What are the benefits of ISO certificate?
👉International Organization for Standardization
(ISO) certification establishes credibility and trust among consumers, clients
and other business partners. In today's international marketplace, such a
designation validates that an organization adheres to global standards of
quality assurance, manufacturing and business.
ISO standards help organizations improve the quality of
their services.
The most popular ISO standards
These are the 9 most popular ISO standards and what they
mean for your business.
(1) ISO 9000 – Quality Management
The ISO 9000 family is the quality management standard, and
comprises of some of ISO’s best-known standards. ISO 9001:2015 is the only
standard in the category that you can be certified to. There are over one
million organizations in over 170 countries that are certified to ISO 9001.
(2) ISO / IEC 27000 – Information Security Management Systems
The 27000 category of standards ensures the safety of
information assets. These standards help organizations manage the security of
assets such as intellectual property, financial and employee data. There are
33,290 certificates issued for this certification.
(3) ISO 14000 – Environmental Management
The standards in this category lay emphasis on environmental
systems and use tools such as audits, communications, life-cycle analysis and
environmental challenges. More than 300,000 ISO 14001 certifications have been
issued in 171 countries.
(4) ISO 31000: 2018 – Risk Management
This standard cannot be used for certification purposes, but
it provides a framework for managing risks and enables organizations to achieve
objectives in an uncertain environment by helping companies to identify
opportunities and threats.
(5) ISO 50001: 2018 – Energy Management
ISO 50001: 2018 provides guidance for companies in
implementing an Energy Management System (EnMS) that aims at improving
efficiency in the use of energy by reducing companies’ energy footprint by and
greenhouse gas emissions. Over 20,000 certifications have been issued for this
standard.
(6) ISO 26000: 2010 – Social Responsibility
Organizations cannot be certified to ISO 26000, however,
this standard provides guidance on how businesses can embrace social
responsibility.
(7) ISO 28000: 2007 – Specifications for Security Management
Systems for the Supply Chain
This standard provides the requirements for a security
management system in respect to a supply chain.
(8) ISO 37001: 2016 Anti-Bribery Management Systems
Bribery is a danger for today’s businesses. This standard
provides guidance in establishing, implementing and improving anti-bribery
management system. This standard is applicable to all types of organizations
with respect to bribery and helps prevent, detect and respond to bribery.
(9) ISO 45001 – Occupational Health and Safety
It provides a framework for employee safety, reducing
workplace hazards and provide safer working environments.
