United Nations Sustainable Development 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

• EcoCampus

• NQA Training

• e-Learning

• CQI and IRCA approved courses

• Webinars

• Blogs

• Implementation guides

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