ISO certification in the UAE.
We prepare you, an accredited body certifies.

Implementation is building and running the management system: the processes, records, training, internal audit and management review the standard requires. It is done by your organisation, often with a consultant. Certification is the independent audit of that system by an accredited certification body, in two stages, which ends with a certificate valid for three years and kept through annual surveillance audits. The two are kept apart on purpose: under ISO/IEC 17021-1 a certification body cannot certify a system it helped build. ESGweise does the implementation and the readiness work; an accredited certification body issues the certificate.

Not as a general legal requirement. It is often a condition of doing business: buyers, main contractors and government entities ask for ISO 9001, ISO 14001 or ISO 45001 at supplier registration or in tenders. That is the usual reason UAE organisations certify, and the reason to build a system that improves how you work rather than one that only satisfies the auditor.

The certification body's fees typically run from AED 10,000 to AED 20,000 for initial certification (the Stage 1 and Stage 2 audits) and from AED 7,000 to AED 15,000 for recertification at the end of each three-year cycle, with smaller surveillance audits in the two years between. Headcount, number of sites and the risk of the operation decide where you sit in the range. Our own support is quoted as a fixed scope after a short call; contact us for a quote.

Renewal is the recertification audit in the third year, and certification body fees for it typically run from AED 7,000 to AED 15,000. It costs less than initial certification because there is no Stage 1 audit, but it is a full review of the system, so it is the audit to prepare for most carefully.

No. We are not a certification body and cannot be. Certification is issued by an accredited certification body that audits your system independently. Consultancy and certification are required to be separate, which is precisely what makes the certificate worth anything. What we do is prepare the organisation so the certification audit is passed on its merits, and we work alongside any accredited body you choose.

Check that it is accredited by a recognised accreditation body for the specific standard and scope you need, not merely that it calls itself accredited. Then consider sector experience, auditor availability in your region and the fee structure across the full three-year cycle rather than the initial audit alone. Because we have no commercial relationship with any certification body, we can help you compare without a preferred answer.

It runs in two stages. Stage 1 reviews documentation and readiness and identifies anything that would prevent a successful Stage 2. Stage 2 is the full audit of implementation and effectiveness, on site and against evidence. Findings are classified, major nonconformities must be closed before the certificate is issued, and the certificate is then maintained through surveillance audits and a recertification audit at the end of the cycle.

From a standing start, typically six to twelve months depending on the standard, the size and complexity of the organisation, and how much already exists. The constraint is rarely documentation. It is that most standards require evidence the system has been operating, including a completed internal audit and a management review, before Stage 2 can succeed. That operating period cannot be compressed by writing faster.