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Ensuring that everyone in our world has access to safe, nutritious food, while preserving the global food systems that produce it, is a job that's never finished. World Food Day 2026, marked on October 16 by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), puts a spotlight on this challenge. This year’s theme, ‘Innovate today. Nourish tomorrow’, asks how innovation can help build a more resilient food system for the future. We spoke to Susan Mallin, Food Schemes Manager at Kiwa, about what this future may look like and why trust is more important than ever.

Corporify works with sensitive corporate data and has therefore paid close attention to cybersecurity from the outset. However, as the company began attracting larger clients and expanding internationally, this was no longer always enough. More and more clients explicitly asked for ISO 27001 certification. Corporify decided to pursue it and chose Vinçotte as its certification body. The process took around a year from initial idea to certification. Internally, it also helped make many processes clearer and more structured.

Discover the focus of Safety Week 2026, running from 5 to 9 October. This year, we introduce the Energy Wheel as a practical prompt to help colleagues recognize energy sources before work starts, especially during the Last-Minute Risk Assessment.

EEW Energy fromWaste Delfzijl B.V. recovers energy and raw materials from waste streams and was recently certified by Kiwa at Level 1 of the CO2 Performance Ladder version 4.0. This means that EEW has demonstrated that its CO2 management system meets the strengthened requirements of the updated Handbook 4.0 of the CO2 Performance Ladder. With this certification, EEW underlines its ambition to structurally monitor, achieve and safeguard its sustainability goals.

In recent years, NIS2 has mainly been about awareness, impact analyses and preparations. The phase has now begun in which organizations must not only make plans, but above all demonstrate that they’re actually implementing them. The question is no longer: ‘Do we need to do something with NIS2?’ but: ‘Can we demonstrate that we are managing our cyber risks?’.

Artificial intelligence is developing at a rapid pace. More and more organizations are using AI to automate processes, perform analyses or support decision-making. At the same time, the need to control the risks associated with AI is increasing. How do you ensure that AI is applied reliably, transparently and responsibly? And how do you demonstrate that your organization uses AI in a controlled manner?

The implementation of the European Union’s (EU) recast Drinking Water Directive (DWD) on 1 January 2027 marks important changes for manufacturers in the drinking water sector. Any new products you place on the EU market as a manufacturer will have to comply with new requirements. And while the Directive does not explicitly address pre-products, they are in many cases the best place to start. In this article, we explain why, while also discussing how your company can prepare for the changes ahead.

The question your organization needs to ask isn't whether it will face a cyber-attack, but when. That's why more and more companies are investing in information security and cyber resilience. That’s where two international standards come in: ISO 27001 for information security and ISO 22301 for business continuity. In this article, Henk-Willem Mutsaers, Lead Auditor at Kiwa, explains how the two standards reinforce each other and why combining them can help you build broader organizational resilience than either one on its own.

If your company wants to reduce its environmental footprint, raise efficiency levels, and show customers, partners, and other stakeholders that you are responsible and compliant, working toward ISO 14001 is a great step. And with the recently published revision, ISO 14001:2026, it's the perfect time to engage with this popular environmental management system (EMS). Adopting any EMS or standard in your company can be a challenging task, and it's no different with ISO 14001:2026. To help answer your questions, we spoke to Richard Walsh, Principal Assessor for Environment and Energy at NQA, a Kiwa company, about ISO 14001.

Learn more about the ISO 14001:2026 updates, transition deadlines, and environmental management best practices to strengthen sustainability and compliance.

If your organization is aiming to improve its environmental performance and demonstrate compliance with today's sustainability expectations, which standard should you be working towards, ISO 9001 or ISO 14001? We put that question to expert Richard Walsh, Principal Assessor for Environment and Energy at NQA, a Kiwa company, who explains the difference between the two, and where a third standard, ISO 45001, fits in as well.

The evolution of the European regulatory framework for medical devices is establishing a progressive transition toward natively digital healthcare information management models. Within this context, the entry into force of Implementing Regulation (UE) 2025/1234, which supplements and amends the provisions of the previous Regulation (UE) 2021/2226, marks a structural shift for the entire MedTech sector.

The MDCG published MDCG 2026-4 – Management of SS(C)P in EUDAMED after mandatory use in June 2026. The document explains how SSCP documents will be managed in EUDAMED during the transition following the start of mandatory use on 28 May 2026.

Discover more about the Fenix Project: a vast photovoltaic plant in Sicily, Italy, developed by Iberdrola Italia, and the largest of its kind currently in operation in the country.

Changing your MDR EU Notified Body or ISO 13485 Certification Body can be complex, time-critical, and risky if not managed carefully. With our Seamless Transfer Program, Kiwa Assurance (NB 1912) supports medical device manufacturers in transferring with confidence—ensuring full control over timelines, certification continuity, and communication.

At our recent RAPS session in Lisbon, one message clearly emerged: under MDR (EU) 2017/745, clinical evidence is a continuous lifecycle process that depends on the strength of the entire ecosystem.