Informational bulletins related to Standards Council of Canada accreditation programs are listed below. Bulletins provide critical information about a program or sub-program, and are important for continued adherence to accreditation requirements.
Accreditation Bulletins
2014/08/20
Greenhouse Gas Accreditation Program Customers – Validation/Verification Bodies only,
As a signatory to the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), Standards Council of Canada (SCC) applies the IAF documents to its accreditation operations. IAF MD6:2014, the IAF... Read more
Affected program(s): Greenhouse Gas (all programs)
2014/08/08
Dear SCC Customer,
Our efforts to overhaul the Accreditation Services Branch operations are still ongoing. A modernized Quality Management System has been in place since the fall of 2013, and we have had two internal audits to test the effectiveness of the new QMS.
One... Read more
Affected program(s): Management Systems (all programs)
2014/08/08
Dear SCC Customer,
Our efforts to overhaul the Accreditation Services Branch operations are still ongoing. A modernized Quality Management System has been in place since the fall of 2013, and we have had two internal audits to test the effectiveness of the new QMS.
One... Read more
Affected program(s): Management Systems (all programs)
2014/08/08
To interested parties and all applicant and accredited Certification Bodies SCC’s Management Systems Accreditation Program (MSAP) conducting Sustainable Forest Management (SFM) certifications.
This serves as an official notification that SCC prescribes the use of... Read more
Affected program(s):
2014/07/10
The applicable criteria for the Standards Council of Canada’s (SCC’s) accreditation program for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Verifiers and Validators is ISO 14064, ISO 14065, and IAF MD6. Also, SCC expects verifiers and validators to apply all elements of ISO 14064 parts 1... Read more
Affected program(s): Greenhouse Gas (all programs)