When times get tough companies start to cut costs and in many cases their CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) budgets, environmental targets and charity / community funding are at the top of the list. Many companies delegated the job of supply-chain auditing to their CSR departments to ensure their brands were protected from the negative effects from child labour and poor environmental practises. This resulted in departmental expansion beyond any other with costs estimated last year to have topped 10 million Euros per annum for some of the larger companies.

The current trend is for companies to cut their CSR departments and audit their supply-chain to an internationally recognised standard like ISO-9001 and ISO-14001 is growing fast. This is helping companies reduce their CSR overheads, but puts pressure on suppliers looking to win contracts to gain ISO certification.

This is why we are please to announce our working with the BSI to help companies understand the benefits and cost associated with ISO certification. Please find informations below about the BSI Group.

BSI Group

We lead the world in advocating, defining and implementing best practice across every field of human endeavour, from business continuity - BS 25999 to food safety ISO 22000 (HACCP).
Since its foundation in 1901, BSI Group has grown into a leading global independent business services organization that inspires confidence and delivers assurance to customers with standards-based solutions. Originating as the world’s first national standards body, the Group has over 2,300 staff operating in over 120 countries through more than 50 global offices. The Group’s key offerings are:

• The development and sale of private, international standards and supporting information
• Second party management systems assessment and certification
• Training services in support of standards implementation and business best practices
• Testing and certification of products and services
• Performance management software solutions