2015 Press Releases and News

2015 news

January 14 2015

BSI enters US consultancy market with EORM acquisition >

BSI, the business standards company, today announced the acquisition of the US consultancy Environmental and Occupational Risk Management, Inc. (EORM), based in San Jose, California. From today, EORM will operate under the name, EORM – A BSI Professional Services Company.

July 29 2015

BSI Global Supply Chain Intelligence Raises Alarm on Human Rights Breaches >

The Quarterly BSI Risk Index is based on intelligence from BSI’s Supply Chain Risk Exposure Evaluation Network (SCREEN) tool, which provides real-time incident reports for corporate social responsibility (CSR), security, and business continuity risk, threats, across 20+ proprietary risk categories across 200 countries.

March 16 2015

Supply chain complexity - top business continuity concern for manufacturing industry >

Global sourcing across supply chains creates severe business continuity challenges for manufacturers, with the research showing that suppliers operating in riskier countries are the fastest growing business continuity risk.

November 30 2015

Just one third of CEOs believe their organization has the resilience to succeed >

A new report released today (November 30th) by The Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) on behalf of BSI identifies a worrying gap in the capability of firms to maintain long-term growth.

November 17 2015

BSI announces Hewlett Packard Enterprise achieves global ISO standards certifications for Quality, Security and Service Management >

BSI Group America Inc. (BSI) announced today that Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s Managed Services unit has successfully achieved global certification to ISO/IEC 27001 for Information Security, ISO/IEC 20000 for IT Service Management and ISO 9001 for Quality.

October 18 2015

United Guaranty Puts Information Security Management Systems to the Test to Earn Globally Recognized ISO/IEC 27001 Certification >

United Guaranty achieved ISO/IEC 27001 certification following an in-depth assessment by the independent certification body, British Standards Institution (BSI), which included extensive on-site reviews and audits.

September 22 2015

BSI achieves accreditation for the new Environmental Management System Standard ISO 14001:2015 from ANAB >

BSI has received the official global accreditation status from the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) for the new Environmental Management System Standard, ISO 14001:2015 which was published earlier this month.

August 28 2015

Updated Release: BSI obtains first global accreditation from ANAB to certify organizations to the new Quality Management standard ISO 9001:2015 >

BSI, the business standards company, is the first to receive official global accreditation status from the ANSI-ASQ National Accreditation Board (ANAB) to certify organizations to the new Quality Management Standard, ISO 9001:2015.

July 10 2015

Countdown begins for ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System Standard launch >

In September, the 2015 edition of ISO 9001 will be published – the first major revision of the standard since 2000. A final draft of the standard has now been released which incorporates changes made following feedback from users and experts around the world.

July 03 2015

World’s first environmental management system standard ISO 14001:2015 is revised and ready for lift-off >

To ensure that ISO 14001 continues to serve organizations and maintain its relevance in today’s marketplace, the standard has been revised. A final draft, which is the result of input from 40 experts from 25 countries, has now been published.

June 03 2015

BSI expands its environmental consulting and engineering offering with Acquisition of Hill Country Environmental, Inc. >

BSI, the business standards company, has acquired Texas-based Hill Country Environmental, Inc. Hill Country provides a full range of environmental consulting and engineering services to assist companies with complex air quality, waste water and hazardous waste permitting and environmental regulatory compliance issues.

February 17 2015