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Animal Welfair®: Differentiate your brand in the Global Market

The Animal Welfare seal certifies that animal products come from farms meeting high welfare standards. It ensures humane treatment, proper nutrition, comfortable living conditions, and ethical farming practices.

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Trace magazine - Kiwa’s first online ESG magazine
Trace Magazine

Let’s Trace the Future Together

Kiwa’s first online ESG magazine. Just like tracing a path forward, Trace follows the real steps we’re taking to build a more sustainable future. Here, you’ll find real stories, practical insights, and the milestones that mark our environmental, social, and governance journey. Explore real examples of how we are putting ESG into action — across sectors, regions, and services.
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Initiatives

Our contribution to make the world safer

Kiwa creates trust by contributing to the safety of products, services and organizations. Read more how we can support you with our testing, inspection and certification services.

Climate change: what we do to help

Kiwa helps organizations to make sure their products that contribute to a sustainable world meet the relevant requirements and regulations.

How we help to protect valuable information
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Virtual tours

Take a look in our laboratories

Take a virtual tour of our laboratory and watch the explanations given by our employees about the various lab components.

Kiwa has real expertise in the automotive sector, and they provide us an external view and professional advice. They are reliable and the information they provide is used as a reference for our daily work.

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Quality & Retail Standards Manager
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Deception as Defense: Using Honeypots to Protect Industrial Networks

Industrial networks are predictable—but that predictability can be a risk. Sam Van Hauwaert, Senior Cybersecurity Specialist at Vinçotte (a Kiwa company), shares his thoughts on how honeypots and deception technology can turn this predictability into an advantage, helping detect threats early and protect critical assets before attackers strike.

Digi-Tags: Streamlining Asset safety and Data Management

Discover how Kiwa’s Digi-Tags is transforming asset safety and data management. With a simple QR code scan, field technicians, safety managers, and engineers can access real-time information, documents, and safety records—streamlining inspections, reducing risk, and ensuring compliance across industries.

CPR-2024: Driving Sustainable and Transparent Construction

CPR-2024 is not just about what you provide, but why. The updated regulation goes beyond compliance, setting a clear path toward sustainable, circular, and transparent construction practices. Digital product passports, environmental data in the DOPC, and strengthened oversight will shape the industry.

Navigating conformity assessment routes in the MDR.

Under Article 52 and Annexes IX through XI of the Medical Device Regulation (MDR), it is the legal manufacturer's responsibility to select the appropriate conformity assessment route. However, as a Notified Body, we often observe confusion regarding what these assessments entail and which route is best. The correct choice depends on the device classification and the level of control the manufacturer maintains over design and production.