ISO 44001:2017 collaborative business relationship management systems specify requirements for the implementation and control of relationships within or between multiple external partners where each partner is assigned specific management system responsibility to support the overall collaborative business relationship of a defined organisation (ISO 44001:2017 clause 3.1 refers).
ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 § 8.2.2.a requires the certificate to identify the name and geographical location of the certified client (or the geographical location of the headquarters and any sites within the scope of a multi-site certification).
If the certified client is a defined organization comprising multiple partners based at different locations, then would it be acceptable that the certificate identifies the name of the organization and refer to a publicly available organization chart detailing the overall structure? The organization would be required to keep its organizational chart up to date and notify the certification body of any changes?
March 2023
Answer is “No”.
Maintaining and continuously updating a register of sites outside of the certificate as described is not acceptable, as ISO/IEC 17021-1:2015 § 8.2.2.a requires any site within the scope of a certification to be listed on the certificate. The certificate would not comply with the requirement.