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Green initiatives from QLBS. Here at QLBS, we have a global reach, and we care about every part of our planet...

In this world of increased cybercrime, many clients are increasingly concerned about the safety and privacy of their data. Here at QLBS,...

In today’s world of covid, isolation, vaccine passes, and reduced carbon footprints, carrying out remote audits when you can’t be onsite...

Climate change, pandemics, and the natural/green-age revolution, have forced a dramatic change in reporting requirements. Throughout the...

When I was at Apple*, we had significant debates about what we were, and where our focus was. At that time, in the 1980s, we were minions...

The world has gathering in Glasgow, and everyone is making promises to reduce carbon emissions. Over the last 26 years much has been...

I just read an interesting article in Exemplar Global’s The Auditor Online publication. Roger Woehl, CEO of Safety Chain Software, wrote...

Whilst Australia and New Zealand are in lockdown, and the rest of the world bounces between opening-up and closing down, our QLBS CEO,...

A new report, published by the New Zealand-China Food Protection Network, has revealed the results of a recent study into the use of...

On my current European trip, I have had one particularly interesting discussion with Giannis Griogorios, the owner/operator of a...

The launch of Exemplar Global's much-awaited Audit Simulator was launched for free use, this Monday. The Audit Simulator is offering...

Keith Phillips, President and CEO of QLBS was invited to Judge the 2021 International Best Practice Awards which were hosted by the New...

In a land where produce prices are good, and there is no covid, the most extraordinary thing has happened. New Zealand farmers, in their...

How do I get a job, as a young, newly qualified auditor, when I have no experience, and have never done an audit before?

The International Standards Organisation (ISO) reports: “In a post-meeting communiqué, G7 leaders called for the use of common standards,...

When you consider the tools and opportunities already available within the industry, if makes the idea of challenging the status quo both pr

The technology is here, so how do you get your auditors to embrace change, drop their pens, and pick-up digital tools? The best way to...

Every day, you work with producers to make sure that they are conducting best practices. You help ensure that the world’s food is safe....

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, global travel restrictions prohibited CCPB from sending an auditor to Lebanon to conduct an annual audit...

His cooperative has 150 growers that have to meet a range of compliance schemes, including GLOBALG.A.P. Option Two. He needs to be sure...

It looks as if lockdowns are not going away anytime soon, which means that remote audit may become the new normal, sooner than we...

In these difficult economic times, growers can't afford to ignore the expanding compliance burden they carry. The cost burden of...

How will small farms comply with increasing food safety and sustainable standards? “Most of the world’s farms are very small. Worldwide...

Keith will be drawing on a lifetime of experience of digital transformations in different industries, to explore how auditing is being...