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Alcumus ISOQAR, the leading UKAS accredited certification body, has introduced remote auditing

Alcumus ISOQAR, the leading UKAS accredited certification body, has introduced remote auditing. This means that organisations who either have, or are looking to implement, management systems like ISO 9001 Quality Management, ISO 14001 Environmental Management and ISO 45001 Occupational Health & Safety can still achieve certification. Remote auditing is a radical departure from the usual approach which requires an Auditor to visit the site of the organisation being audited. Helen Jones, MD of Alcumus ISOQAR explains: “This is in response to the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. It’s vital that organisations can still go ahead with getting their systems audited and maintaining their certification and so a new approach was needed. Remote auditing has been approved by UKAS in these [...]