ISO certification: what is it and how do you obtain it?

What are ISO certificates for?

Achieving ISO certification with the help of a good consultancy firm offers many benefits. ISO certification has been established in the market for many years and continues to be an important factor in the ranking of organisations. Indeed, its enduring presence since its inception demonstrates the significant benefits it offers to businesses. These benefits include, but are not limited to, the following:

  • ISO certification helps attract key clients thanks to the trust it instils. Improving the company’s viability and internal capacity.
  • Increasing productivity across different departments.
  • Simplifying decision-making and improving its effectiveness.
  • Enabling the identification of opportunities and threats, and taking action on them.
  • Ensuring maximum customer satisfaction, as ISO standards are customer-focused.

Thanks to the wide-ranging benefits it offers, obtaining ISO certification may be of interest to all types of companies and organisations. This includes B2B companies, B2C companies, educational organisations, international NGOs, local councils and governments, start-ups, etc.

Types of ISO certification

Among the most important certifications for businesses in the coming years are the following:

ISO 9001 Quality Management Certification

As ISO consultants, we help organisations achieve ISO 9001 quality management certification through any of the leading accredited ISO certification bodies. The benefits of ISO 9001 certification include ensuring your ability to meet customer requirements and creating opportunities to improve customer satisfaction. Furthermore, the ISO 9001 standard is for organisations of all types, sizes, and offering any products or services, which:

  • Need to demonstrate through certification that they can consistently provide products or services that meet customer requirements.
  • Wish to increase customer satisfaction through the improvement of their management system.

ISO 14001 environmental management certification addresses the environmental concerns of customers and the green market. Consequently, organisations that hold ISO 14001 certification stand out from the competition with the ‘Eco-label’.

Demonstrating a commitment to the environment is becoming increasingly essential.

ISO 45001 certification for occupational health and safety helps to maintain a healthier and safer working environment, as well as reducing the number of accidents and health problems. This approach should help to reduce employee injuries and sick leave.

Furthermore, ISO 45001 certification translates risk findings into action plans with the aim of reducing occupational health and safety risks.

The ISO 27001 certificate is an information security standard. Keeping information secure is now essential.

Consequently, when a company complies with the requirements of ISO 27001 or ENS, it ensures that it will not commit any acts of negligence that could jeopardise information security, and that all legal requirements are met.
As consultants, we help you achieve the Corporate Social Responsibility certification you need.

Consultancy services to help you achieve food safety certification. We can help you obtain the food industry certification you need.

Certification of medical devices in accordance with ISO 13485.

Steps to achieving ISO certification

It is usually necessary to engage a consultancy firm to implement ISO certification. These firms help to organise and analyse the company in question from an external perspective, enabling it to derive maximum benefit from the ISO implementation.

The steps to be followed depend on the consultancy firm, but in general they can be grouped into the following four steps.

  1. Understand and describe the company both externally and internally.
  2. Identify the needs and expectations of stakeholders.
  3. Address risks and opportunities.
  4. Plan implementation through procedures.
 

Our experience is a guarantee of success

EmasConsultors is a company with over 20 years’ experience in the field of ISO consultancy. We help organisations identify and capitalise on opportunities and address market threats.

The company’s core business is ISO 9001 and 14001 consultancy, but over the years it has diversified into other certifications such as AEO certification.

Working online: how we’ve adapted to COVID-19

The global health crisis has forced us to adapt to the digital world, combining this with in-person services where possible.

Thanks to our digital working methodology (using Microsoft 365), we improve the efficiency and quality of our services, whilst also implicitly facilitating our clients’ digital transformation.

The added value lies in our awareness of the need for companies today to meet their customers’ needs in order to remain competitive. For this reason, we focus on improving internal operations by optimising their processes through online working methods.