the rule for all Accredited Certification Bodies such as Auva Certification. Organisations transfer for many different [...]
Types of ISO Audit Findings and Non-conformances During ISO Certification assessments, the auditors look not only for conformity against requirements but also for non-conformance against requirements. There is a possibility that several different findings can be raised, and given different gradings of the finding, whatever the grading, there is no need to panic or [...]
On 11th October Priti Patel, the MP for Witham and UK Home Secretary, visited Auva Certification Ltd in Little Braxted to help the firm celebrate its being awarded a certificate of accreditation from the UK Accreditation Service, UKAS for ISO 17021-1:2015, which is a major success for the company. Priti formally presented Graham O’Geran, [...]
