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Switzerland - 13/10/09
Internal Control System (ICS)
The purpose of international standards such as ISO 9001, 14001, 27001, and OHSAS 18001 is to identify risks and use appropriate procedures and control processes to keep them under control. Risk identification can be done through systematic analysis and evaluation.
In the Swiss Civil Code of Obligations, the revision of article 663b, paragraph 12 on Risk Analysis and article 728a on Internal Control System effectively provides legal footing to this requirement and whenever financial risks are concerned, such as risks related to bookkeeping and financial accounting.
ISO and ICS overlap in many places, which consequently necessitate working out common risk evaluation and control systems. This approach is the only way to achieve comprehensive risk management. To address this, SGS provides corresponding audits in collaboration with a firm of auditors (Balmer Etienne AG).
For more information, please contact:
Elvira Bieri
SGS Societe Generale De Surveillance SA
Technoparkstrasse 1
t: +41 44 445 17 17
f: +41 44 445 16 88
Email SGS Switzerland
Web: www.ch.sgs.com
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