The new occupational health and safety (OH&S) standard, ISO 45001, has been approved following an overwhelming final vote of 93% by the ISO member National Standard Bodies (NSBs). According to the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Director – Jose Alcorta – publication is anticipated in March 2018. ISO 45001 is based on the same
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Nov
Nov
GCL INTL: Appointed committee member for the new ISO 45001
We are delighted that GCL INTL have been invited onto the UK HS/1 committee for the development of the new international standard for Occupational Health and Safety: ISO 45001. Gary Jones, our Technical Director will join the UK committee to review and comment on modifications as the new standard passes through its drafting stages. ‘It
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Nov
Nov
FSSC 22000 version 4.1
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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Feb
Feb
ISO 9001:2015 Transition Policy
ISO 9001:2015 was issued back in September 2015 and a 3 years has been allowed to transition to this new standard from the date of publication. Just because the new standard has been issued does not mean that all new applications and systems have to be audited against ISO 9001:2015, at globalgroup we are allowing applications
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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
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Jan
Jan
Labour Standards Assurance System (LSAS Level 2)
The time scale for suppliers under the category of “Direct Textiles” to achieve LSAS Level 2 approval has been re-confirmed as the 30 September 2014, which is 18 months from the launch of the framework agreement. For companies who have already achieved LSAS Level 1 the first annual visit has been waived by NHS SC as
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Jan
Jan
Lift Regulations Schedule 6
GCL INTL has been awarded accreditation by UKAS for the inspection of lifts against the requirements of the Lift Regulations Schedule 6. The company is already accredited for Schedule 9 (Unit Verification), Schedule 12 (Full Quality Assurance) and Schedule 13 (Production Quality Assurance) of the Lift Regulations. Final inspection under the Lift Regulations Schedule 6 is a procedure whereby