Credibility through values and expertise
SQS means: Comprehensive and independent services for the assessment and certification of corporate quality.
Who we are
SQS assesses and certifies management systems, products, processes and services. It was an international pioneer and is still the leading conformity assessment body (CAB) in Switzerland today. Federal authorities and trade associations founded it in 1983 as the world's second CAB for quality assurance. Its mission was and is to enable credibility and trust and, in this way, facilitate cooperation between companies.
SQS - a not-for-profit organisation - now has over 60 members, including practically all relevant organisations in the Swiss economy as well as other important players in public administration, science and civil society. It has over 184 permanent employees in Switzerland, France and Italy and over 290 freelance auditors worldwide.
Over the decades, numerous additional topics have been added to quality, in particular environment- and energy management, health and safety at work and sustainable corporate governance. But the motivation has always remained the same:
So that actions follow words.
For sustainable entrepreneurship.
For a future worth living.
What benefit we provide
We create credibility and trust for our clients in the market, among employees, authorities or other stakeholders. To this end, we evaluate and audit them honestly, independently and competently.
We provide our clients with orientation and comparability. To this end, we provide suitable models and methods as well as our unique wealth of experience from thousands of audits.
We support our clients in building competencies for integrated management systems and sustainable corporate governance. To this end, we train their employees in a practical, impact-oriented and holistic way.
How we stand out
As a testing organisation accredited by the Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS), we are audited by this body ourselves. This forces us to constantly develop ourselves further and comply with the highest quality requirements.
We provide our customers with great potentials for combination and synergy: we offer the largest number of norms and standards in Switzerland, covering all industrial- and service sectors. In total, we test according to over 100 norms and standards.
We facilitate our customers' access to international markets by ensuring that our certificates are recognised worldwide. The value of global SQS certification is guaranteed by the SAS accreditation, the membership at IQNET, the global network for certification bodies, as well as international cooperations.