ISO News and Blog Posts
As a Certifying Body, it’s our responsibility to remain abreast of all industry developments and changes. To simplify this process for you, our team condenses these updates into easily digestible articles. Additionally, we write blog posts addressing current events in our society and explore how certification can impact or influence them, along with offering tips to ensure a smooth certification journey. We invite you to enjoy our content and stay informed. Happy reading!
- Certification Tips
- Compass Assurance
- Environmental Certification (ISO 14001, AS/NZS 5377)
- Food Safety Certification
- Info Sec Certification (ISO 27001)
- Quality Certification (ISO 9001)
- Safety Certification (ISO 45001, OHSAS 18001, AS/NZS4801)
- Training
- Other

How does the AS/NZS 5377 E-Waste Standard apply to your business?
Whatever happened to that old pocket calculator – remember those? Or that big, yellowing computer monitor that stopped working? With the rise of technology invading every part of our lives, e-waste is becoming a big issue that we need a smart approach to in order to avoid a Wall-E style…
Read moreBut I don’t handle food –Why do I need HACCP Certification?
You’ve got a phone call, email, carrier pigeon from a client or prospective supplier asking if you have or are prepared to get HACCP certification. But you don’t handle food, why is this relevant to you? We can tell you why. HACCP certification is about managing risks within the food…
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Top 3 Tips for Running an Engaging Training Course
Training courses are often met with the same reactions, death by PowerPoint, going nowhere, dragging things out, trainer going on and on, bad coffee and stale biscuits (okay maybe not the last one). But they don’t always have to be like that. As a person of a certain age, I…
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She’ll be right! Current Australian attitudes to risk.
Late last year 2 men (skilled earthmoving operators) were seen waiting out a storm by raising the bucket of their 20-tonne front end loader up and then standing under it, using it as an umbrella. When approached about the stupidity of this act the reply was “she’ll be right!” A…
Read moreSo why do we need to be concerned about digital security?
As organisations have become more connected with increased information flows productivity has improved dramatically. The flip side to all this is that we are now more reliant on this data and information than ever before. If our organisations data becomes corrupted, destroyed or falls into the wrong hands it can…
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