Articles from our specialists on certification, testing, and inspection. Practical guidance on ISO management systems, CE marking, and food and sustainability certification, plus what the latest scheme changes mean for exporters.
How water-intensive sectors like textile, food and beverage build an ISO 14046 water footprint, from goal and scope through impact assessment to verification.
See how EN 14351 testing grades air permeability, watertightness, wind load and thermal performance for windows, and how those classes drive CE marking.
Organic status is a clock that starts years before the audit. A roadmap through the conversion period and the parallel EU and USDA NOP routes for exporters.
A market-access guide to Mexico's NOM rules: how to find which NOMs apply, get Spanish labelling and warning seals right, and why testing happens in Mexico.
A step-by-step CE roadmap for toy exporters under Directive 2009/48/EC: scope, the safety assessment, EN 71 testing, the route choice and technical file.
OHSAS 18001 is withdrawn. A step-by-step roadmap to migrate to ISO 45001: gap analysis, leadership and worker participation, risk, and the certification audit.
What a SMETA audit checks across its four pillars, the nonconformities ethical auditors raise most often, and how to close the gaps before the auditor arrives.
An ISO 13485 quality system is the precondition for EU MDR conformity. See where the standard and regulation align, where they differ, and why order matters.
How an Environmental Product Declaration under ISO 14025 wins tenders and green-building specs and keeps your green marketing credible instead of greenwashing.