Certification and verification services
An efficient, focused and collaborative approach to your ISO and other management systems
Demonstrating the conformance of your systems and processes to standards around quality, safety, the environment and data security is critical to consumer trust. Your conformance framework must also be able to offer powerful data-driven insights.
Expectations around certification may come from a client, a government agency, regulator, parent company or customer group. These expectations require systems and processes that ensure continual improvement and operational effectiveness.
You can achieve even more when you combine the expertise of certification specialists with data analytics capabilities. Regardless of business size, you can collect conformance benchmarking information across your sites, operations and jurisdictions to pinpoint challenges and opportunities and help you make more informed, data-driven decisions.
Helping you turn your management system into a competitive advantage
Our digitally enabled approach is about more than ticking boxes. It offers several benefits:
Key insights to improve performance
We work closely with you to focus on the most important areas of the business. In applying a risk-based approach to conformance activities, we deliver insights to enhance efficiency and performance areas beyond your management systems.
Greater efficiencies
It’s difficult to manage corrective actions across multiple locations when you receive requests and reports in different formats and from a variety of sources. Our platform gives you complete visibility. It’s simple and quick to check status, assign responsibilities and manage the certification and conformance process.
Transparency and control
Our digital platform reduces time and cost while giving you greater transparency and control over certification and conformance processes. Using the latest data analytics and visualisation tools, you can quickly drill down for further information across issues at one or more sites and pinpoint trends and common concerns across your business.
Certified by PwC
PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) Canada is accredited under ISO 17021-1:2015, ISO 27006:2015, ISO 17065:2012, ISO 14065:2013 and FSC-STD-20-011 (V4-0) to deliver certification and greenhouse gas verification services under the following standard schemes:
ISO 9001 Quality Management System Standard
Accreditation body: Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standard
Accreditation body: Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management System Standard
Accreditation body: Standards Council of Canada (SCC), In progress
ISO 27001 Information Security Management Standard
Accreditation body: Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
ISO 14064 Parts 1, 2, and 3 Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Accounting and Verification
Accreditation body: ANAB, ANSI National Accreditation Board
Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification™ (PEFC™) Chain of Custody Standard
Accreditation body: Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
Sustainable Forestry Initiative® (SFI®) Chain of Custody, Forest Management and Fiber Sourcing Standards
Accreditation body: Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
American Tree Farm System® (ATFS®) Forest Management Standard
Accreditation body: Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
CAN/CSA Z809 Forest Management Standard
Accreditation body: Standards Council of Canada (SCC)
Forest Stewardship Council® (FSC®) Chain of Custody and Controlled Wood Standards
Accreditation body: Accreditation Services International (ASI). Further information on FSC certification can be found at fsc.org. Further information on certified FSC organizations can be found at info.fsc.org.
Our certification methodology aligns to the requirements of FSC-STD-20-001, ISO 17021 or 17065 and the particular certification standards required by our organization. We have member firms in North America, Europe and Asia that are accredited certification bodies to meet your global certification needs.
The PwC certification seal
PwC’s certification seal demonstrates that your management system meets the criteria set out in the relevant ISO management systems standard. Display the seal on your certificate, website, corporate letterhead and tender documentation to strengthen your reputation and demonstrate your commitment to continuous improvement.
How to engage with us for your certification services
Enquiry
- Initial enquiry to our certification team
- Identify your precise certification needs
- We prepare a draft scope of certification services
Scope review
- You confirm the scope of certification services
- Our relationship managers draft an engagement letter for technical review
Contract presented
- You'll meet with our relationship managers to review the engagement letter in detail to ensure we fully appreciate your specific needs prior to your acceptance
Learn how we can add value through our certification process
For a detailed overview of our certification process, read our public summary of PwC’s certification and greenhouse gas verification programs.
Certification policies
For more information about our policies or legal information or to learn more about training associated with ISO standards, please contact one of our certification experts.
Being a trusted service provider is integral to our certification and compliance services. PwC Canada Certification and Registration practice does not offer Certification related Consulting and Advisory services to our Certification and Registration clients, with the exception of Pre-assessments and Training services. For more on how we manage impartiality and independence, refer to our conflict of interest and impartiality policies.
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BC Region Private Company Services Leader and Risk Assurance Partner, PwC Canada
Tel: +1 604 806 7082
Steven Raduy
Managing Director, Management System Services Lead, PwC Canada
Tel: +1 604 806 7200
Director, Information Security Management Systems, PwC Canada
Tel: +1 604 806 7549