One policy framework, risk process, document set, internal audit program and management review — satisfying ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and ISO 45001 together.
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Spire Safety helps Australian organisations combine ISO 9001 Consulting, ISO 14001 Consulting and ISO 45001 Consulting into one practical management system, audit program and management review cycle.
Reviewed by Nathan Owen, Senior Safety Consultant · Updated September 2026
Three systems make the same business do the same work three times. Separate systems duplicate document control, leadership meetings, objectives, corrective action, audits and management review.
Duplication also creates contradictions: different document numbers, risk methods, action registers and versions for the same team. Integration removes that noise without removing the specialised controls each standard needs. The result is not three manuals in one folder; it is one system designed to satisfy all standards in scope.
An integrated management system (IMS) is one management system that meets the requirements of more than one ISO standard — most often ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environment) and ISO 45001 (health and safety).
No. There is no standalone IMS certification standard. Organisations are certified to each standard separately, usually through one combined audit by a JAS-ANZ accredited certification body that is accredited for every standard and scope involved.
Consolidate separately certified systems while preserving current certificates, controls and useful operating evidence.
Design one management system for organisations pursuing two or three ISO standards together.
Extend the governance, document control and assurance processes already operating in a certified system.
Map duplication, conflicts, missing requirements and the practical work needed to create one auditable system.
Audit shared processes once across the standards while testing specialised quality, environmental and safety controls.
Retain what works, merge duplicate documents and formally withdraw superseded policies, procedures and registers.
The three standards share ISO’s harmonised structure, formerly called Annex SL, so their common governance processes can operate once while specialised controls remain distinct.
| Clause | What’s shared | What stays standard-specific |
|---|---|---|
| 4 — Context | Organisation, interested parties, IMS scope and core management-system processes. | Quality customer requirements, environmental conditions and OH&S worker and regulatory needs. |
| 5 — Leadership | Leadership commitment, policy framework, responsibilities and accountability. | Customer focus, environmental commitments, and worker consultation and participation. |
| 6 — Planning | Risks, opportunities, objectives, actions and management of change. | Quality process risks, environmental aspects and obligations, and OH&S hazards and legal requirements. |
| 7 — Support | Resources, competence, awareness, communication and document control. | Technical competence, communications and records required by each discipline. |
| 8 — Operation | Operational planning, controls, outsourced processes and controlled change. | Product and service controls, environmental lifecycle controls, and OH&S hierarchy-of-control requirements. |
| 9 — Performance evaluation | Monitoring, internal audit and management review processes. | Measures, compliance evaluations and audit evidence specific to quality, environment and OH&S. |
| 10 — Improvement | Nonconformity, corrective action and continual improvement. | Discipline-specific incidents, impacts, failures and effectiveness evidence. |
Integrating mature existing systems typically takes about two to four months. A new system, several sites or substantial evidence gaps can take longer. Timing depends on the number of standards, current document quality, process alignment, internal availability and how long the consolidated system must operate before its internal and certification audits.
Map existing certifications, documents, processes, evidence, duplication and conflicts across the standards.
Agree one hierarchy, naming convention, register set, ownership model and integration boundary.
Merge useful content, close shared gaps and retire duplicates without disrupting controls already in use.
Use the consolidated processes and produce records that demonstrate the integrated system is working.
Complete the internal audit program, management review and corrective actions across the standards.
Prepare the evidence index, people and certification-body coordination for a combined integrated audit.
IMS cost is quoted after an integration review because the work depends on the standards, sites, system maturity, operational complexity, duplicated documents and evidence already available. Consultant support and independent certification-body auditing are separate scopes, so each provider prices its own work.
| Cost area | What it covers | What drives the cost |
|---|---|---|
| Consultant support | Integration review, system architecture, document consolidation, implementation, internal audit and readiness support. | Existing maturity, standards, sites, conflicting processes, document volume, evidence gaps and support required from your team. |
| Certification body | Initial certification, surveillance and recertification audits for each standard in scope. | Employees, sites, risk and complexity, accreditation scope, level of integration, audit duration, travel and the body’s fee schedule. |
A genuinely integrated system can reduce total certification audit days because IAF MD 11 allows the certification body to account for shared processes when calculating audit duration. The certification body determines and justifies the final reduction; it is not guaranteed by the consultant.
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Senior Safety Consultant
Masters Workplace Health and Safety · Masters Business Administration · Diploma of Vocational Education
Nathan provides management-system development, implementation and preparation for JAS-ANZ certification across complex Australian operations.
Safety Consultant
IMS Lead Auditor · Certificate IV WHS · Diploma Human Resources
Jodie brings verified integrated-management-system lead-auditor capability to implementation and objective internal auditing.
Tell us which standards, certificates, sites and systems you have now. A senior consultant will identify the duplication, integration boundary and a defined scope.
