Bulletin 10/04: 17 September 2004 

 

INTERNATIONAL STANDARDS REPORT

 

The ISO Survey of ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001 Certificates, which each year provides a panorama of certification to ISO's well-known quality and environmental management system standards, has just been published revealing the worldwide situation at the end of 2003, which was a year of transition for ISO 9000 and confirmed growth of ISO 14001.

 

ISO itself does not perform certification to its ISO 9000 and ISO 14001 management system standards and does not issue ISO 9000 and ISO 14001 certificates.  It carries out The ISO Survey, which is now in its 11th year, as a public information service.  ISO collects the survey data from disparate sources and cannot guarantee their quality and accuracy.  However, the survey is eagerly awaited each year since it provides a unique indicator to the worldwide implementation of ISO's management system standards - although organisations may also implement and benefit from the standards without seeking certification.

 

The survey provides the following principal results for 2003:

 

ISO 9001:2000

 

      Up to the end of December 2003, at least 500 125 certificates to the ISO 9001:2000 quality management system standard had been issued in 149 countries and economies.

 

      The 2003 total represents an increase of 332 915 (+ 200 %) over 2002, when the total was 167 210 in 134 countries and economies.

      The 2003 total represents an increase of 455 737 (more than ten times higher) over 2001, the first year for which the survey recorded ISO 9001:2000 certifications, when the total was 44 388 in 98 countries and economies.

 

ISO 14001

 

       The increase in the number of certificates in 2003 to the ISO 14001 environmental management system standard is the largest so far recorded in the nine surveys in which ISO 14001 has been included.

       Up to the end of December 2003, at least 66 070 certificates to ISO 14001 had been issued in 113 countries and economies.

       The 2003 total represents an increase of 16 621 (+ 34 %) over 2002, when the total was 49 449 in 117 countries and economies.

 

NEWS FROM US!

 

New short courses

We are currently producing a suite of short Business Performance related courses, which will be available for licensing to our approved training partner companies.  The programmes range from short half day awareness EMS courses for all staff to ISO 14001 update courses for internal and lead auditors.  Other courses will include an introduction to balanced scorecard and 6 Sigma.

 

Those who wish to register an interest in licensing a course should contact Bill Fenton bill.fenton@afaq-eta.com

 

Change to Bulletins

From today, AFAQ-ETA news bulletins will be issued monthly instead of fortnightly.  This will allow us to be more selective with news of interest.

 

 

 

 

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