ESG are now listed on the RISAS Website under ‘organisations’ as an ‘Approval Body, the actual list is restricted but you can read about it in the news announcement on the RISAS home page.

The Rail Industry Supplier Approval Scheme (RISAS) aims to provide a shared and unified approach to the auditing activities of suppliers of critical materials and services to the rail industry while maintaining quality assurance.

RISAS will help to ensure that suppliers of critical products to the railway industry have the right systems, processes, competence, resources, and procedures.

RISAS is designed to ensure that Railway Safety Case Duty Holders, and other customers such as ROSCOs, are able to rely upon common third party assessments, by accredited railway industry supplier approval bodies (RISABs), such as ESG, who will assess and certify the adequacy of key suppliers’ procedures, practices, and competence to manage risks which arise from the specialist nature of railway industry applications.

There are a number of companies qualified under this scheme some have a greater scope of approval than others. ESG is accredited for all product groups.