Certainty Blog

4 Ways to enhance your ESG risk assessment

Environmental, social and governance (ESG) investing has skyrocketed in recent years. In a 2020 survey, 81% of businesses claimed to have a formal ESG program in place. With the addition of ESG factors in overall business strategy, decision-making has become more complex. Ultimately, risks are magnified with the inclusion of ESG. An ESG risk assessment […]

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Certainty and DNV Webinar: The importance of supplier due diligence, quality assurance, and compliance management

Recently, we had the opportunity of sitting down with DNV to discuss the growing global supply chain challenges in today’s business environment. Also, our expert panelists Florian Mueller, Global Product & Business Development Director at DNV, Joy Laing, Global Director of Supply Chain Management Services at DNV, and Neil Marshall, Senior Advisor at DNV discussed […]

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3 Customer Satisfaction Metrics to boost customer loyalty

In a recent article from Deloitte, they found that businesses that offer a high-quality customer experience can lower the cost of serving customers by up to 33%. With competition growing rampantly across the business landscape, customer loyalty has grown in importance. The Customer Satisfaction Assessment helps to address customer needs and strengthen the customer relationship, […]

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GRI Standards Collection and Reporting — What it is and Why it Matters

Environmental, social, and governance (ESG) efforts have gone mainstream. According to a recent PWC report, almost 80 percent of investors surveyed said that ESG was “an important factor in their decision-making”. Additionally, 50 percent said they would be willing to divest from companies that didn’t effectively implement ESG policies. Despite this increasing commitment to ESG, […]

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The Supplier Compliance Audit: What it is (and Why You Need One)

Supply chain issues aren’t going anywhere. According to research firm McKinsey, 2022 comes with three key concerns: Labor shortages, equipment availability, and the “ripple effect” of continuing global bottlenecks. For organizations, this landscape creates a dual challenge. Not only do they need to ensure the reliability and stability of supply chains but must also take […]

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Targeting Total Quality: How a Total Quality Management Audit can Help

Companies lose between 20 and 30 percent of their revenue each year to process inefficiencies. For manufacturing firms, this loss of revenue is often tied to production line processes that are inconsistent, time-consuming, or error-prone. This in turn reduces overall performance and impacts potential profit. An internal Total Quality Management Audit, also known as a […]

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Longo’s Wins RCC’s 2022 Excellence in Retailing Award

Did you hear? Valued Certainty customer Longo’s was recently awarded the Retail Council of Canada’s (RCC) 2022 Excellence in Retailing Award in the category of Health, Safety and Wellness for Digital Injury Prevention! We’d like to congratulate the Longo’s team for their dedication to improving their injury prevention efforts and overall safety culture success. Their […]

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4 Steps to Perform a Workplace Safety Inspection

More than ever, today’s workforce is reflecting on their current working situation and is considering finding new work – over 40% of American workers in 2021 considered leaving their current jobs. Workplace safety is a large driving force in these decisions as injuries have maintained an annual consistency of about 2.7 million reported incidents in […]

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