ISO 9001 & 14001
BURSA MALAYSIA SCORES FIRST WITH ISO CERTIFICATIONS IN QUALITY AND ENVIRONMENT MANAGEMENT
SYSTEMS
Bursa Malaysia Berhad accomplished double achievements when the
exchange received certifications for conformance to the ISO 9001:2000 Quality Management System and
ISO 14001:2004 Environmental Management System standards. The certification panel of SIRIM QAS
International Sdn. Bhd., the national certification body, approved the award of the certifications
to Bursa Malaysia on Friday, 5 October 2007. The certifications also serve as an acknowledgement
that Bursa Malaysia's quality and environment management systems conform to internationally
recognised standards.
The certificates will provide Bursa Malaysia the credibility to
deliver higher quality products and services to the market as well as provide value to its
shareholders. The aim is to widen trading access and efficiency via infrastructure improvement and
bringing quality products and services to the market. This will certainly enable Bursa Malaysia to
meet the requirement for growth and maintain our competitiveness.
Bursa Malaysia is the only exchange to be certified with ISO 14001
and the first exchange in the world to pursue these two certifications simultaneously. The
certification was the outcome of an assessment of Bursa Malaysia's quality and environment
management systems in relation to the standards requirements, internal procedures and legal and
stakeholder requirements.
In achieving these certifications, Bursa Malaysia underwent a
stringent internal assessment and an external auditing process by SIRIM. The initiative took nine
months for enhancement of existing procedural documentation and involved training for
familiarization with the requirements of both standards.
The success in achieving this goal was due to the dedication and
teamwork of everyone in the company. The decision to pursue both certifications simultaneously was
because of the compatibility between the two standards and Bursa Malaysia's position in influencing
other entities to implement similar systems especially for monitoring environmental aspects and
impact to their operations. ISO certification also supports Bursa Malaysia's pursuit of continual
improvement and its on-going commitment to provide its stakeholders an assurance of quality in
fulfilling their requirements whilst optimizing environmental performance.
The ISO 14001 is intended to provide organizations with elements of
an effective environmental management system for achieving their environmental and economic
goals.
ISO 9001 defines requirements for quality management systems and
focuses on meeting customer requirements. Both ISO 9001:2000 and ISO 14001:2004 are management
system standards that were developed by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
The standards apply uniformly to companies in any industry and of any size.
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