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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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IRIS Certification
(International Railway Industry Standard)
The IRIS standard was developed by
leading international players in the railway industry.
It is based on the ISO 9001 standard and includes
rail-specific quality requirements. Thanks to a
collaborative agreement signed between AFNOR
(l’Association française de normalisation) and the BNQ,
Quebec-based companies seeking certification can gain
access to local auditing services.
IRIS certified enterprises will benefit from the
following advantages:
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International recognition of IRIS certification;
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The assurance that requirements and good trade
practices in the rail sector are properly integrated
into their quality systems;
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Referencing of certified enterprises in IRIS’
international database serving to supply major
contract givers;
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Reduced audit costs;
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Possibility of obtaining ISO 9001 and IRIS
certification together.
For more information, please do
not hesitate to contact our adviser, Michel Lajoie, at
1-800-386-5114 (ext. 2296) or by email at
michel.lajoie@bnq.qc.ca.
You may also click the following link for information on
training on this standard offered by the Mouvement
québécois de la qualité:
http://www.qualite.qc.ca/publicite/120418.html (only
in French).
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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.
The Work-Family Balance (WFB) 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
(in English) and
details concerning the requirements for the certification
program (only in French), free-of-charge by clicking on
the document.
The certification process gets underway as follows:
1.
Once a service agreement has been reached, 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.
Any organization wishing to obtain
certification may contact the BNQ at any time, by phone at
1-800-386-5114, by email at
bnqes@bnq.qc.ca
or electronically using the
certification application form, for more information on
the steps, requirements and costs associated with this
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