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As fire door systems become more complex, specialist expertise is essential. Discover how Kiwa helps teams address compliance, performance and design challenges with confidence.

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.

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

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 launched ‘Mouse Diaries’, a new campaign designed to shift the conversation around pest management from reaction to prevention. The campaign reflects a simple but important truth: by the time pest activity becomes visible, risk has often already built up. For businesses operating in high-pressure environments, that matters. Pest-related issues are not just a hygiene concern. They can affect compliance, disrupt operations, undermine customer confidence and put reputation at risk. ‘Mouse Diaries’ has been created to bring that reality into sharper focus and encourage a more strategic view of pest management.

Find the gaps before pests do. Kiwa’s independent pest consultancy helps food, logistics, retail and hospitality sites reduce risk, improve audit readiness and strengthen contractor performance.

We are proud to share that Kiwa has certified FITcert® across all 458 PureGym sites in Great Britain and 49 in Switzerland. FITcert® is built on EN 17229 and provides a clear, independent way to show that operational, safety and professionalism requirements are being applied in practice, not just written down.

IFC Certification has launched the SMR 01 scheme - an evidence‑based approach to competence in the servicing and maintenance of smoke control systems. Discover why it matters and how it helps raise standards across the industry.

PFI expiry is approaching fast. Learn how Kiwa CMT’s structural testing, data capture and new electrical testing service can help you manage illuminated assets safely and compliantly.

As the weather turns colder and wetter, rodents like rats and mice begin their seasonal search for warmth, shelter, and food. Unfortunately, this often leads them straight into buildings, especially food businesses, warehouses, and retail environments.