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COMBINED ASSURANCE AT A GLANCE

One coordinated audit. Two powerful outcomes.

Combine the depth of our Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Audit with certification to ISO 45001. Benchmark your management system against best practice while demonstrating conformity with the internationally recognised occupational health and safety standard.

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Take control of your safety performance

The Combined Five Star Occupational Health and Safety Management and ISO 45001 Audit from the British Safety Council gives you a clear, controlled view of your safety performance—benchmarking your systems against best practice and ISO 45001 standards. With expert guidance and one of the most comprehensive audit frameworks available, you’ll be equipped to strengthen compliance, improve performance, and move confidently towards certification.

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ONE PROCESS. TWO OUTCOMES.

Go beyond certification alone

ISO 45001 demonstrates that your management system meets internationally recognised requirements. Five Star goes further, providing a quantified benchmark and detailed recommendations designed to support progression towards best practice.

BEST PRACTICE

Five Star Occupational Health & Safety Audit

Gain a comprehensive, consultative assessment of your health and safety management arrangements, with quantified performance and detailed recommendations to help you move beyond compliance towards best practice.

INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION

ISO 45001

Assess your occupational health and safety management system against the requirements of ISO 45001 and, where certification requirements are met, demonstrate conformity with the internationally recognised standard.

THE COMBINED AUDIT PROCESS

One assessment built around a deeper view of performance

Your management system is evaluated against both Five Star best-practice criteria and ISO 45001 requirements, helping reduce duplicated assessment activity while delivering richer insight.

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Review

We examine your occupational health and safety management system, documentation, policies and supporting evidence.

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Verify

Interviews, workplace observations and operational sampling help establish whether documented arrangements are effectively implemented in practice.

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Benchmark

Your arrangements are evaluated against Five Star best-practice expectations and the requirements of ISO 45001.

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Certify & improve

Receive your Five Star findings and improvement priorities, alongside the ISO 45001 certification outcome where the standard's requirements have been successfully met.

Drive your process safety forward

More than just an audit, it delivers practical insight and expert guidance to support compliance while helping organisations embed a culture of continuous improvement. Our Five Star audits are widely regarded as some of the most thorough in the field, carried out by experienced practitioners who bring deep, real-world expertise to every assessment.

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MORE VALUE FROM YOUR AUDIT

Why combine Five Star and ISO 45001?

Bring together certification, benchmarking and practical improvement guidance within one coordinated assessment.

Reduce duplicated effort

Benchmark against both sets of requirements through a coordinated process, helping make better use of your organisation's time and resources.

Go beyond conformity

Understand not only whether requirements are met, but where performance can be strengthened beyond the standard.

International recognition

Demonstrate alignment with an internationally recognised occupational health and safety management system standard.

Practical recommendations

Receive structured recommendations that help turn audit findings into a clear programme of continual improvement.

Stakeholder confidence

Strengthen assurance for customers, employees, investors, supply chains and other stakeholders.

Tenders & supply chains

Provide stronger evidence of health and safety governance when responding to PQQs, tenders and customer requirements.

READY TO COMBINE ASSURANCE AND IMPROVEMENT?

Start your combined Five Star and ISO 45001 journey

Speak to our team about your organisation, your certification goals and how a combined audit could help you benchmark performance, strengthen your management system and demonstrate internationally recognised assurance.

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Honour Awards: Your path to recognition

Achieving a Five Star Audit opens the door to some of the most respected awards in health, safety, and environmental management. These awards are your chance to showcase what makes your organisation stand out. Using your audit as the foundation, the process highlights the strength of your systems, your people, and your culture. For organisations that truly live and breathe excellence, it’s an opportunity to gain global recognition for the standards you’ve worked hard to achieve.

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