From a statement issued by the Costa Rican Foreign Trade Promotion Office (PROCOMER):

New ISO standard will be published in September

In order to respond to market changes and demands, the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) plans to publish the new ISO standard 14001: 2015 on environmental management in September 2015.

The company analyzes the rules usually every five years. At the last meeting of the technical committee, the review of the remaining comments were received and based on this, it is expected that the final draft for the international standard will be published in June 2015, in order to have two months of voting period and start up in August this year.

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Tender for Quality Certification Service

March 2020

In Guatemala, Intecap tenders the service of the certifying entity, to perform the follow-up audit and re-certification of the Quality Management System of the institution, certified under the International Standard ISO 9001:2015.

Guatemala Government Purchase 12156469:

"The Quality Audits will include at least the following subject matter:

El Salvador: Obstacles to Geothermal Energy

August 2014

Employers claim that the country has the potential to exploit this energy, but the processes for obtaining environmental permits is being held up, in some cases by up to three years.

At the moment, geothermal energy makes up 25% of the country's energy mix, but experts in the field say the exploitation potential is even greater.

International Certification in Honduras

October 2009

Tougher competition makes it a requisite to have internationally certified processes and production.

However, certification costs are considerable, and vary depending on the subject, the time required for implementation, and the level of certification.

A local certification alternative for Honduran companies is Quara Group: "established little more than a year ago, it assists the local entrepreneur in getting to know and implement standards in their organizations, which can be certified and recognized by ISO, the International Standards Organization", reported newspaper Laprensahn.com.

Panasonic Central America get service quality certification

September 2008

INTECO certified the company's service quality management for Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador, in accordance with ISO 9001:2000 Standards.

Quality in the production process as well as in customer service for Panasonic Central America were at the highest level and obtained the ISO 9001:2000 certification for its operations in Costa Rica, Guatemala and El Salvador.