Accreditation is independent oversight of the certification body itself. Here is what it means, our route through the United Accreditation Foundation, and — honestly — where we stand today.
Certification proves your management system meets a standard. Accreditation proves the certification body meets its standard — ISO/IEC 17021-1 — and is competent and impartial enough for its certificates to be trusted.
An accreditation body assesses us: our governance, our impartiality safeguards, our auditor competence, and our decision-making. That independent oversight is what turns a certificate into international currency, recognised across borders and supply chains.
Our accreditation route is the United Accreditation Foundation (UAF), operating under the international framework now coordinated by the Global Accreditation Cooperation. Until accreditation is formally granted for a scheme, we say so plainly — and we display no accreditation mark.
Each link is independent of the next — which is exactly why the chain holds.
The accreditation body assesses and accredits us against ISO/IEC 17021-1.
Accredited to audit and certify — and to decide independently of the audit team.
Issued on the evidence, stating your certified scope, sites and standard.
Accredited certificates are published to IAF CertSearch and recognised via Global ACI.
Accreditation is granted scheme by scheme. This table is kept current — assessors and clients can rely on it.
Status shown for transparency during our accreditation application. The moment a scheme is accredited, this page, the affected certificates, and the relevant scheme pages are updated, and the authorised UAF mark is applied per UAF's mark-use rules. Until then, certificates for that scheme are issued on a non-accredited basis and clearly marked as such.
Whatever the status, your certificate states it plainly — no visitor, customer or regulator is left guessing.
Once a scheme is accredited, certificates within its accredited scope carry the authorised UAF mark and are published to IAF CertSearch — recognised internationally.
Where a scheme is not yet accredited, the certificate is a valid Skyeblanc Certification certificate but carries no accreditation mark, and is clearly labelled non-accredited.
Displaying the UAF symbol or a Global ACI / IAF mark before accreditation is granted would itself breach the rules that make those marks meaningful. We use only our own Skyeblanc Certification seals until accreditation is formally in place, and then only per UAF's authorised artwork and mark-use rules. How those marks — and your own certified-status wording — may be used is set out in Use of Marks & Certificates.
Apply now, or verify an existing certificate against our public directory.
