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ISO 44001 CERTIFICATION SUPPORT

ISO 44001 certification for companies that work through partners

Joint ventures, alliances, long-term supplier deals, consortium bids. Many of them start with good intentions and end with a dispute.

ISO 44001 gives you a structure for building and managing partnerships so they’re more likely to deliver what both sides expected.

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A lifecycle approach to partnerships

The standard follows a relationship from the first decision to the last. You work out whether collaboration is even the right model, choose the right partner, set up joint governance, create value together and, when the time comes, plan a clean exit.

It’s less about contracts and more about the way the two organizations actually work together.

What the system covers

  • Deciding when collaboration is the right approach
  • Assessing your own capability and your partner's
  • Choosing partners and agreeing shared objectives
  • Joint governance, roles and escalation routes
  • Sharing knowledge and managing joint risks
  • Exit and handover planning

Who needs it

  • Contractors and consortia in construction and infrastructure
  • Companies in joint ventures or alliances
  • Public bodies and their long-term service partners
  • Large organizations with strategic suppliers

What you get out of it

  • Fewer partnership disputes, and faster resolution when they do occur
  • More value from alliances, because both sides work to common goals
  • Clear expectations before the relationship starts
  • A visible standard to point to in bids

How we take you to certification

  1. Review your partnerships. Which ones are worth bringing into scope.
  2. Gap analysis. Current practice against ISO 44001.
  3. Partner selection and joint objectives. Criteria and a way of agreeing aims.
  4. Governance set-up. Roles, meetings, escalation and information sharing.
  5. Training. Relationship managers and project leaders.
  6. Internal audit and management review. A practice run.
  7. Certification audit. With an accredited certification body.

Current edition

ISO 44001:2017 is the current edition. Certification is less widely offered than for the big standards, so we check availability with accredited certification bodies at the start.

Questions we hear often

No. It covers any collaborative relationship, including strategic supplier and customer partnerships.

No. The contract still matters. This is about how the relationship is run.

No. Your own organization is certified, and you show how you manage the relationship.

Construction, infrastructure, defence, energy and the public sector.

Build partnerships that survive the first year

Talk to us about which of your partnerships should be in scope.

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