ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 9001: 2015 – the transition deadline is looming

ISOs are updated from time to time and to give companies and organisations chance to ‘upgrade’, there is a span of time between the current standard and the new one. In 2018, there is a deadline for two ISO ‘upgrades’ – the environmental management ISO 14001:2015 and the quality management system standard, ISO 9001: 2015.

The changes to both ISOs were published in 2015, hence the date attached to them, but organisations and businesses with the accreditation have three years to move to the new standard. This means making changes, although these can be relatively minor. But is there a lot of work entailed? And is it worth transitioning?

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