On 22 February 2024, the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) published a joint communique. In this, they explain the incorporation of two new statements on climate change into management system standards. They explain the impact on certified organisations, certification bodies and accreditation bodies.

On 22 February 2024, the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) published a joint communique. In this, they explain the incorporation of two new statements on climate change into management system standards. They explain the impact on certified organisations, certification bodies and accreditation bodies.

The RvA (Dutch Accreditation Council) has published a new version of T015 on Explanatory Notes to EN ISO/IEC 17025.

This month the RvA congratulates two organizations on their new accreditation.

Recently, the RvA published about the developments regarding CertSearch by the International Accreditation Forum (IAF). The RvA has investigated the legal basis for mandatory participation of certification bodies in the CertSearch database and rejects obligatory participation.

Check whether your supplier is certified? Know whether a certification body is accredited? Or whether an accreditation body is a member of IAF? You can do so via IAF’s CertSearch database. The database gives substance to the motto: ‘Once accredited, accepted everywhere’.

This month the RvA congratulates one organization on their new accreditation.