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C‑BG.com Relaunch + 2026 ISO Revisions: What You Need to Know

2026-03-17T17:22:00.000-07:00

We’ve been quiet for a while, but we’re back — and the site is currently undergoing a full renovation. The new C‑BG.com is secure (SSL enabled), modernized, and redesigned to be fully mobile‑friendly.

Why now? Because 2026 is a major year for ISO management system standards.

Three of the most widely used standards are being updated, and we are already working on refreshed templates aligned with the new requirements.

🔧 ISO Standards — 2026 Revision Status & Official Links

ISO 9001:2026 — Draft International Standard (DIS)

Stage: DIS (Draft International Standard)
Expected publication: 2026
Official ISO page:

https://www.iso.org/standard/85434.html

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ISO 14001:2026 — Final Draft (FDIS) / Pre‑release Materials

Stage: FDIS
Expected publication: 2026
Official ISO brochure:

https://www.iso.org/publication/ISO-14001-2026-brochure.html (iso.org in Bing)

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ISO 45001:2026 — Revision in Progress

Stage: Early revision (no DIS yet)
Expected publication: 2027
Status overview:

https://www.risktrainingprofessionals.com/iso-standards-update-2026 (risktrainingprofessionals.com in Bing)

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🚀 What This Means for You

We’re updating all our templates and documentation packages to match the new 2026 requirements.

If you want early access and special promotional pricing, make sure you’re subscribed.

Big improvements are coming — subscribe and stay tuned.

Learn quality management online with LinkedIn Learning

2021-04-13T09:37:00.004-07:00

To help the world economy recover after the hit of COVID-19, in summer 2020 Microsoft launched a global skills initiative making online learning on LinkeIn platform free for everyone.

Continues learning has never been more importand. As Brad Smith states in his blog post:

"By 1970, America’s high school graduation rate reached 80%, compared to 6% when the century began.[1] Perhaps more than any other single indicator, this explains why the 20th century not only boosted economic productivity but distributed its benefits so broadly.

The world has a similar opportunity today. A new generation of 21st century infrastructure calls for new investments that will broaden access to the digital devices and broadband connectivity that have become the lifeblood of commerce, healthcare and education. And it similarly calls for a renewed commitment to the education and skills that a new generation of technology has made essential for people’s personal progress."

More than 30 million people form over 240 countries and territories use free digital access to knowledge in the past year:

Here is a list of available quality management courses on LinkedIn Learning:

Find more here...

Take opportunity of our own free ISO 9001 resources.

As we are getting closer to the new ISO 9001 version release (tentative 2023), more of our existing ISO 9001:2015 products are becoming discounted or even free to use - check often.

Social responsibility guidelines now for food chain

2020-02-09T15:55:00.000-08:00

In December 2019 ISO published new standard ISO/TS 26030 Social responsibility and sustainable development – Guidance on using ISO 26000:2010 in the food chain.

The food and agriculture sector is significant for our world and our well-being.

The new standard provides guidelines for any organization to contribute to sustainable development.
Use of the Standard will help improve social responsibility and sustainability in the food industry. This as a result will positively impact our society as a whole.

ISO/TS 26030 Social responsibility and sustainable development – Guidance on using ISO 26000:2010 in the food chain is suitable for food companies, farms, cooperatives, processors and retailers, regardless of their size or location.

Interested in Social responsibility?
Check out our free Social Responsibility resources.

Competence management

2020-01-10T16:04:00.000-08:00

Making sure that people have the right competence contributes to the organization’s sustained success.
ISO 9001:2015 set requirements for definition and provision of competence.

Recently, ISO updated their ISO 10015, Quality management – Guidelines for competence management and people development.
This document does not modify any of ISO 9001 or other standards requirements but rather helps integrate competence management into the organization's daily work by taking a quality management approach.

The revised ISO 10015, Quality management – Guidelines for competence management and people development is fully aligned with the new ISO 9001:2015.
It is applicable for any organization regardless of type or size.

More on personnel management - ISO 9001:2015 Control of Personnel Quality System Procedure

Benefits of ISO 9001 certification

2018-11-16T15:26:00.001-08:00

The ISO 9000 family standards addresses different aspects of quality management. It is true to say that ISO 9001 is the most popular standard in the world. According to ISO.org, there are 'over one million companies and organizations in over 170 countries certified to ISO 9001'.

This standard is based on seven quality management principles:

Customer Focus
Leadership
Engagement of People
Process Approach
Continuous Improvement
Evident-based Decision Making
Supplier Relationship Management

Both small and large organizations seek ISO 9001 certification.
But what are the real benefits to be gained from building an ISO 9001 compliant quality management system?

With an effective QMS, the organizations will save time, lower overheads, increase efficiency and improve customer relationships.

If you are interested in building an ISO 9001:2015 complaint quality management system yourself and want to do it quickly and inexpensively, check out our ISO 9001 documents and templates. You will find a lot of free downloads, useful tips and best practices.

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Energy Management System Manual - updated

2018-11-06T08:37:00.000-08:00

Following the recent release of the ISO 50001:2018 – Energy Management System standard, we have updated our Energy Management System Manual Template to fully comply with the updated requirements.

Our EnMS manual template is designed to facilitate integration with the organization's management systems in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 and ISO 14001:2015.

83 pages MS Word document contains a lot of tables, forms, diagrams and models. It is written in sufficient detail so the organization may find it feasible to make the proposed EnMS Manual the only documented procedure.

Download the preview of the ISO 50001:2018 EnMS Manual Template that provides the following complete sections of the Manual:

4.2 Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties
4.4. Energy management system
9.1 Monitoring, measurement, analysis and evaluation of energy performance and the EnMS

Follow the link ISO 50001:2018 EnMS Manual Template for the most up to date prices, discounts and offers.

Food safety management system: ISO 22000:2018 has just been published

2018-07-16T14:32:00.000-07:00

In June 2018 ISO published the new edition of ISO 22000:2018 - Food safety management systems — Requirements for any organization in the food chain.
The new edition brings clarity of understanding for the thousands of companies worldwide that already used the standard.
Its latest improvements include:

Adoption of the High-Level Structure common to all ISO management system standards, making it easier for organizations to integrate ISO 22000 with other management systems (such as ISO 9001 or ISO 14001)
A new approach to risk – as a vital concept in the food business – which distinguishes between risk at the operational level and the business level of the management system

We are reviewing our ISO 22000:2018 materials for compliance with the most recent version of the standard.

As soon as the review is completed - all our existing customers will be updated.

New technical specifications to help auditors with ISO 45001

2018-06-28T13:17:00.001-07:00

Following the release of the first international standard for occupational health and safety (ISO 45001:2018) in May 2018 ISO release a new technical specification (ISO/IEC TS 17021-10) that defines the required skills and knowledge to audit organizations that have implemented ISO 45001:2018.

The new ISO/IEC TS 17021-10, Conformity assessment – Requirements for bodies providing audit and certification of management systems – Part 10: Competence requirements for auditing and certification of occupational health and safety management systems has a structure similar to all recent ISO Management System Standards that facilitates it's use and application.

Intended users of the TS 17021-10:
- Auditors
- Anyone making decisions related to ISO 45001
- Accreditation and regulatory bodies.

If you are looking for HSMS auditing help - our ISO 45001:2018 Audit Checklist provides a complete understanding of how to verify compliance with the requirements of all ISO 45001:2018 clauses and can be used as practice for internal auditors workshops.

Control of Environmental Aspects procedure

2018-06-10T16:56:00.001-07:00

We have added an MSP to our ISO 14001:2015 documents and templates collection: MSP 6.1.2.Control of Environmental Aspects.

The main purpose of the Procedure is to:

establish a procedure for the environmental aspects identification and ranking;
develop measures to reduce environmental impact and control of Environmental Registers.

MSP 6.1.2.Control of Environmental Aspects applies to all processes, products and services of the Organization subdivisions that are in scope of the Environmental Management System and fills the gaps in the ISO 14001 EMS documentation when transitioning to the new version of ISO 14001:2015.

The following forms are included in the Procedure

MSF 6.1.2-01-01 Environmental Aspects Register
MSF 6.1.2-01-02 Personnel Acquaintance with the Environmental Aspects Register

Download the Content of the MSP 6.1.2.Control of Environmental Aspects.

For more information - check our website.

Food Safety Management System Manual

2018-05-30T09:49:00.000-07:00

We are announcing new product - ISO 22000:2018 FSMS Manual Template.

Use the Manual for:

FSMS audit and certification.
Understanding of how the Food safety management system operates by senior leadership and personnel.
Personnel training. Practice shows that the FSMS Manual is often the only source of knowledge about the operation of the Food safety management system for certain categories of personnel, including senior leadership.
The organization may find feasible to make the FSMS Manual the only documented procedure for the Food safety management system. The proposed FSMS manual allows this.
The Food safety management system manual can be provided to interested parties to demonstrate the effectiveness of the organization's Food safety management system.

Download the preview of the ISO 22000:2018 FSMS Manual template that contains the following sections:

4.2. Understanding the needs and expectations of interested parties
5.3 Roles, responsibilities, and authorities in the organization
7.1.4 Work environment
7.4.3 Internal communication

More information, including the most up to date price - on our website: ISO 22000:2018 FSMS Manual Template

New ISO standard for facility management

2018-05-09T09:36:00.001-07:00

ISO 41001, Facility management – Management systems – Requirements with guidance for use was published on April 28, 2018.
The new management system standard constitutes a benchmark for developing and driving an effective strategic, tactical and operational facility management.
The standard will also assist organizations seeking to outsource FM, as those providers who are able to demonstrate compliance with the standard will provide them with an assurance regarding their approach and processes.

ISO 41001 is the first standard of its kind for facility management and has the potential to make a real difference to organizations by

improving workforce health and safety,
reducing their impact on the environment and
making considerable cost savings and efficiencies.

Useful links

The structure of the new Facility management standard is similar to all newer versions of ISO management standards like ISO 9001:2015, ISO 45001:2018, ISO 14001:2015. This makes it easier for the organization to create and maintain Integrated Management System.

Occupational health and safety - more info from ISO

2018-04-25T13:37:00.002-07:00

Health and safety is one of the major concerns of the businesses.
To prevent even more deaths and injuries - ISO 45001 sets standards to protect workers worldwide.

Following the release of the ISO 45001:2018 standard in May, ISO issued a publication with more information about the Standard. The publication is free to download from the ISO website and provides concise answers to frequently asked questions:

Who is ISO 45001 for?
What are the benefits for the business?
How it is different from other OH&S standards?
Is it possible to integrate ISO 45001 into the existing management system?
How to get started?

Learn more about ISO’s international standard for occupational health and safety and what it can do for your organization.

We have updated our ISO 45001:2018 documents and templates to comply with the latest version of the Standard.

ISO 45001:2018 - world's first International Standard for occupational health and safety

2018-03-13T09:07:00.002-07:00

ISO announced the publication of the first International Standard for occupational health and safety - ISO 45001:2018.

What are the major differences between OHSAS 18001 and ISO 45001?

ISO 45001 is process-based – OHSAS 18001 is procedure-based
ISO 45001 is dynamic in all clauses – OHSAS 18001 is not
ISO 45001 considers both risk and opportunities – OHSAS 18001 deals exclusively with risk
ISO 45001 includes the views of interested parties – OHSAS 18001 does not

More details in the overview of the Standard - ISO 45001 – All you need to know.

Are you ready for the Migration?

Transition from HSAS 18001 to the new International Standard ISO 45001 may have its challenges, but the New standard promises even more effective management system that means more incidents prevented and more lives saved.

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ISO 45001:2018 Transition Gap Analysis will help you

understand the changes introduced in the New version of ISO 45001:2018 in comparison to the OHSAS 18001:2007;
carry out the OHS/IMS transition to the new version of ISO 45001:2018 without the help of consultants;

We are reviewing our ISO 45001:2018 materials to comply with the most recent version of the Standard.

The latest version of ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management Standard has just been published

2018-02-20T08:40:00.001-08:00

The new version of ISO 31000:2018 Risk Management Standard has been published on February 15th 2018.
It is now available in English and French on ISO website and ISO's member bodies.

You can also preview several clauses of the Standard (in English and French).

In the Press release ISO pointed out the major changes since the previous edition:

'Review of the principles of risk management, which are the key criteria for its success
Focus on leadership by top management who should ensure that risk management is integrated into all organizational activities, starting with the governance of the organization
Greater emphasis on the iterative nature of risk management, drawing on new experiences, knowledge and analysis for the revision of process elements, actions and controls at each stage of the process
Streamlining of the content with greater focus on sustaining an open systems model that regularly exchanges feedback with its external environment to fit multiple needs and contexts'

As part of CBG Inc. commitment to continual improvement, we will review our Risk management related documents and templates to comply with the new Risk management Standard.

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ISO 9001 regarding Intellectual property

2018-02-16T08:00:00.000-08:00

What are the ISO 9001:2015 guidelines regarding the intellectual property?

ISO 9001:2015 Cl. 7.1.6 Control of organizational knowledge is aimed at:

Defining knowledge necessary to operate the processes and achieve products and services compliance;
Obtaining and maintaining of knowledge
Ensuring the availability of knowledge to the extent necessary;
Updating the current knowledge and obtaining access to any necessary additional knowledge and the required updates in response to changing needs and trends.

The basis of knowledge control is to transform the flow of information from internal and external sources to the Organization’s knowledge bank - a database, structured into groups of intellectual assets of the Organization, considering the strategic directions of development, and hosted on the server of the Organization.
More information, including Organizational Knowledge Bank Structure - in our Quality System Procedure QSP 7.1-04 Control of organizational knowledge

Documenting and communicating the nonconformities

2018-02-08T10:59:00.000-08:00

Is risk understood and when appropriate, communicated throughout your Organization?

The requirements of ISO 9001:2015 states that

“the organization shall determine the internal and external communications relevant to the quality management system.”

What communications will you have for the QMS within your Organization?

Here below are some examples of such communication (internal and external).
Internal communication of the QMS issues is conducted:

Via information system;
Through meetings on QMS issues;
Via control of documented information.

Quality manager together with IT manager develops draft of the QMS relevant issues communication structure. QMS relevant issues communication structure is discussed and approved during management review. IT manager ensures placement and transfer of information on QMS relevant issues, according to the structure.
QMS issues meetings include:

Management review meetings - regulated by the director of the organization.
Internal audit meetings – held per the internal audit program and are regulated by Quality manager.
Subdivision QMS issues meetings – are regulated by the subdivision leader and can be conducted in the form of a video conference.

External QMS issues communication is conducted with the customers, external providers, certification bodies, and consultants.
Interaction with customers, including QMS issues, is defined by processes relevant to customers.
Interaction with external providers, including QMS issues, is defined by control of externally provided processes, products, and services. Quality manager per the responsibility and authority defines terms and content of the interaction relevant to the QMS with the certification bodies and consultants.

Do you have to communicate all product and service nonconformities?
Will you report to the media, shareholders, or other stakeholders on some topics but not others?

Control of nonconformities should be carried out in accordance with the corresponding QMS documented procedure. This Procedure usually provides guidance as to documenting the nonconformities. Communication relates to the parties involved in control of nonconformities:

an auditor, or any employee of the Organization, or a customer who identified the nonconformity;
quality representative or another staff member who coordinates the nonconformity processing;
process owner, relevant to the nonconformity or an authorized person, who analyzes the causes and possibilities of similar nonconformities and words the corrective actions
senior leadership, who conducts review of the nonconformity.

Stakeholders communication is conducted by the decision of the senior leadership of the Organization.

For the Environmental management systems and OH&S management system this is the requirement of the ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 respectively.

'5 WHYs' RTA methodology

2018-02-02T13:58:00.002-08:00

Something went wrong in the process. How to clearly identify what exactly is the root cause of the issue to prevent it from happening in the future?

Let's look at the example.

A wrong product has been delivered to the customer.
Using '5 WHYs' methodology, we start asking a simple 'Why?' question.
1. WHY was the wrong product delivered?
The purchase department provided the wrong information.
2. WHY did the purchase department provide the wrong information?
The found this information on the server and assumed it was up to date.
3. WHY wasn’t the information updated on the server?
Sales had been negotiating with the customer and forgot to update the information on the server.

A possible modification to the process would be for the purchasing department to contact the sales before the delivery of the goods.

In the example above we have used just 3 WHYs. Often it takes 5 WHYs to find the cause. As an any tool, 5WHYs does not have a universal application. There will be situations when more (way more) than 5 WHYs will be necessary to find the root cause of the problem.

But in practice - this is an easy, handy and powerful tool to use.

More articles on Quality on the Qooling blog

How new technologies will Impact Business in the upcoming 2018

2017-12-22T09:30:00.000-08:00

New article by Tara Callinan 'How AI, Machine Learning and Automation will Impact Business in 2018 and Beyond' gives an overview of what technology trends to watch for and how they will impact businesses in the near future.

Marketing Gets Smarter with AI and Machine Learning

What to expect?
- Dynamic landing pages and websites.
- More personalized ads.
- Nurturing leads through social media through personalized, real-time content targeting.

E-Commerce Reaches New Heights

Machine learning analyzes data based on a user’s purchase history or online shopping behavior. This helps to further personalize purchasing experience. And when it’s time to purchase, machine learning is applied to reduce the risk of credit fraud in small businesses.

Integrating Chatbots

Chatbots will play a key role in the future of customer service:
- Giving 24/7 customer service
- The era of being ‘on hold’ is gone
- Quick access to customer data makes service more personal

Automation Now and in 2018

Though Machine Learning and AI are hot topics in the tech world, it is not to a point that small to medium size businesses can leverage it in the immediate future. But there is still hope for them with automation. Powered by the Cloud, this type of technology has already revolutionized Marketing and Sales workflows and interactions but it is also starting to touch the various other parts of a business.
For example automation of:
- operations
- accounting
- payroll/HR.

Find more information on Tenfold Marketing Blog.

ISO 9001:2015 and Business management system

2017-11-27T11:12:00.000-08:00

Can we assume that ISO 9001-2015 can be used as a Business management system?

In which case that can be possible?

ISO 9001:2015, like the earlier versions of the Standard, was created precisely for this purpose.

We just have to take into account that it is very difficult to develop common requirements for the management of completely different organizations: large and small, focused on production and services, successful and not so much, with different production orientation, with different ownership type, etc..

Therefore, ISO 9001:2015 provides the minimum set of universal requirements that are used as a basis.

Further, each organization builds its Business management system, taking into account the peculiarities of their own business. Common areas of this development are the application of such methodologies as TQM, Lean-Six Sigma.

ISO 45001 Audit Checklist

2017-11-20T13:59:00.000-08:00

Introducing new product - ISO 45001 Audit checklist.

42 pages editable MS Word document with detailed explanations, auditor tips and recommendations - our ISO 45001 Audit checklist can be utilized in a number of ways. The ISO 45001:2018 Audit checklist:

provides a complete understanding of how to verify compliance with the requirements of all ISO 45001:2018 clauses;
can be used as practice for internal auditors workshops.
allows every employee to check his/her activity performance in compliance with the new requirements of ISO 45001:2018.

ISO 45001:2018 Audit Checklist completely covers ISO 45001:2018 conformance and performance audits.

Download a .PDF preview of the ISO 45001:2018 Audit Checklist.

More information and the latest pricing updates on our site.

ISO 45001:2018 Transition Gap Analysis

2017-10-30T16:45:00.000-07:00

In anticipation of the ISO 45001:2018 updates, we introduce new product - ISO 45001:2018 Transition Gap Analysis with the guidelines for transition.

The comparison materials are presented in a table format, containing ISO 45001:2018 Clauses, corresponding OHSAS 18001:2007 and ISO 9001:2015 clauses, content of changes and recommended actions to transfer the OH&S to the new version (if changes are present).

The product features

Traditional clauses conformity table of OHSAS 18001:2007 and New versions of ISO 45001:2018 and ISO 9001:2015.
Analysis of changes.
Implementation recommendations for each change.
Easy to use table format
Printable PDF
28 pages

For a limited in October/November 2017 we offer this document as a free download. Visit our website to claim your copy.

Other ISO 45001:2018 Manuals, documents, templates

ISO 9001/14001/45001 Requirements Comparison

2017-10-27T13:25:00.000-07:00

The most recent versions of ISO Management Standards (ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015, ISO 45001:2018) have identical structure.

This can be very useful when building an Integrated Management System taking into account several standards requirements.

All three international standards mentioned above contain the following clauses:

Context of the organization
Leadership
Planning
Support
Operation
Performance evaluation
Improvement

Having so much in common it is clear that IMS minimizes the duplication of a number of key clauses (Risks, Communication, Nonconformity and corrective actions, Continual improvement, etc.). Simplified documentation helps make better choices and allows almost real-time decisions.

Download ISO 9001:2015, ISO 14001:2015 and ISO 45001:2018 Requirements Comparison in PDF format and use it as reference materials (or in staff/auditors' training).

Check out our Integrated Management System Manual templates, Procedures and Methodical materials.

A system audit vs. a process audit

2017-10-04T14:38:00.000-07:00

ISO 9001:2015 defines a System as a set of interrelated processes.
While a Process is a set of interrelated or interacting activities, which transforms inputs into outputs.

When auditing, it is important to deeply understand the difference between the two and the moment when a group of processes become a system. Conducting system and process audits at the same time could be confusing and ineffective.

On the document triangle below the first two levels describe the System in a whole, while the two bottom levels describe the process.

System audits start from the top moving down into details, while the process audits start from the bottom of the document pyramid.

To summarize from the auditing perspective:

A system audit is an audit of a system or subsystem against system requirements. (conformity or nonconformity of the system).
A process audit is an audit of individual processes against predetermined process steps or activities. (inefficiencies and areas for improvement).

More information in Which is it – a system or process audit? by J.P.Russel

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QMS Questions answered: Audit frequencies

2017-09-29T15:02:00.002-07:00

Within the QMS system the core business processes and the supporting 9001 standard requirements procedures/processes have been identified and separated with the specific intent of auditing them at different intervals within the 3-year cycle.

For example, the core business processes will be audited either weekly/monthly/quarterly/bi-annually/annually and the supporting 9001 standard requirements procedures/processes will be audited once within the 3-year cycle because the risk of change is considered low.

Should the auditing of the standard requirements take place each year within a 3-year cycle?

The periodicity of internal audits is not regulated by the requirements of ISO 9001:2015.

Therefore, any audit cycle is acceptable. However, the frequency greater than 1 year may cause difficulties in conducting annual supervisory audits to prove that the QMS is maintained.

A good and most common practice is to audit every process once a year.

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Nonconformity Management

2017-09-11T11:57:00.002-07:00

What are the major changes to the nonconformity management procedure according to the new version of ISO 9001:2015 (vs. ISO 9001:2008)?

The answers to this question can be found in ISO 9001:2015 Transition Gap Analysis Transition Guidelines.

Nonconforming process outputs, products or services are the object of control (ISO 9001:2008 defined nonconforming products as an object of control).

Thus, the requirements where extended:
‘The organization shall deal with nonconforming outputs in one or more of the following ways:
a) correction (vs. ‘to eliminate the detected nonconformity’ in ISO 9001:2008 cl.8.3. a);
b) segregation, containment, return or suspension of provision of products and services;
c) informing the customer;
d) obtaining authorization for acceptance under concession: (In ISO 9001:2008 this was worded as follows: ‘by authorizing its use, release or acceptance under concession by a relevant authority and, where applicable, by the customer’ (cl.8.3. b)).

Conformity to the requirements shall be verified when nonconforming outputs are corrected.’
ISO 9001:2015 Cl.8.7.1

ISO 9001:2015 provides more details regarding retaining of documented information (records) that:
‘a) describes the nonconformity;
b) describes the actions taken;
c) describes any concessions obtained;
d) identifies the authority deciding the action in respect of the nonconformity.’

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