Certifications

Standard Description Sites
ISO 9001:2015
  • Quality Management System certifications 
  • Guarantees that documented systems are in place and are audited regularly 
  • RWS has held this since 1992

Certified: Chalfont St Peter, UK; Alnwick, UK; London, UK; Maidenhead, UK; Sheffield, UK; Leuven, Belgium; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Montreal, Canada; Santiago, Chile; Beijing, China; Changsha, China; Dalian, China; Rizhao City, China; Shanghai, China; Shenzhen, China; Xi’an, China; Zagreb, Croatia; Hradec Králové, Czech Republic; Paris, France; Berlin, Germany; Leipzig, Germany; Stuttgart, Germany; Mumbai, India; Tokyo, Japan; Kaslik, Lebanon; Bydgoszcz, Poland; Porto, Portugal; Seoul, Republic of Korea; Granada, Spain; Taipei City, Taiwan; Bangkok, Thailand; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Hengelo, The Netherlands; Rijswijk, The NetherlandsHartford, USA; Plano, USA; San Jose, USA; Superior, USA; Wakefield, USA, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam  

Compliant: Bloxham, UK; Nottingham, UK; Madrid, Spain; Lausanne, Switzerland; New York, USA.

Applicable in 43 offices*, 38 offices certified and 5 offices compliant

 
ISO 17100:2015
  • Certification for translation companies 
  • Focuses specifically on competences based recruitment and resourcing of projects 
  • Guarantees that independent review happened at every stage of the process 
  • Covers publishing and engineering processes 
  • RWS had held this since 2010

Certified: Chalfont St Peter, UK; Alnwick, UK; Maidenhead, UK; Sheffield, UK; Leuven, Belgium; Sao Paulo, Brazil; Montreal, Canada; Santiago, Chile; Changsha, China; Dalian, China; Shanghai, China; Shenzhen, China; Zagreb, Croatia; Hradec Králové , Czech Republic; Paris, France; Berlin, Germany; Leipzig, Germany; Stuttgart, Germany; Mumbai, India; Tokyo, Japan; Kaslik, Lebanon; Bydgoszcz, Poland; Porto, Portugal; Seoul, Republic of Korea; Granada, Spain; Taipei City, Taiwan; Bangkok, Thailand; Hengelo, The Netherlands; Hartford, USA; San Jose, USA; Superior, USA; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Compliant: Bloxham, UK; Nottingham, UK; Madrid, Spain; Lausanne, Switzerland; New York, USA.

Applicable in 37 offices*, 32 offices certified and 5 offices compliant

 
ISO 13485:2015
  • Quality Management System for the medical devices industry 
  • Guarantees that regulatory requirements are followed and that risks are managed 
  • RWS has held this since 2010

Certified: Hartford, USA 

Compliant: Bloxham, UK; Nottingham, UK; Madrid, Spain; Lausanne, Switzerland; New York, USA.

Applicable in 6 offices*, 1 office certified and 5 offices compliant

 
ISO 27001:2015
  • Information Security Management System 
  • Covers IT, Cloud Operations, Product Development, Support, HR, Operations and Facilities 
  • RWS achieved this in 2020

Certified: Chalfont St Peter, UK; Maidenhead, UK; Sheffield, UK; Brno, Czech Republic; Bangalore, India; Dublin, Ireland; Cluj, Romania; Hague, The Netherlands; Hartford, USA; Los Angeles, USA.

Compliant: Bloxham, UK; Nottingham, UK; Madrid, Spain; Lausanne, Switzerland; New York, USA.

Applicable in 15 offices*, 10 offices certified and 5 offices compliant

 
ISO 14001:2015
  • Environmental Management System certification 
  • Focuses on the means to minimize harmful effects on the environment caused by its activities and to achieve continual improvement of its environmental performance 
  • Guarantees that regulatory requirements are followed and that risks are managed
  • RWS has held this since 2020

Certified: Chalfont St Peter, UK; Maidenhead, UK; Beijing, China; Rizhao, China; Xi’an, China; 

Compliant: Sheffield, UK; Rosario, Argentina; Montreal, Canada; Nanjing, China; Zagreb, Croatia; Brno, Czech Republic; Paris, France; Mumbai, India; Bydgoszcz, Poland; Cluj, Romania; Granada, Spain; Madrid, Spain; Taipei City, Taiwan; Amsterdam, The Netherlands; Superior, USA; Wakefield, USA.

Applicable in 21 offices*, 5 offices certified and 16 offices compliant

 
ISO 21500:2015
  • Guidance for Project Management published as a non certifiable standard 
  • Provides high-level description of concepts and processes that form good practice in project management

Certified: None

Maidenhead, UK; Sheffield, UK; Leuven, Belgium; Montreal, Canada; Dalian, China; Shanghai, China; Stuttgart, Germany; Mumbai, India; Tokyo, Japan; Bydgoszcz, Poland; Superior, USA; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Applicable in 13 offices*, 13 offices compliant

 
ISO 18587:2015
  • Certification for translation companies and post-editors 
  • Regulates the post-editing of content processed by machine translation systems and establishes competences and qualifications for post-editors 
  • Focuses specifically on full post-editing (and does not cover light post-editing) 
  • RWS has held this since 2020 

Certified: Alnwick, UK; Maidenhead, UK; Sheffield, UK; Leuven, Belgium; Sao Paolo, Brazil; Montreal, Canada; Santiago, Chile; Changsha, China; Dalian, China; Shanghai, China; Shenzen, China; Zagreb, Croatia; Hradec Králové , Czech Republic; Paris, France; Leipzig, Germany; Stuttgart, Germany; Mumbai, India; Tokyo, Japan; Kaslik, Lebanon; Bydgoszcz, Poland; Porto, Portugal; Seoul, Republic of Korea; Granada, Spain; Taipei City, Taiwan; Bangkok, Thailand; Hengelo, The Netherlands; Hartford, USA; San Jose, USA; Superior, USA; Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam.

Compliant: Bloxham, UK; Nottingham, UK; Madrid, Spain; Lausanne, Switzerland; New York, USA.

Applicable in 35 offices*, 30 offices certified and 5 offices compliant

* Applicable offices are offices providing services which are relevant to the ISO certification within the reporting year.

As of 30-Sep-2023