I would like to have the contact information (Name, Address, Phone,
Website)for the top organizations that offer certification of
business's Social, Environmental and Quality practices.  

I have seen the following referenced regarding some of these certifications, but
do not know what the acronyms mean:
ISO 14001 / EMAS
GFSI Standard
IFS
BRC
SA 8000

Hi! Thanks for the question.

Here are the meanings of the acronyms you mentioned and the addresses
of their accreditation bodies are available in the corresponding
links.


ISO 14001 ? International Standards Organization
http://www.iso.org/iso/en/aboutiso/isomembers/MemberList.MemberSummary?MEMBERCODE=10
(Click on the country to get the contact information for the
accreditation body)

GFSI - Global Food Safety Initiative
http://www.ciesnet.com/pdf/globalfood/Contact_Details_for_Owners_of_Benchmarked_Standards.pdf

IFS ? International Food Standard
http://www.food-care.info/index.php?SID=cbc6c1231b0f06f3c9a72adc5192aea2&page=home&content=pruefinstitute

BRC ? British Retail Consortium
http://www.brc.org.uk/standards/downloads/Certification%20Body%20list%20_Food_.pdf
(Food)
http://www.brc.org.uk/standards/downloads/Certification%20Body%20list%20_Packaging_.pdf
(Packaging)
http://www.brc.org.uk/standards/downloads/Certification%20Body%20list%20_consumer%20product_.pdf
(Consumer products)
http://www.brc.org.uk/standards/downloads/Certification%20Body%20list%20_Non%20GM_.pdf
(Global Standards)

SA8000 ? Social Accountability International
http://www.sa-intl.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&pageId=505&parentID=617&grandparentID=515&nodeID=1


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EMAS - Eco-Management and Audit Scheme (This organization has
different accreditation bodies but the contact info is not listed so
here are the individual websites of the different organizations)
http://www.emas.org.uk/regulation/EMAS%20Regulation.pdf (See Page 14)

Accreditation Bodies:

Institut Belge de Normalisation/Belgisch Instituut voor Normalisatie) 
http://cat.bin.be/english/service_files/contacts.html 

Dansk Standard
Kollegievej 6
DK-2920 Charlottenlund
Tel: +45 39 96 61 01
Fax: +45 39 96 61 02
Email: dansk.standard@ds.dk 
http://www.ds.dk/ 

Deutsches Institut für Normung e.V.
http://www.normung.din.de/index.php?lang=en&na_id=normung (click links
for different standard committee contact informarion)

ELOT
Acharnon 313, 111 45 Athens, Greece
Phone: 00 30 210 2120100
Fax: 00 30 210 228 30 34
Email: elotinfo@elot.gr 
http://www.elot.gr/contact.htm 

AENOR
Génova, 6
28004 MADRID (SPAIN)
Tel:   +34 914 326 000
Fax:  +34 913 104 032
Email: aenor@aenor.es 
http://www.aenor.es/desarrollo/inicio/home/home.asp?cambioidioma=s&pag=0 

Association Française de Normalisation
11, avenue Francis de Pressensé
93571 Saint-Denis La Plaine Cedex
Tel. : (0)1 41 62 80 00
Fax : (0)1 49 17 90 00
http://portailgroupe.afnor.fr/v3/contactse/index.htm

National Standards Authority of Ireland
Glasnevin,
Dublin 9,
Ireland
Telephone: +353 1 8073800
Fax: +353 1 8073838
Email: nsai@nsai.ie
http://www.nsai.ie/Contact_Us/Standards/Standards_Contact_Information.html

Ente Nazionale Italiano di Unificazione
via Battistotti Sassi 11B
20133 MILANO MI
Tel.: +39 02 70024.1
Operative Area Fax: +39 02 70106149
E-mail: uni@uni.com
http://www.uni.com/uni/controller/en/uni_world/index.htm

SEE
Email: see.direction@eg.etat.lu
Website: http://www.see.etat.lu/ 

NEN
Vlinderweg 6
2623 AX  Delft
Tel: (015) 2 690 390
Fax:(015) 2 690 190
E-mail: info@nen.nl 
http://www2.nen.nl/nen/servlet/dispatcher.Dispatcher?id=ABOUT_NEN

Austrian Standards Institute
Heinestrasse 38, 1020 Vienna
Phone: (+43 1) 213 00-0
Telecopy: (+43 1) 213 00-818
E-Mail: office@on-norm.at
http://www.on-norm.at/kontakte/index_e.htm 

IPQ
Rua António Gião, 2
2829-513 CAPARICA
Tel. + 351 21 294 81 00
Fax. + 351 21 294 81 01
Email: ipq@mail.ipq.pt 
http://www.ipq.pt/custompage.aspx?modid=9 

SFS
Finnish Standards Association SFS
Maistraatinportti 2
FI-00240 HELSINKI
FINLAND
E-mail sfs@sfs.fi
Tel. int. +358 9 149 9331
Telefax int. +358 9 146 4925
http://www.sfs.fi/en/ 

SIS, Swedish Standards Institute   	   	   
118 80 stockholm
Phone:+46 8 555 520 00
E mail: info@sis.se
http://www.sis.se/DesktopFront.aspx 

BSI Group HQ
389 Chiswick High Road
London
W4 4AL
United Kingdom
Telephone: +44 (0)20 8996 9000
Email: 	cservices@bsi-global.com 
Fax: +44 (0)20 8996 7001
http://www.bsi-global.com/index.xalter 


Search terms used:  
Standard, accreditation certification environmental
ISO 14001 
EMAS
GFSI 
IFS
BRC
SA 8000

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Easterangel-ga                              
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