Certification

Certification

    Our certification programs

    Control Union Certifications offers tailored or pre-made certification programs for sustainable sourcing in many industries. Here you will find an overview of all our certification programs offered worldwide. You can easily filter to your specific needs, industry or location. Let Control Union be the proof to your promise.

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    Getting certified in 5 steps

    Control Union Certifications provides assurance that certified products, processes, services, or organizations meet relevant inspection or certification standards. The certification process, from application to certificate issuance, is clearly defined and varies by program. For detailed information, please contact us regarding specific programs.

    All our certification programs

    Request a certification or verification

    Click on the ‘apply now’ link on the specific certification program page to begin the application process. Is the link missing? Please contact us, and we can send you a separate application form to be filled and returned to us. The verification programs will include an application process.

    Receive the offer letter

    Once we have your application(s), we will provide you with an offer letter that will indicate the price and scope of your certification.

    Accept and get your audit plan

    Upon accepting and signing, we will contact you about setting up dates for your audit. Once an auditor is assigned to your audit, an agenda and audit plan will be sent to prepare for your audit. At the close of your audit, the auditor will indicate if any non-compliances have been found and agree to the deadlines of the corrective actions.

    Audit review

    Your audit results will be reviewed by a secondary person, called the certifier, who ultimately decides whether certification will be granted. If you had corrective actions to approach, these need to be sent in for the review process to begin.

    Get your Certification / Get your attestation or score that has been reported.

    If the results have been approved, you will be contacted to receive your certification. If the results were not satisfactory, you will need to submit your corrective actions within the agreed time frame or pause your certification until such time as you are ready. For verifications, If results are not satisfactory, you will be required to wait a period of time to begin the process again.

    Why Control Union Certifications

    A solid international partner

    By understanding the challenges of our clients and their supply chains, as well as the need for increasing transparency and stakeholder involvement, Control Union Certifications has developed services that can be bundled together to best meet the particular needs of our clients.

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    About Control Union Certifications

    The activities of this office are in no way linked with the activities of Peterson Projects and Solutions or any other unrelated consultancy companies and though engaging the services of any consultancy organization may help you to organize your company or product to comply with certification requirements, certification in itself will not be simpler, easier, faster or less expensive if the services of any consultancy organization were engaged.

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    Our approach

    How you benefit

    Through an understanding of your needs and the challenges you face, Control Union Certifications has developed an approach to assist you meet your ever-growing sourcing requirements. Whether related to sustainable materials or social compliance concerns, a tailor-made service is developed that best suits what you need.

    The development of a one-stop-shop approach has enabled Control Union to link services together, allowing you to leverage your investments in sustainability programs through a bundling system.

    The one-stop shop approach reduces costs while offering the greatest added value to your stakeholders’ sustainable initiatives.

    By using multi-trained auditors, Control Union can reduce the audit fatigue faced by companies seeking to maintain multiple programs.

    Control Union Certifications has a global presence that spans more than 80 countries in six continents. From these local offices, Control Union is able to offer on-the-ground support and insight to assist clients with local challenges.

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