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LRQA Business Assurance Food Podcast Series, Episode 10 – Interview with GFSI’s 1st Chairman of the Board

15th Mar 2011 by Alex Briggs

In the 10th and final episode of the 2011 LRQA Business Assurance Food Podcast Series, Fons Schmid, the Global Food Safety Initiative’s (GFSI) first Chairman of the Board and currently the Independent Chairman of the Board of Stakeholders of the Foundation for Food Safety Certification (FSSC) talked to our editor about the key issues facing the food sector. He took a look back at some of the historical issues and how those have been addressed by the sector, some of the issues that the sector is currently facing as well as looking ahead to the issues that will define the food sector over the coming years.

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LRQA Business Assurance Food Podcast Series, Episode 1

1st Feb 2011 by Alex Briggs

Cor Groenveld, one of the world’s leading food safety experts and LRQA’s Global Product Manager for food services, kicks off this podcast series with his thoughts on a range of food safety and food supply chain topics.
Cor talks about the two global food safety events coming up this month as well as the importance of the Global Food Safety Initiative (GFSI) and finally the changes taking place in the USA regarding food safety.

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ISO 9001 Certifications top 1 Million Globally

4th Jan 2011 by Alex Briggs

The International Organisation for Standardisation (ISO) has announced that over one million ISO 9001 certificates have now been issued globally. The latest ISO survey (published in October 2010) includes information through the end of 2009 and shows that certificates have now been issued in 178 countries.

For more information, visit www.iso.org

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How to secure international trade?

2nd Nov 2009 by Richard Gunawan

How do we balance the priorities between the government’s interests and organisational objectives?
With the proliferation of trade security initiatives showing no sign of abating, there is an urgent need to adopt a common architecture to manage the assurance requirements essential to the public and private sectors.

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New proposal to reduce emissions in the airlines industry

9th Oct 2009 by Richard Gunawan

Aviation experts have welcomed a new proposal from recently formed Aviation Global Deal (AGD), with many saying they believe the International Air Transport Association (IATA), the industry’s governing body and International Civil Aviation Organisation (ICAO), are unlikely to reach agreement with United Nations for Climate Change Convention (UNFCCC) in Copenhagen in December.

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A global perspective on supply chain risk management

22nd Sep 2009 by Richard Gunawan

All goods bought and sold move through supply chains of some description, making the security of goods in transit an issue that alerts everyone. While terrorism is a potential threat, theft is a clear and present menace; it erodes profitability and disrupts supply chains on an on-going basis. The cost of theft is a major [...]

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LRQA Business Assurance ISO 14001 Podcast – ALcontrol Case Study

15th Sep 2009 by Alex Briggs

ALcontrol is one of Europe’s leading environmental and food testing organisations. David Doherty, ALcontrol’s Health & Safety and Environmental Manager talked to us about their ISO 14001 Environmental Management Systems implementation and certification. Listen in as David talks about tangible benefits, internal and external, financial and non-financial, short and long-term, that ALcontrol’s LRQA certified ISO 14001 EMS has delivered.

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Business Assurance in an Economic Downturn – Robert DuPuy Podcast

22nd Jul 2009 by Alex Briggs

The latest LRQA Business Assurance interview features Robert DuPuy, the Head of Sales and Training for Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance, Inc. (LRQA). In this interview, Robert talks about some of the key issues that organisations are facing during difficult economic times. He talks about management systems, the characteristics of a good management system and the importance of having accredited independent third party certification of management systems.

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Business Assurance Thought of the Day, June 22, 2009 – Dubai and ISO 10002

22nd Jun 2009 by Alex Briggs

Increasingly, organisations are communicating their third party certification as a competitive advantage and as proof of improved stakeholder engagement. The recent communications of two Dubai organisations is a case in point.
DP World and Dubai Customs are both promoting their recent ISO 10002 (Customer Complaints) certification. Both organisations were certified by LRQA.

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Management Systems in Not-for-Profit Sector

11th Jun 2009 by Richard Gunawan

Management Systems in Not-for-Profit Sector Siingapore Zoo (part of WRS) is an example of a not-for-profit organisation in Asia that successfully deployed ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 to achieve its objectives.

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