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Articles
Three times the standard for Fuji Xerox recycling efforts in China
01 Sep 2009
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001, China
Fuji Xerox's integrated recycling centre in China has achieved simultaneous certification from BSI for ISO 9001 Quality management, ISO 14001 Environmental management and OHSAS 18001 Occupational health and safety. Even more impressive, it achieved certification to these three standards within a year of the facility opening.
02 Jun 2009
Topics: Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001, Entropy Software
For GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), one of the world's best-known pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, compliance issues add complexities that most industries never have to face. Having the right tools in place to collate and manage the data and to help keep things looking healthy is critical.
KJO Hospital and BSI Egypt achieve a world first
29 May 2009
Topics: Integrated mgt, PAS 99, Quality management, ISO 9001, Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001, Egypt
Al-Khafji Joint Operations Hospital (KSA), along with its ISO certification partners, BSI Egypt, have together realized a major milestone, becoming the second medical facility and the first hospital in the world to be registered to PAS 99 Integrated Management System Specification.
30 Jan 2009
Topics: Health & safety, OHSAS 18001
Most businesses and public organizations will have some form of health and safety protocol in place, but those going above and beyond the basics are reporting significant benefits, says Nick Ryan.
Tackling 2009: beating the storm
30 Jan 2009
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Integrated mgt, PAS 99, Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001, Six Sigma, Business continuity, BS 25999, Risk management, BS 31100, Kitemark®
It's official: we're in the midst of what some believe could be a prolonged recession. How should businesses respond? Above all, argues Hector Nairn, don't do nothing - and look to standards for undiscovered opportunities.
Cast the certification date in concrete
02 Apr 2008
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001, Integrated mgt, PAS 99, Qatar
In a first for any company in the Middle East, the world's largest operating gas-to-liquids (GTL) company - Oryx GTL, located in Ras Laffan, Qatar - has achieved simultaneous registration to ISO 9001, ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and PAS 99 with BSI Management Systems.
In Brief
Sapphire earns a standards hat-trick
30 Nov 2009
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001
Sapphire Energy Recovery, the waste processing and resource recovery business owned by Lafarge Cement, has achieved certification to three management systems standards (ISO 9001 Quality management, ISO 14001 Environmental management and BS OHSAS 18001 Health and safety management) from BSI. Sapphire is the UK's leading processor of used tyres, and sources and manages the logistics of a range of waste-derived fuels and raw materials for the cement industry.
30 Nov 2009
Topics: Quality management, ISO 9001, Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001
OCS, an international facilities services group based in the UK, has achieved triple certification to ISO 9001 Quality management, ISO 14001 Environmental management/ and BS OHSAS 18001 Health and safety management with BSI.
Sustainability: more than "green"
30 Nov 2009
Topics: Environment, ISO 14001, Climate change, Carbon footprint, Carbon market, Carbon neutral, Emissions trading, GHG, PAS 2050, CSR, Ethical trading, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001, PAS 2020, SA8000, Social responsibility, Sustainability, Social accountability, CFV
Sustainable development means taking into account the social, economic and environmental impacts of business activities, not only for the present but also for future generations.
11 Sep 2009
Topics: CSR, Sustainability, Entropy Software, Environment, Health & safety, Greece
Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company has selected Entropy Software? to help manage its corporate social responsibility (CSR) and sustainability commitments throughout its 28 countries of operation. Entropy Software? is a web-based platform that allows organizations to collect and report data with regard to environmental and health and safety compliance.
02 Jun 2009
Topics: Health & safety, OHSAS 18001
Lockheed Martin UK - INSYS has achieved certification toBS OHSAS 18001 Occupational health and safety management systems. Certification was achieved following an independent assessment by BSI, against a set of challenging requirements. During a year-long effort, workplace hazards were identified and addressed; and operating procedures were reviewed and updated, with employees receiving tailored training on health and safety disciplines.
Reducing risk to the environment
29 May 2008
Topics: Environment, ISO 14001, Health & safety, OHSAS 18001, Quality management, ISO 9001, Entropy Software
Norfolk Environmental Waste Services (NEWS), a waste management company in East Anglia, has achieved certification to ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 and ISO 9001.
28 Jan 2008
Topics: Health & safety, OHSAS 18001
BSI has launched a new Health & Safety Quick Check, for organizations concerned with achieving and demonstrating sound occupational health and safety (OH&S) performance by controlling their OH&S risks.
29 Oct 2007
Topics: Health & safety, OHSAS 18001
The consortium specification for Occupational Health and Safety Management (OH&S) Systems, OHSAS 18001:1999 has been updated and adopted as British Standard BS OHSAS 18001:2007 Occupational health and safety management systems.
23 Jul 2007
Topics: Health & safety, OHSAS 18001
H&S Quick-Check, a new online and PDA-compatible tool, has been launched by BSI. This self-assessment tool allows organizations to measure their occupational health and safety management system against the requirements of BSI health and safety standards.
24 Apr 2007
Topics: Health & safety, OHSAS 18001
To find out what is driving the growing interest in Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems (OHSMS) BSI Management Systems UK has surveyed existing OHSAS 18001 clients.
14 Feb 2007
Topics: Health & safety, OHSAS 18001
BSI Management Systems UK has been awarded OHSAS 18001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Systems, following an assessment by the National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI), covering practices at its Milton Keynes headquarters and its 280 home-based workers.
Question: Is the contribution made by standards always positive?
Standards can make an enormous contribution to organizations, businesses and society - a number of recent studies have confirmed this as an indisputable fact. But is the contribution they make always positive? In my role as chairman of the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS), I have a close understanding of the world of standards. Most of UKAS' accreditation work is based on standards - from the certification of quality and environmental management systems to a huge range of product testing and beyond.
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