The management systems community
– 30th Jul 2010 by Alex Briggs
Episode 3 in the LINPAC_LRQA PAS 2050 podcast series features an interview with Mike Hill of Sustain.
Hill stated: “PAS 2050 gives a good basis to work from but until an organisation gets the results verified, there will always be those who doubt the process.”
– 20th Jul 2010 by Alex Briggs
Episode 2 in the LINPAC_LRQA PAS 2050 podcast series features an interview with LRQA Climate Change Manager, Paul Smith.
Paul Smith said: “As more companies follow LINPAC Allibert’s lead, environmental performance will be enhanced and verified product carbon footprint data will become an increasingly important factor in both domestic and commercial purchasing decisions.”
– 14th Jul 2010 by Alex Briggs
A new study by Accenture in Sustainability Magazine shows that 93% of global corporation CEO’s believe that sustainability will be critical to their future success, 78% say that sustainability is now viewed as a source of revenue growth and 72% said that stakeholder education is critical.
– 10th Jul 2010 by Alex Briggs
Episode 1 in the LINPAC_LRQA PAS 2050 podcast series features an interview with Simon Mendes of LINPAC Allibert.
Commenting on the benefits of being verified to the PAS 2050 specification, Simon said: “Internally, the process has helped us to identify and improve performance along the supply chain. Externally, LRQA verification delivers confidence and trust in the data so that we can now help customers to achieve their own environmental targets.”
– 26th Apr 2010 by Alex Briggs
The 2010 Edelman Trust Barometer is out, and the results show that consumers want independent verification of corporate claims.
– 15th Apr 2010
Document from CarbonSmart where Alan Knight, AccountAbility, talks about best practice assurance and what are the questions companies should ask themselves for their next assurance engagement.
– 26th Feb 2010 by Alex Briggs
On the final day of February, LRQA’s Food Month, we bring you an interview with Catherine Francois, Director Food Safety Programmes, Consumer Goods Forum. Catherine is one of the most influential figures in the world of food safety. This podcast features her thoughts on certification, the GFSI’s role in harmonising global food safety standards and the Global Food Safety Conference.
– 2nd Feb 2010 by Alex Briggs
Andrew Smith is LRQA’s Senior Vice-President for the Americas. In this interview, he talks about some of the key issues that global food organisations are facing. He also talks about the shift from inspections audits to process audits that is addressing the issue of food safety.
– 12th Jan 2010
Business Assurance was developed and implemented by Lloyd’s Register Quality Assurance. Independent research highlighted the changing needs of organisations and their views on what the certification industry should deliver. That research was the beginning of LRQA’s Business Assurance.
LRQA’s Business Assurance helps you manage your systems and risks to improve and protect the current and future performance of your organisation.
– 18th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Episode 11 of the Lloyd’s Register Copenhagen Podcast Series is an interview with Karin Sjolin-Frudd, one of the International Maritime Organisation (IMO)’s leading environmental experts. Karin presented the results of an independent climate change and shipping study during the COP 15 conference in Copenhagen.
LRQA’s Business Assurance helps you manage your systems and risks to improve and protect the current and future performance of your organisation.
The Business Assurance approach uses a consistent methodology for providing business driven assessments based around the organisation’s most significant risks.
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