Season 4, Episode 153 : Mel Blackmore

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Melanie Blackmore is the Managing Director of Blackmores – an award-winning consultancy firm that implements and maintains management systems for clients ranging from SMEs to blue-chip organisations.

Melanie has been involved with the creation, development, and implementation of British and International standards for over 18 years.

Blackmores rapidly grew to be an award-winning, leading provider of consultancy services, specialising in environmental, quality, and risk standards and offering expertise on the widest range of standards in Europe. She is now set to launch a game-changing innovation in her field, called the isology hub, which is a membership-based platform that companies or individuals can use to get a comprehensive, step-by-step understanding of how to become ISO certified and create world-class systems for success.

Melanie is also the host of her own podcast, the ISO show!

 

Highlights from Mel Blackmore

• Mel talks about the different standards and how they act as blueprints for businesses
• She explains that businesses can implement these standards themselves, and use online tools like the ‘Isology Hub’ to help
• Standards are more flexible than they were 15 years ago
• Mel has noted an interesting change in business practice; previously ISOs were carried out as a box-ticking exercise. Now, more businesses implement them because they are interested in ‘doing the right thing’
• Having a holistic view of your business is important and can help you to embed appropriate standards to enhance your organisation
• Mel shares a success story of one of her clients

I think you know, 5/10 years ago, businesses would probably pay lip service to environmental policies and standards. Whereas now, we find that a lot of businesses are looking to go above and beyond and that’s why we’re seeing such a huge demand in certainly the carbon verification and carbon neutrality standards.

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