International Accreditation Forum (IAF) News
IAF is pleased to announce that the Global Sustainable Tourism Council (GSTC) has joined IAF as an Association Member. It welcomes GSTC to IAF Association Membership and looks forward to a productive collaboration with our GSTC colleagues.
On 09 July 2024, the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and BRCGS signed an updated memorandum of understanding (MOU). The updated MOU finalizes the endorsement of the BRCGS Global Standard Ethical Trade and Responsible Sourcing as an IAF Multilateral Recognition Arrangement (MLA) sub-scope, adding it to seven BRCGS standards already endorsed. The BRCGS Global Standard Ethical Trade and Responsible Sourcing addresses the increasing consumer and regulatory demand for socially responsible go...
09 June 2024 marked World Accreditation Day (WAD), an initiative established by IAF and ILAC to raise awareness about accreditation. Each year, WAD brings the global conformity assessment community together with events, webinars, and workshops. With the theme of ‘Accreditation: Empowering Tomorrow and Shaping the Future,’ WAD 2024 underscored the important role of accreditation in navigating the complexities of an evolving world. As technology advances and global challenges...
The International Accreditation Forum (IAF) and the International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants (IESBA) announced a strategic partnership to advance the use of a common framework of high standards of ethical conduct to underpin trust in the assurance of sustainability information. After extensive engagement over the previous six months, the IAF and the IESBA have agreed to common objectives to support the growth of transparent, relevant, and trustworthy corporate sustainability disclos...
Due to the increasing concentration of greenhouse gas emissions despite the growth and deployment of renewable energy sources in electricity generation, hydrogen holds promise to significantly reduce carbon emissions in hard-to-abate sectors, including long-haul transport, steel and iron, cement, and chemicals. Hydrogen Hydrogen combusts and releases energy without making carbon dioxide, making it an emissions-free source of energy. This can help to strengthen national energy security...
For the first time, Gree (Gree Electric Appliances, Inc.) integrates certified data from Eurovent into its BIM objects. In partnership with BIM&CO, Gree has worked in this sense to boost the quality of its clients’ deliverables. It allows its customers to save significant time and access critical data. BIM objects with Eurovent certified data Gree, one of the world’s largest manufacturers of air conditioners, has switched to BIM because according to Philippe Caron, the Marketi...
The ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group (APG), an informal group of quality management system experts, auditors, and practitioners drawn from IAF and ISO/TC 176, has revised its paper ‘ISO 9001 Auditing Practices Group Guidance on: Auditing Competence’. Competence is part of the backbone of any organization. The APG paper has been revised to provide an expanded view in relation to competence requirements throughout the entire body of ISO 9001 requirements.
09 June 2022 marks the 15th anniversary of World Accreditation Day (WAD), a day that IAF and ILAC celebrate every year with members, partners, stakeholders, and other organizations in the field of conformity assessment to mark the importance of accreditation. WAD was established in 2007 by the IAF/ILAC Joint General Assembly, and first celebrated in 2008 with the theme of Accreditation: Delivering Trust in the Global Market. Over the years, themes have touched on the broad qualities of acc...
An IAF member shall comply with applicable laws and regulations both domestic and international, and all IAF members shall act honestly, in good faith and in the best interests of IAF, not engaging in conduct likely to bring discredit upon IAF (IAF Code of Conduct – IAF PL 1:2009, Issue 2) Accordingly, IAF shall not work with any entity or individual covered by national, international or U.S. sanctions1 (i.e. SDN listed), including entities or individuals identified as, related to, or aff...
09 June, 2022 marks World Accreditation Day (#WAD2022), a global initiative established by IAF and ILAC to promote the value of accreditation. 2022’s theme is Accreditation: Sustainability in Economic Growth and the Environment. The world economy relies heavily on natural resources provided by healthy ecosystems, and yet people continue to put these ecosystems through enormous stress and consume resources at an alarming rate. Use of standards Promote more eco-friendly practices Accredit...
IAF has published the May 2022 issue of its newsletter, IAF Outlook. This issue of IAF Outlook includes an update on the ILAC/IAF Single International Accreditation Organization project, information on the IAF efforts to fight counterfeiting in the testing, inspection, and certification industry, and an analysis of the transformative technology techniques used for audits, assessments, and evaluations. Outlook features It also features updates from regions and stakeholders, notably the a...
BRCGS has been accepted to join the International Accreditation Forum (IAF) as an Association Member. The IAF is an association of accreditation bodies and other organizations involved in the fields of management systems, products, processes, services, personnel, validation, and verification. Representing organizations from over 100 economies, IAF works to promote the acceptance of certification throughout the world by ensuring that they deliver results that consumers can trust. Gaining consum...
