Choosing a standard
ISO 9001, ISO 14001 or ISO 45001: which should you choose?
Compare quality, environmental and occupational health and safety management standards, with practical questions for defining your certification scope.
About InterConformity
Rigorous assessment.
A clear relationship.
We assess management systems against agreed standards and scopes. With attention to evidence, processes and responsibilities.
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Our role
We audit management systems.
A certification audit assesses whether an organisation’s management system meets applicable standard requirements and whether its declared scope is supported by evidence. The results are reviewed before a certification decision.
Services and scope depend on the requested standard, sector, locations and scheme. This website describes the general process; it does not confirm by itself that a particular standard or sector is in the current accredited scope.
Clear terminology
Certification and accreditation are different.
A certification body assesses a company’s management system. An accreditation body assesses the competence and impartiality of a certification body for defined scopes. Accredited certification must fall within the recognised standard, sector, scope and locations.
Ask the issuer to confirm current scope before relying on a certificate for contractual or compliance purposes.
Before the assessment
Three things
to clarify.
01
Standard and edition
Which requirements apply to the requested scheme and period.
02
Organisation scope
Which activities, products, services and locations are included.
03
Certification scope
Whether the standard, sector and locations are within the recognised scope.
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