Keith Phillips
ESG Reporting - highly visible, and critical to get right
In the July 2022 edition of The Economist, a special report covers the importance and failures of ESG reporting. In the opening article...
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QLBS Sponsors the NZBEF Conference 2022: Quest for Excellence
Do you know what ESG is all about? Have you considered the dramatic impact on digital? How do you think that these will redefine business...
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GLOBALG.A.P. V6: Auto-upload Solution - Register Now
It's now time to register for the auto upload solution for version 6 No time consuming manual uploads. QLBS has been working with...
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Data Mining - Do you have Visibility Beyond Spreadsheets?
Do you wish that you could really take advantage of your data, so you can gain insights and make more informed decisions? Data can give...
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Planting Trees for a Greener Future
Green initiatives from QLBS. Here at QLBS, we have a global reach, and we care about every part of our planet...
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ISO27001 Certified for Data Security
In this world of increased cybercrime, many clients are increasingly concerned about the safety and privacy of their data. Here at QLBS,...
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QuantumLeap Remote Audit - How Does it Work?
In today’s world of covid, isolation, vaccine passes, and reduced carbon footprints, carrying out remote audits when you can’t be onsite...
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It's the Biggest Shift in Reporting since Accounting was invented!
Climate change, pandemics, and the natural/green-age revolution, have forced a dramatic change in reporting requirements. Throughout the...
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The Power to be Your Best
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...
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Don’t just Blah! Blah! Blah! Make it happen!
The world has gathering in Glasgow, and everyone is making promises to reduce carbon emissions. Over the last 26 years much has been...
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When you Look Around your Office, How Much Paper do you See?
I just read an interesting article in Exemplar Global’s The Auditor Online publication. Roger Woehl, CEO of Safety Chain Software, wrote...
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We thought that NOW would be the perfect time to undertake a European Research Tour.
Whilst Australia and New Zealand are in lockdown, and the rest of the world bounces between opening-up and closing down, our QLBS CEO,...
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Remote Auditing is Building in Popularity across Asia
A new report, published by the New Zealand-China Food Protection Network, has revealed the results of a recent study into the use of...
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Regulations Growing Wild in Europe
On my current European trip, I have had one particularly interesting discussion with Giannis Griogorios, the owner/operator of a...
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Exemplar Global Launches Online Audit Simulator; How do you compare to other professional auditors?
The launch of Exemplar Global's much-awaited Audit Simulator was launched for free use, this Monday. The Audit Simulator is offering...
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Judging the 2021 International Best Practice Competition
Keith Phillips, President and CEO of QLBS was invited to Judge the 2021 International Best Practice Awards which were hosted by the New...
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Why did New Zealand Farmers Drive their Tractors into the Cities?
In a land where produce prices are good, and there is no covid, the most extraordinary thing has happened. New Zealand farmers, in their...
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Get Free Auditing Experience
How do I get a job, as a young, newly qualified auditor, when I have no experience, and have never done an audit before?
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The G7 Want More from ISO
The International Standards Organisation (ISO) reports: “In a post-meeting communiqué, G7 leaders called for the use of common standards,...
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Green Auditing - How can Auditors Significantly Reduce their Impact on the Environment?
When you consider the tools and opportunities already available within the industry, if makes the idea of challenging the status quo both pr
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How have Industry Leading Food Audit Organisations got their teams onboard with Digital Auditing?
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...
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To all those Auditors and Assessors out there. You do one of the most valuable jobs in the world.
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....
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Remote Audit Success with CCPB in Italy!
Due to the coronavirus pandemic, global travel restrictions prohibited CCPB from sending an auditor to Lebanon to conduct an annual audit...
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Meet Bob. Bob is the CEO of the 'Crunchy Apple' Cooperative. Bob is worried about his audits.
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...