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What are the 5 elements of ISO 14001?

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.

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What changes with the new ISO 14001 and what does it mean for my organization?

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

What is the difference between ISO 9001 and ISO 14001?

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.

Kiwa has been accepted as MDSAP Auditing Organization applicant

This is an important step in Kiwa’s continued development of services for the medical device sector. Applicant status means Kiwa has entered the formal process toward recognition as an MDSAP Auditing Organization.

The Secret Ingredient to a Safer, More Transparent Bakery: Third-Party Audits

As food safety standards evolve, ensuring compliance and building consumer trust is more important than ever. ASI, a Kiwa company, supports bakeries with expert audits, helping them strengthen food safety programs and maintain the highest quality standards.

How AI and digitalization are creating safer workplaces in the 21st century

Did you know World Day for Safety and Health at Work, set up by the International Labour Organization (ILO) in 2003, and the International Commemoration Day for Dead and Injured Workers, set up in 1966 by trade unions, are held on the same day each year, April 28th? They are - and the reason is sobering: the ILO estimates that annually nearly 3 million people die from work-related incidents and that about 395 million workers experience non-fatal work injuries. We asked two Kiwa experts about some of the key developments in this sector.

Two Kiwa PPI engineers in hard hats inspecting a large industrial turbine or generator assembly inside a factory workshop.

Project control celebrates opening of O'Donnell Athenaeum phase one at UT Dallas

Project Control, a division of Raba Kistner, Inc. (part of the Kiwa group), celebrates the opening of the Edith and Peter O'Donnell Jr. Athenaeum’s first phase at UT Dallas, featuring world-class art museums. The milestone event also marked the groundbreaking of a cutting-edge performance hall. Discover how this cultural hub is transforming campus life and enriching the arts in North Texas.

Kiwa’s Raba Kistner Expands Drilling Services in the US Gulf Coast region

Raba Kistner Inc. (a member of the Kiwa group), recently expanded in the U.S. Gulf Coast region, adding six offices and nearly 60 employees. As part of their growth strategy for the region and the energy sector, they have reintroduced drilling services to meet the needs of their clients in the planning, design, and construction phases of their projects.

Fort Alamo: Raba Kistner preserves a historic American landmark

Since 2019, Raba Kistner’s Cultural Resources team have been working on The Alamo, a historic Spanish mission and fortress founded in the 18th century, located in San Antonio, Texas. The objective of the project was to assess the condition of the Church and the Long Barrack, the oldest buildings on the Alamo historic site and where many Texian rebels made their last stand in the 1836 battle for Texas’ independence from Mexico.