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.”
– 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.”
– 25th May 2010 by Alex Briggs
This quote is taken from the recent Just off the Starting Blocks - Benchmarking Sustainability and Carbon Assurance in the FTSE 350 report:
Verified data is the only credible way to assess whether we are lowering our emissions and meeting our targets as a country.
Ben Murray, managing director
Carbon Smart
– 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.
– 5th Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Link of the day today is the latest post in the Lloyd’s Register COP 15 Blog. It is an update on 5 key topics that are making headlines on the weekend before the COP 15 global climate change summit begins.
Read the entire post by clicking read more…
– 2nd Dec 2009 by Alex Briggs
Episode 2 in the LRQA Food Safety Video Podcast Series also features Cor Groenveld. Cor is one of the world’s leading experts on Food Safety. He is currently the chairman for the FSSC Foundation and was instrumental in the development of ISO 22000 and PAS 220. In this episode, Cor talks about PAS 220, the FSSC Foundation and the unique issues facing today’s global, complex food supply chains.
– 20th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs
ISO 14064: an emerging standard on Greenhouse Gas
accounting and verification is the title of a working paper on ISO’s latest GHG standard. The paper from Kevin Boehmer, Canadian Standards Association and
Secretary for the ISO Working Group 5 on Climate Change and
Aleg Cherp, ECOLOGIA and Central European University
Budapest and an expert on the ISO Working Group 5 on Climate Change, takes a closer look at the development of ISO 14064, the voluntary standard for organisations looking to measure and report on their organisation’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions.
– 17th Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs
Episode 1 in the LRQA Food Safety Video Podcast Series is an interview with Cor Groenveld, one of the world’s leading food safety experts. Cor is currently the Chairman of the Board of the Foundation for Food Safety Certification. The foundation are the owners of FSSC 22000, which combines ISO 22000 and PAS 220 to offer a comprehensive food safety solution for food organisations and their suppliers. In episode 1, Cor about his role as with the FSSC, as well as the importance of food safety to organisations and their stakeholders.
– 2nd Nov 2009 by Alex Briggs
Part 2 of the LRQA Aviation and the EU ETS webinar features Madlen King, LRQA’s Global Climate Change Manager. The new EU ETS amendments bring aviation into the scheme. With Aviation now entering the EU ETS, it is crucial that organisations, particularly airlines, understand the implications of their carbon emissions. Here is the entire webinar for downloading or watching.
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