If you are in a sustainability department, supply chain management or procurement, you’ve probably seen it happen: when asked to pass a sustainability audit, some suppliers do whatever they can …
SMETA 6.0: Sedex updates it Ethical Audit Format
With an estimated 230,000 audited sites, SMETA may well be the most widely used ethical audit format in the world. In order to reflect the ongoing evolution of ethical auditing …
DQS is now an approved certification body within the F4SS AuditOne Initiative
The Foundation for Strategic Sourcing (F4SS) has approved DQS as a certification body for the AuditOne Initiative. Effective immediately, the DQS Group will be able to conduct audits within the …
DQS issues first EN 16636 – CEPA Certified Certificate
Barely three months after the Confederation of European Pest Control Associations (CEPA) launched its EN 16636 certification scheme, the first pest control operator has already been certified. The honor went …
Sedex publishes SMETA 5.0 – An Overview of the Main Changes
In December 2014, Sedex published Issue 5.0 of its SMETA Audit Format. The new version contains several enhancements and consolidates the position of the SMETA methodology as one of the …
FSSC 22000 adds optional Food Quality Management Module
FSSC 22000 has decided to add a separate module for the certification of Food Quality Management Systems (QMS), based on ISO 9001, to its existing auditing and certification structure. The …