Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand

Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JASANZ) is an independent, third party accreditation body that provides internationally recognised accreditation services.

Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand

Logo and mark of the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JAS-ANZ)
Abbreviation	JASANZ
Formation	30 October 1991 (33 years ago) (1991-10-30)
Type	International organization
Purpose	Certification mark
Headquarters	Canberra and Wellington
Area served	Primarily Australia and New Zealand
Membership	Australia and New Zealand
Chief Executive Officer	Alan Cook
Website	www.jasanz.org

JASANZ was established by International treaty titled Agreement between Australia and New Zealand concerning the Establishment of the Council of the Joint Accreditation System of Australia and New Zealand (JASANZ) signed in Canberra on 30 October 1991, to strengthen the trading relationship between the two countries and with other countries.^[1]

Accreditation adds value to the ever growing and increasingly complicated market chain in many ways, including by providing a symbol of assurance that certifiers and inspectors are independent and competent to perform their duties.^[2]

JASANZ accredits the bodies that certify or inspect organisations, products or people. They do so by developing the assessment criteria certifiers and inspectors must meet to become accredited under these themes:

• Business and Innovation
• Environment and Sustainability
• Food and Biological Systems
• Health and Human Services
• Product Certification

JASANZ offers accreditation for the following programs:

• Management systems certification such as quality management systems (AS/NZS ISO 9001), environmental management systems (AS/NZS ISO 14001) and others
• Product certification such as Codemark, Watermark and others
• Personnel certification
• Inspection
• Validation and verification

JASANZ has accredited over 130 conformity assessment bodies (as of 2021) who have certified over 140,000 organisations in over 100 countries.

JASANZ is a member of the International Accreditation Forum (IAF), the International Laboratory Accreditation Cooperation (ILAC) and the Asia Pacific Accreditation Cooperation (APAC).