ISO 14001:2026 was published on 15 April 2026, but Standards Australia has not adopted it. Here is what changed, and what it means for an Australian certificate.
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Articles that come with a free template, register or checklist to download, each built in the same format we use with clients.
Inspection and Test Plans (ITPs) in Construction: What to Include, With a Free Template
What goes in an inspection and test plan (ITP) for construction: hold and witness points, a worked example, ISO 9001 and a free Excel template.
ISO 27001 Threat Intelligence (Annex A 5.7): Turning ASD Alerts and Your Security Tools into Audit Evidence
ISO 27001 control 5.7 is not met by subscribing to alerts. What the control asks for, where your threat intelligence already comes from (ASD, Microsoft, AWS), the evidence auditors want, and a free register.
Who’s Interested in a Party? A deep dive into clause 4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties
Clause 4.2, Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties, is one of the clauses I most often see treated as a tick-box exercise: a register filled in once, filed away, and never looked at again. It is also a piece of string. How far you take it depends entirely on the business, on which […]
Links to Australian Safety Codes of Practice: What are they and who should use them?
Codes of Practice are, in my experience, one of the most useful, and most overlooked, tools in Australian work health and safety. This page sets out what they are, how they are made and adopted, how they sit alongside the WHS Act and Regulations, and why they make such a sound foundation for any company’s […]
Looking for an ISO 9001 Consultant? Check the 10 Key Requirements First!
Hiring an ISO 9001 consultant is a decision most businesses make exactly once, with no way to judge the work until an auditor turns up months later. That is an uncomfortable position to buy from, and it has become more uncomfortable lately: in the seven years since we first published this checklist, the number of […]
Nonconformance & Corrective Action in ISO 9001 (with Examples)
What a nonconformance is in ISO 9001, the difference between correction and corrective action, and how to close one out, with practical examples.
ISO Clause 5.1 Leadership and Commitment: No Document Required, Plenty Expected
Clause 5.1 asks top management to demonstrate leadership but requires no document. Three ways to evidence it, from a signed policy to the audit interview.
“Yeah, I Know the Standard”: Dunning-Kruger and ISO Clause 7.2 Competence
Clause 7.2 requires competence to be evidenced, not declared. Here is why the Dunning-Kruger effect is exactly what the ISO competence clause is built to catch, and how a Verification of Competency program answers it.
Risk Matrix Template: A 5×5 Matrix With Consequence Criteria You Can Defend
Most risk matrix templates you can download are a coloured grid and nothing else. Five rows, five columns, green through red, and not one word about what the words mean. That is the part that matters. A grid is trivial to draw. The hard part, and the part an auditor asks about, is what separates […]
