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UK businesses committed to going green, says NatWest
Sustainability was not only the key focus of COP26 and the CQI’s World Quality Week (8-12 November), but it’s also become a major priority for organisations, according to NatWest’s recent UK Sustainability Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI).
World Quality Week 2021 highlights
This year we celebrated our first ever World Quality Week. From 8-12 November 2021 the CQI and our members shone the light on quality's role in sustainability and its environmental, social and governance (ESG) impact with our theme - Sustainability: improving our products, people and planet.
CQI’s International Quality Awards return in 2022
After a hiatus in 2021, the CQI’s flagship awards, which celebrate excellence in quality management, will be back next year with some notable changes.
ISO 9001 survey reveals users split on change
ISO has published a public report on the results of the ISO 9001 User Survey 2020.
New Standards Coordination Committee: apply to join
Following the recent review of sponsored standards activity, we’re looking for CQI and IRCA members to form a new Standards Coordination Committee, together with members of the CQI’s Executive team.
ISO confirms no change to ISO 9001
Members of the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) Technical Committee 176, Sub-Committee 2 (TC176/SC2) have taken the surprising decision not to proceed with the much-anticipated update of ISO 9001:2015.
CQI Sponsored Standards Regime review
At the end of 2020, the CQI and IRCA undertook a review of sponsored standards activity.
Standards Update: ISO 45001:2018
ISO 45001:2018 - Occupational health and safety management systems — Requirements with guidance for use
Standards update: ISO 9004:2018
ISO 9004:2018 Quality management — Quality of an organization: Guidance to achieve sustained success
Defining Quality 4.0: a new CQI research project
The CQI is pleased to announce that we have commissioned a consortium comprising Leeds University Business School and The Oakland Institute for Business Research and Education to carry out some research into the concepts and principles that underpin the evolution of ‘Quality Management 4.0’ or ‘Quality 4.0’ as it is more widely known.