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Certifiers DVGW CERT and Kiwa and German water and gas sector association figawa will work together on the development and management of a database for raw materials used in products and equipment for drinking water. This Raw Materials Database should shorten the approval process of raw materials, which saves manufacturers costs and importantly reduces the time to market.

The revised standard ISO 27001:2022 was published on 25 October 2022 and includes a number of technical corrections and a fully revised Annex A with control measures. The updated standard is subject to a three-year transition period, meaning certified organisations must have switched over by 1 November 2025.

Data Centers are assuming a central role for any business, and their energy consumption is an important element to consider. Especially in the era of environmental sustainability. At Kiwa, we can help to make that transparent, both for you and your customers.

To prevent further global warming and combat climate change, worldwide effort is being put into low-carbon, affordable and reliable energy solutions. Hydrogen can meet the energy and raw material needs of industry, the built environment and the transport sector, sectors that are difficult to decarbonize. However, depending on the application, hydrogen must meet certain quality requirements.

We are pleased to announce that the BASEC Group is joining Kiwa UK with immediate effect.

Join us at GFSI in Atlanta, USA, from 24-27 April 2023, booth no. 21, the three-day conference that will bring hundreds of food safety leaders and experts from all over the world.

In natural gas distribution, odorization contributes to a high level of safety and this will be no different for hydrogen distribution. In this whitepaper Kiwa’s expert odorization Erik Polman takes a closer look at the odorization of hydrogen.

Amsterdam UMC, one of the largest hospitals in the Netherlands, has recently been certified with ISO 27001 and NEN 7510 by Kiwa. Marcel van der Haagen, data protection officer at Amsterdam UMC, elaborates on this.

According to new EU battery regulations batteries placed on the EU market are subject to more stringent requirements in terms such as sustainability, performance, and safety. Kiwa is here to help to evaluate the performance of your products at cell or battery level.

The Dutch Accreditation Council (RvA) has accredited Kiwa as of the 1st of February 2023 for assessment according to the ISO 27001:2022 standard for information security. This means that as of the 1st of March Kiwa may issue recognized certificates according to the latest version of ISO 27001.