United Nations Sustainable Development Goals

17 May 2022

Learn how compliance with targeted standards can help to achieve your UNSDG focused goals.

How can NQA support your organisation?

Organisations have a crucial role to play in responding to sustainability issues and looking to the UNSDGs is sensible place to start. The demand for accountability and movement is quickly increasing whether for CSR purposes, customer tenders, compliance requirements or simply reputational risk.

Whilst this may look different from business to business, complying with internationally recognised standards is accessible and adaptable for all organisations. Although standards differ in subjects, they carry overarching goals such as addressing risk, and continually improve which is a great tool in looking to meet the UNSDGs.

To support you in your journey, we have mapped our sustainability solutions against some of the sustainability goals:

Good health and wellbeing

ISO 45003 - Mental Health & Safety at Work (in preparation)
ISO 45001 - Occupational Health & Safety at Work
ISO 22000 - Food Safety
HACCP - Food Safety
GMP - Food Safety
FSSC 22000 - Food Safety
ISO 27701 - Privacy Information Management
ISO 27018 - Protection of Personally Identifiable Information
COVID Secure
ISO 13485 - Medical Devices Quality

Quality education

Clean water and sanitation

ISO 14001 - Environmental

Affordable and clean energy

ISO 50001 - Energy
PAS 2060 - Carbon Neutrality

Decent work and economic growth

ISO 9001 - Quality
ISO 22301 - Business Continuity
ISO 22000 - Food Safety
ISO 20000-1 - IT Service Management
ISO 27701 - Privacy Information Management
ISO 27001 - Information Security
ISO 55001 - Asset Management
ISO 45001 - Occupational Health & Safety at Work
ISO 14001 - Environment
NQA Training

Industry, innovation, and infrastructure

ISO 14001 - Environment
ISO 50001 - Energy
PAS 2060 - Carbon Neutrality
ISO 22301 - Business Continuity
ISO 55001 - Asset Management
ISO 27701 - Privacy Information Management
ISO 27001 - Information Security
ISO 13485 - Medical Devices Quality
AS9100 / AS91200 / AS6081 - Aerospace
IATF 16949 - Automotive
SSIP
CMS
ISO 44001 - Collaborative Relationships
ISO 41001 - Facility Management
Highway Schemes (NHSS)
PAS 43 - Risk Management - Breakdown Recovery
ISO 39001 - Road Traffic Safety
COVID Secure

Reduced inequalities

ISO 37001 - Anti-Bribery
ISO 44001 - Collaborative Relationships

Sustainable cities and communities

PAS 2060 - Carbon Neutrality
ISO 14001 - Environment
ISO 50001 - Energy
ISO 55001 - Asset Management
ISO 44001 - Collaborative Relationships

Responsible consumption and production

ISO 14001 - Environment
PAS 2060 - Carbon Neutrality
GHG Inventory
ISO 50001 - Energy
ISO 37001 - Anti-Bribery
ISO 9001 - Quality

Climate action

ISO 14001 - Environment
PAS 2060 - Carbon Neutrality
GHG Inventory
ISO 50001 - Energy

Life below water

ISO 14001 - Environment
PAS 2060 - Carbon Neutrality

Life on land

ISO 14001 - Environment
PAS 2060 - Carbon Neutrality

What does this mean for NQA?

At NQA we intend on practicing what we preach and have rooted sustainability within the core of our future. We recognise the importance of each goal but have listed below the 4 we believe are most relevant and which we can best act on.

Goal 4: Good Health and Well Being
Goal 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth
Goal 9: Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Goal 13: Climate Action

You can find out more on our NQA Sustainability page here.

Author - Amber Dixon, NQA Sustainability Assurance Manager