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UK businesses committed to going green, says NatWest
Sustainability was not only the key focus of COP26 and the CQI’s World Quality Week (8-12 November), but it’s also become a major priority for organisations, according to NatWest’s recent UK Sustainability Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).
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World Quality Week 2021 highlights
This year we celebrated our first ever World Quality Week. From 8-12 November 2021 the CQI and our members shone the light on quality's role in sustainability and its environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact with our theme - Sustainability: improving our products, people and planet.
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CQI’s International Quality Awards return in 2022
After a hiatus in 2021, the CQI’s flagship awards, which celebrate excellence in quality management, will be back next year with some notable changes.
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ISO 9001 survey reveals users split on change
ISO has published a public report on the results of the ISO 9001 User Survey 2020.
New Standards Coordination Committee: apply to join
Following the recent review of sponsored standards activity, we’re looking for CQI and IRCA members to form a new Standards Coordination Committee, together with members of the CQI’s Executive team.
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ISO confirms no change to ISO 9001
Members of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 176, Sub-Committee 2 (TC176/SC2) have taken the surprising decision not to proceed with the much-anticipated update of ISO 9001:2015.
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CQI Sponsored Standards Regime review
At the end of 2020, the CQI and IRCA undertook a review of sponsored standards activity.
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Standards Update: ISO 45001:2018
ISO 45001:2018 - Occupational health and safety management systems — Requirements with guidance for use
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Standards update: ISO 9004:2018
ISO 9004:2018 Quality management — Quality of an organization: Guidance to achieve sustained success
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CQI welcomes new Corporate Partner NQA Certification Ltd
The CQI has welcomed UKAS accredited and internationally recognised certification body NQA Certification Ltd to its Corporate Partner programme.
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