July 2017 – FSSC 22000 launches version 4.1 of its international food safety and quality management system certification Scheme. Following the release of the updated FSSC 22000 to version 4.0 in January 2017, subsequent developments such as the additional update of the GFSI benchmarking requirements to version 7.1, an evaluation against European Accreditation (EA) procedure
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Jan
Jan
ISO 37001 Anti-bribery Management System
ISO 37001:2016 Bribery has been one of the biggest deterrents in the success of any organisation. This destructive and intricate culture within companies contributes to a significant loss in terms of profit and revenues. It also impacts the organisations stability and highly affects the employees’ morale. International institutions have taken measures to combat bribery and
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Nov
Nov
Modern Slavery Symposium at House of Commons
With the advent of the Modern Slavery Act which was put into law during October 2015 there has been noticeable awareness and issues relating to slavery and ethical labour standard in businesses have become more relevant. In our earlier post in GlobalBLOG, we mentioned how significant is the MSA was to organisations particularly those under the
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Oct
Oct
Modern Slavery Act 2015
There are some organisations within the UK who believe that the Modern Slavery Act 2015 does not apply to them because within their own operations they are not involved in human trafficking and forced labour. However, the Modern Slavery Act 2015 does not just apply to organisations “own” personnel, it also applies to those within the organisations supply chain. The
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May
May
ISO 50001 UKAS Accreditation
ISO 50001 UKAS Accreditation for GCL INTL has now been achieved. GCL INTL is the 3rd International Certification Body in the world to achieve UKAS Accreditation. GCL INTL were an active member of the ISO 50001 UKAS Accreditation Pilot Scheme when it was launched at the beginning of 2013. Since the issue of ISO 50001 in