ISO 9001
ISO 14001
HACCP
ISO 22000
FSSC 22000
OHSAS 18001
GREENHOUSE GASES (GHG)
SUSTAINABLE FOREST MANAGEMENT
CHAIN OF CUSTODY OF FOREST BASED PRODUCTS

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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 40 years!

If you contribute to the effort of reducing the impacts of climate change and would like a reliable opinion on the accuracy of your data estimations with regard to either your GHG inventory or GHG project reduction process, we can help you. Our verification statements can also help you access numerous GHG-related regulatory or voluntary programs and can be used for your transactions on international stock markets.

At the BNQ, we have been performing GHG inventory verifications and assessing GHG reduction projects according to the requirements of the international standard ISO 14064.

We have performed several verifications in fields as varied as the aluminum, plastic or rubber industries and the agricultural sector. We now have the capacity to intervene in all industrial and service sectors.

Our approach is to work closely with your company’s verification team. Our specialists verify your data and your processes, procedures and methods so your company’s operational data will match its GHG emissions. Our auditors verify GHG reduction projects by analysing your baseline scenario and your baseline hypothesis.

The BNQ is committed to delivering professional verification services, respecting the confidentiality of your company’s strategic information.

 

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.

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.