How to Review your Legal & Other Requirements
Outdated policies and procedures can put an organisation at risk. Old policies may fail to comply with new legislation and regulations. They may not address new systems or technology, which can result in illegal, inconsistent, and inefficient practices.
Organisations...
Often perceived as shrouded in an eerie mist of complexity and strange terminology, ISO 27001 is an established information security standard. In this blog, we’ll explain what this means – in layman’s terms – and explain why it is a sensible investment for organisations of all shapes and sizes. In its...
By implementing an effective quality management system like ISO 9001 into your organisation, you are effectively laying a solid foundation for improving your organisation’s productivity and profit. Quality management systems (QMS) allow you to focus on the key areas in your organisation, be in charge of quality...
“Environmental aspects” are the core part of the ISO 14001 standard.
Environmental aspects are the ways your organisation interacts with the environment. These can have either positive or negative impacts on the environment. Identifying the environmental aspects relevant to your organisation, quantifying the...
Before 2020, when it came to the health and safety of your workplace, a viral outbreak such as the coronavirus is something we may not have considered.
While in most people COVID-19 only causes cold and flu-like symptoms, as an employer you would want to ensure you provide best practice safety measures in the...
Protect personal data, earn data subject trust.
We need to protect personal data in our modern, on-line world. Comprehensive data protection legislation provides a framework for achieving this, and the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was introduced in May 2018 across Europe. Activ has helped many...
Whilst there may be a glimmer of hope that the gradual process of coming to terms with COVID-19 is upon us, with vaccinations and more effective testing programmes, many businesses are re-evaluating how they can safely and securely accommodate remote working into their normal operations. Recent observations have...
This blog has been updated. It was originally published 4th April 2018.
The introduction of GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) in May 2018 did not remove the need to register annually with the Information Commissioner’s Office.
If you are classified as a Data Controller (an organisation that decides the...
