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Certification of Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001)
Having your system registered by the Bureau de normalisation
du Québec enhances your company’s credibility on the
marketplace.
Enjoy the benefits of an ISO 9001 registration:
- improved customer confidence;
- access to new markets;
- ability to qualify your company with major work providers.
This program is accredited by the Standards Council of
Canada. Through a multilateral agreement with the
International Accreditation Forum (IAF), the certificates
issued by the BNQ, as a registrar accredited by the SCC,
are recognized internationally.We invite you to consult the Web site of the International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) for more
information, including information on:
- the ISO Standard 9001: 2008, and an introduction
and support for implementation (terminology, scope of
application, documentation requirements, process
approach);
- the ISO survey on ISO 9001 and ISO 14001
certification in the world;
- advertising your certification.
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ISO 14001
Environmental Management System Certification
Implementing an environmental management system in your
company and looking for certification? When you base your
system on the ISO Standard 14001, you benefit from an
internationally recognized reference framework that will
greatly enhance your process.
By choosing to have your environmental management
system registereg by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ),
there are many benefits, such as:
- increasing your return on the investment by
maximizing the use of your resources while improving
your company’s environmental performance;
- ensuring your investors and thereby accessing new
funding sources;
- reinforcing your positioning on the market and
accessing new markets;
- having in place a structure, resources and the means
to enable your environmental performance.
This program is accredited by the Standards Council of
Canada.
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Food Safety Management
System Certification HACCP and ISO 22000
You produce, market, distribute or prepare food? You do
business in a field related to the food sector, such as the
manufacturing of food packing products?
Food safety involving products “from the gate to the
plate” is one of your major concerns?
Benefit from the agreement reached between the Ministère
de l'Agriculture, des Pêcheries et de l'Alimentation du
Québec (MAPAQ) and the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ)
aimed at the development of standards and government
recognition of HACCP systems (Hazard Analysis Critical Control
Points).
Considered one of the most effective tools in the
management and control of food-borne risks, the HACCP and ISO
22000 systems are methods with an ever-growing popularity among companies
and organizations involved in the food industry.
The BNQ offers establishments that use the HACCP or ISO
22000 approach
the possibility of obtaining a certificate attesting to the
fact that they satisfy its requirements.
To find out more about the target clientele, the audit
referentials used and the registration procedures, please consult the
Food Safety Management System Certification Guide (HACCP and
ISO 22000).
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Certification of Occupational Health and
Safety Management Systems (OHSAS
18001)
You want to implement an occupational health and safety
management system (OHSAS) and have it officially
recognized?
Base your process on the OHSAS Standard 18001, a
recognized reference. Get your
OHSAS system registered by the Bureau de normalisation du Québec and
enjoy the following benefits:
- more efficient occupational health and safety
management, the output of which can translate
into a reduction in the number and severity of
job-related accidents;
- the demonstration of an organized and recognized OHS
system to satisfy investors, customers and other
interested parties;
- an improvement in the company’s reputation with
regard to occupational health and safety;
- better planning of prevention and emergency response
activities, and of performance follow-up;
- mobilization of the entire company.
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Greenhouse Gases (GHG) Data
Verification
Impartiality, competence and diligence are key aspects
that reinforce market confidence in the field of
auditing. At the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ),
we have been applying those principles for more than 50
years!
If you contribute to the effort of reducing the impacts
of climate change and would require a reliable opinion
on the accuracy of your data estimations with regard to
either your GHG inventory or GHG project reduction
process, we can be of assistance. Our verification
statements can also assist you in accessing numerous GHG-related
regulatory or voluntary programs and can be used in
your dealings on the Carbon Markets.
Since 2004, the BNQ has been performing GHG inventory
verifications and assessing GHG reduction projects.
Since the publication in 2006 of the
ISO/IEC
International Standard
14064-3,
we have been meeting its
verification requirements.
In September 2010, we received our accreditation from
the Standards Council of Canada (CCN) as verification
body in accordance with the ISO/IEC International
Standard14065. SSC has recognized the expertise of our
working team, composed of auditors and experts in
multiple fields of economic activities.
We have performed several verifications in domains as
varied as the aluminum, plastic or rubber industries as
well as in the sectors of agricultural, waste
management, transportation and forestry. We also have
the necessary resources to intervene in a multitude of
other fields in the manufacturing and services sectors.
Our approach is to work closely with your company’s
verification team, and above all, the BNQ is committed
to the delivery of professional verification services,
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Sustainable Forest Management (SFM)
System Certification - CSA and SFI programs
CSA and SFI Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) programs lead
to sustainable forest management certification through
forest-specific standards:
- CSA Z809-08 Sustainable forest management
- SFIS 2010-2014 Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Standard
These SFM programs allow for the implementation of
sustainable forestry practices monitored via performance
indicators designed to demonstrate viability at the
environmental, social, and economic levels.
Both programs are accredited by the Standards Council of
Canada and are recognized outside the country for meeting
the quality requirements of the international PEFC Programme
for Endorsement of Forest Certification Schemes.
Find out more about CSA and ISO 14001: 2004 or SFI and
ISO 14001: 2004 environment and SFM integrated system
certification, and about the advantages of coupling these
standards to the OHSAS 18001: 1999 international
occupational health and safety management system.
Contact the Bureau de normalisation du Québec (BNQ) to
have your sustainable forest management system certified and
secure all the advantages related to these standards; our
auditors perform constructive audits targeting plus value
and sustainability.
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Chain of Custody of Forest Based
Products Certification - SFI and PEFC programs
The SFI and PEFC programs offer industrialists a wide range of
competitive chain of custody (CoC) and labelling systems
aiming to inform and reassure customers as to the origin and
authenticity of their sustainable forest products.
The SFI program is recognized by the PEFC and the Standards
Council of Canada (SCC) accredits those two programs. It is
moreover possible to get joint SFI-PEFC certification by
integrating the PEFC requirements into the SFI program to
obtain joint authorization to use PEFC sustainable forest
product labels, which are highly regarded throughout Europe,
Asia, Australia, and the Americas.
Find out more about the possibility of getting
certification for CoC integrated systems for forest based
products, coupled with any other system in place or being
implemented within your organisation. For example:
- ISO 9001: 2000 Quality management systems –
Requirements
- ISO 14001: 2004 Environmental Management Systems
– Specification with guidance for use
- CSA Z809-08 Sustainable Forest Management
- SFIS 2010-2014 Sustainable Forestry Initiative
Standard
Get your CoC certification from the Bureau de
normalisation du Québec (BNQ) and secure all the advantages
related to these standards; our auditors perform
constructive audits targeting plus value and sustainability.
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Work-Family Balance (WFB)
Certification program
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The work-family balance (WFB) certification program
applies to any organization, regardless of its type, size or
what product or service it offers, seeking to obtain an
assessment by the BNQ on the conformity of the WFB
organizational practices it has implemented with regard to
the requirements of BNQ Standard 9700-820.
This standard was developed by the BNQ at the request of the
Ministère de la Famille et des Aînés. It stems from the
Québec government policy “Turning Equality in Law into De
Facto Equality”. It is now possible to obtain a copy of the
standard free-of-charge by
clicking here.
Any organization that has completed implementing WFB
practices and would like to obtain certification may apply
by phone at 1-800-386-5114, by fax at 418-652-2221, by
e-mail at
bnqes@bnq.qc.ca
or by electronic means using the form
certification application.
Once a service agreement is reached with the BNQ, the
certification process gets underway as follows:
1.
The BNQ assigns a lead auditor who will first
review the company’s documentation and then send it an
audit plan designed to ensure that an effective audit is
conducted;
2.
The BNQ auditor will then go to the company’s
premises to gather the evidence needed to demonstrate
that the requirements of the standard are fulfilled,
then forward, as the case may be, the certification
recommendation to the BNQ;
3.
A certificate of conformity, valid for a period
of 4 years, will be issued to the company following the
review of the information in the file and final approval
by the BNQ’s program manager;
4.
An audit will be conducted very two years to
ensure maintenance of the conformity of the WFB
organizational practices implemented. At the end of the
initial 4-year certification cycle, the BNQ will send
the CLIENT another service contract to start a new
certification cycle.
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