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ISO 9001: 2015 for Quality Management is a strong management tool for business development and optimization. The standard is used by over a million companies and organizations in more than 170 countries.
ISO 9001 is a quality management system that is recognized worldwide and is too many synonymous with quality and efficient management as well as a structured customer dialogue.
The management system goes hand in hand with other systems that you and your business might already use. For example, total quality management, quality pricing models, LEAN, six sigma, business process reengineering, balanced score card and activity based costing.
ISO 9001 for Quality Management gives you and your company clear definitions of processes, values, ongoing monitoring and evaluation, so that the organization has a recognized and basic management tool.
The ISO 9001 standard can secure your company new contacts and contracts and in many cases functions as a quality stamp, because the management system testifies and ensures that your organization can deliver a uniform and high quality.
ISO 9001 certification can thus ensure that customers choose your company rather than their competitor.
ISO 9001 sets requirements for the entire process and specifies both the requirements for establishment, implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of the organization’s Quality Management System (QMS).
Thus, ISO 9001 is a management tool that ensures that the organization creates a solid foundation for quality management and always focuses on creating improvements and keeping the company competitive.
The management system takes into account that you can organize and work systematically with quality and service in relation to your organization’s needs. It also means that quality management can be used by any organization, big or small, regardless of its field of action.
Environmental management according to ISO 14001 gives you and your company a management tool that supports your focus on sustainability and sets the framework for your efforts to improve your environmental performance.
With Environmental Management in accordance with ISO 14001, you will be able to risk assess your organization’s environmental conditions, proactively implement the environment and sustainability as part of the core business and at the same time give the management assurance that your sustainability goals are achieved.
By using ISO 14001, your work on sustainability, circular economy and the UN world goals can be made concrete and targeted and help to achieve the results that you and your company have set for you.
You will have the opportunity to focus on the most important environmental issues in the company, ensure reduction of the environmental impact, and that environmental improvements are continuously made.
Occupational Health and Safety ensures that your company has the best possible working environment.
Getting a good working environment requires management and employees to work together. If the company wants to reduce occupational accidents, have a good indoor climate, care for the employees and ensure the best possible mental work environment, there must be cooperation and dialogue. A working environment management system according to ISO 45001 can help you.
The purpose of ISO 45001 health and safety management is to improve your performance in relation to the working environment by creating the framework for management and management of the risks that are within your working environment. This helps to reduce work accidents and create safe and healthy jobs. The standards and guidelines of the standard thus give you a tool to put your work with the working environment into system and ensure that you continuously check your work environment and evaluate and improve your efforts.
By introducing the management system for working environment ISO 45001 you and your company work structured with learning in the work environment area.
More than 50 countries and organizations have been involved in writing the standard, which can be used by all companies and organizations regardless of industry and business types. The standard replaces OHSAS 18001 and has the same structure as the other major management standards, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001. The deadline for changing its management system from OHSAS to ISO 45001 is March 12, 2021.
The society’s great focus on food safety means that whatever position you occupy in the food chain, you risk being held accountable if something goes wrong.
Consumers expect safe food. This places a number of demands on food companies, which must be able to document that they have control over food safety. If something goes wrong, you can be sure to document your processes, regardless of the position in the food chain from farm to table.
For some companies, it may be sufficient to comply with the legal requirements and follow the approved self-inspection program. For other companies, it would be beneficial to follow a recognized standard like ISO 22000. For example, if you want to export your goods or sell to a larger International retail chain, it may be a supplier requirement that you follow the international standard ISO 22000 on food safety.
The food safety management system is a great tool for any food business regardless of size. It provides the framework for the organization and structure of the company, assembles procedures and workflows underone system and defines areas of responsibility and competence. The part of the standard that deals with food safety is based on HACCP principles that underlie the statutory self-inspection program.
As digitalization increases, the risk of hacker attacks and cybercrime increases. Information security ISO 27001 is therefore something every organization, from web shops to municipalities, should relate to.
ISO 27001 is an international management standard for information security The standard is a management tool
that helps companies protect valuable information – including personal data – in a secure and credible manner. ISO 27001 establishes, among other things, requirements for risk management, documentation of processes and distribution of roles and responsibilities for information security.
The purpose of ISO / IEC 27001 is to achieve effective information security management that fits a company’s specific needs and ensure that this efficiency is maintained through a continuous improvement process. This means that information security is continuously updated so that the company is able to handle the challenges of a business world constantly changing.
Information security is essential for anyone who holds information – whether physical, digital or spoken – and can have significant implications for regulatory compliance, organization activities, and success, as well as credibility and image.
Over the past 20 years, the risk of cyber attacks and cybercrime due to lack of information security has increased significantly. This is due not least to the use of the Internet as a means of doing business and gaining access to large amounts of information. And with increasing demand for more connectivity and business approaches through mobile technologies and increased data exchange, the risk of further information security being compromised is increasing.
When information is lost, destroyed, stolen or becomes inaccessible, it goes beyond the reputation of the company and the trust of its customers. Personally sensitive information can be stolen in many ways, for example via the Internet, by theft of laptop computers through damage to IT systems or through other vulnerable sources of information. Business and society are facing many risks, as more and more data is made digital and the dependence on IT systems continues to increase. Therefore, companies should be aware of such risks and take managerial steps to protect their business.
ISO / IEC 27001 sets requirements for the establishment, implementation, maintenance and continuous improvement of an information security management system (ISMS). The introduction of an information security management system is a strategic decision for an organization.
With a systematic approach to risk management, the organization can invest in information security, where it provides the highest possible return – whether it involves protecting the organization’s physical framework, IT technical controls or changing employee behavior.
Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Points (HACCP) is an internationally recognized method that helps food industry companies identify their safety risks, prevent hazards, and comply with legislation.
The ultimate goal of the system is to ensure food security by identifying and managing the hazards in advance rather than reacting retrospectively through quality control.
• Build customer confidence because you can demonstrate that your food is produced using safe processes
• Prove that you have taken all reasonable precautions in production to provide safe food
• Allow customers to require suppliers to be assessed and certified if they operate in a country with strong food safety legislation
• Reduce the number of audits performed by customers, thus saving time and costs
• Reduce product waste and product recall
• Improve relations with food safety authorities
• Improve efficiency
Certification according to the HACCP standard provides a strong tool for communicating with stakeholders and other relevant parties. And it is crucial to demonstrate that you comply with your obligations to food security in relation to corporate governance, including CSR and other requirements for financial reporting.
HACCP is a risk management tool specifically designed for the food sector by the Codex Alimentarius Commission, established jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the World Health Organization (WHO).
Organizations around the world, and their stakeholders are becoming increasingly aware of the need for and benefits of socially responsible behavior because
“ORGANIZATION IS A PART OF THE SOCIETY”
Meeting the current needs of the society without jeopardizing the needs of the future generations
Economic benefits to the organization
ISO 26000 is an International Standard giving guidance/recommendations about how any organization can improve its Social Responsibility and thus contribute to sustainable development.
ISO 26000 is not certifiable, as it does not contain requirements. Its appeal is to those who, for whatever reasons, seek to improve their operating processes and impacts through socially responsible behavior.
ISO 26000 provides guidance to all types of organizations about the concepts, characteristics, principles, core subjects, integration and implementation of SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
The term social responsibility came into widespread use in early 1970s as different types of organizations (not just the ones in the business world) recognized the importance of sustainable development
The elements of social responsibility reflect the expectations of the society and therefore liable to change over a period of time
Globalization is the key factor for increase in awareness of social responsibility
The expectations of the society regarding organizations social performances has increased gradually
1. Accountability
2. Transparency
3. Ethical behavior
4. Respect for stakeholder interests
5. Respect for the rule of law
6. Respect for international norms of behavior
7. Respect for human rights
An organization should be accountable for the impact of its decisions and activities on society, overall economy and environment.
Organization must
Transparency means
Organization must be transparent about
Organization’s behavior should be based on values of honesty and fairness.
It should be evident from the behavior of the organization that it is concerned with the people, animals and the environment.
Ethical behavior is visible through below actions
An Organization should
An Organization should
“In situations where the law or its implementation does not provide for adequate environmental or social safeguards, an organization should strive to respect, as a minimum, international norms of behavior.”
International norms of behavior are “…derived from customary international law, generally accepted principles of international law, or intergovernmental agreements that are universally or nearly universally recognized.”
These can be found in authoritative international instruments from organizations such as the United Nations, International Labor Organization (ILO).
ISO 26000 urges its users to identify the vulnerable populations among its stakeholders, and to work to ensure their fair treatment
“..In situations where human rights are not protected, take steps to respect human rights and avoid taking advantage of these situations…”