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7th December 2020 - Certification Europe has today announced their partnership with Thrive.App, which has involved the development of an employee engagement and communications app ‘CE Connect’.Certification Europe Ltd. is a leading accredited Certification Body based in Ireland with offices in the UK, Italy and Japan.
With dispersed teams, across different locations as well as multiple business units (Certification Services, Environmental & Inspectorate Division and Technical Services), Certification Europe needed a ‘central hub’ for sharing latest updates, urgent announcements, in particular regard to Covid-19 news, and also for making sure they continued to lift spirits with competitions, fundraisers, games, onboarding of new employees and celebrating birthdays before and during their move to remote working at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.
Employee engagement was even more necessary at this time than ever before.
Certificate Europe’s CEO, Michael Brophy:
“Thrive is a perfect fit for our needs. It was quick to implement, it was scalable, and most importantly it did not need specific technical expertise to set it up nor run it. We made a decision to implement the app and very quickly we were able to develop a large amount of content, test it and go-live all within 6 weeks and we have not looked back since.
Over the last 6 months of having CE Connect up and running, Certification Europe has definitely seen an increase in employee engagement. Through having a place to upload weekly update videos, run competitions, let users upload pictures, share comments and like different events, it has been excellent to have through the Covid-19 pandemic.
Our Assessment Team have noticed a big change in employee engagement since the introduction of CE Connect. Having always worked remotely or on client sites, they feel there is more interaction between the teams now than ever before.
Overall, we have had a great experience working with Thrive and creating this app for our organisation and look forward to seeing how it grows over time.”
Holly Magill, Senior Innovation Executive and part of the Great Place to Work Team, added:
“Working from home can be isolating, and the app has helped everyone stay in the loop with what’s going on across all areas of the organisation. The company’s ‘Great Place to Work Team’ have been running competitions and fundraisers and the app has made it much easier to reach everyone in the organisation with the notification’s options and the wide range of content options we can include on posts.”
James Scott, CEO, Co-Founder of Thrive adds;
“We are delighted to add Certification Europe to our list of customers and will continue to support them during and beyond these challenging times.
We are on a mission to improve employee experience, everywhere and help as many organisations as we can to shift their communications from traditional methods such as printed newsletters, notice boards and team briefings to instant, secure, engaging mobile apps that helps every employee feel connected, recognised and supported in their role.”
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About Thrive
Thrive provides the technology and support to assist organisations in igniting their internal communications through the successful launch of employee apps. With the Thrive app, every employee can easily access real-time information they need to support their role, organisational updates across all areas of the business and feel supported and recognised as they carry out their duties.
The Thrive.App brings everyone together, including desk-less workforces with limited or no access to corporate emails or intranets. Its client-base includes councils, healthcare companies, manufacturing businesses, food firms, retailers and other organisations across the UK, Ireland and internationally.
This software as a service solution enables HR, Marketing, Internal Comms, Corporate Comms, IT, Operations, and other professionals to create and promote important, relevant, timely and customised information. Reaching everyone, everywhere, every time with an engaging, secure mobile app that is ridiculously easy to use.
About Certification Europe
Certification Europe Ltd., founded in 1999, is an Irish based, internationally focused certification body. Headquartered in Dublin, with offices around the world, they provide auditing, training, inspection and independent assessment services through a professional, client focused and dynamic approach to the auditing process of client operations. We focus on the clients’ needs to develop a tailor-made scheme that fits their overall business model. Certification Europe is part of the Amtivo Group.
Certification Services
Certification Europe’s primary industry is to provide certification services for ISO standards to a variety of organisations across the world in both the public and private sectors. As an accredited certification body, we carry out thousands of assessments globally to assess organisations on their management systems’ compliance with international standards for the following:
- Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001);
- Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001);
- IT Service Management Systems (ISO 20000);
- Business Continuity Management Systems (ISO 22301);
- Information Security Management Systems (ISO 27001 Including ISO 27701, ISO 27017 & ISO 27018)
- Health & Safety Management Systems (ISO 45001);
- Energy Management Systems (ISO 50001);
- Cyber Essentials; and
- Cyber Essentials Plus
Our client community includes micro-enterprises as well as multi-nationals, Government Departments and State Bodies in thirty-seven different countries.
Training Services
As well as certification assessments of international standards, Certification Europe also provides training services to help organisations understand ISO certifications and how to implement management systems within their business. Our training courses help the delegates understand what ISO certification is, what it means for their business and ensures they are confident in the process of how to approach implementation. We also give them information on what an assessor will look for during an assessment, so they are fully prepared for the certification process.
Environmental & Inspectorate (E&I) Division
Certification Europe provides both environmental inspection services throughout Ireland for a number of private bodies, local authorities and government bodies. We have a growing, dynamic team of experts in the areas of environmental, compliance and enforcement inspections. We work with local authorities on surveillance operations, awareness campaigns, investigations, compliance inspections, data validation, data analysis, environmental sampling, chain of custody and preparing files for legal proceedings both in district, circuit and high court proceedings. The E&I team is responsible for the enforcement of legislation and regulations regionally and nationally including the National Transfrontier Shipments (TFS) Office and has in depth experience and expertise in collaborating with numerous stakeholders such as Customs, Revenue and An Garda Síochána to inspect sites where alleged breaches of these regulations have occurred.
Technical Services
The Technical Services Team leads the delivery of specialist multidisciplinary technical services on behalf of Certification Europe. Their services span market surveillance, regulatory and environmental compliance, waste crime, waste management planning, waste data expert support and technical reviews across a suite of public sector clients at a local, regional and national scale in Ireland. Drawing on a wealth of unique technical expertise, the team integrates their knowledge of rigorous project management, exemplary inspection and auditing best practice approaches, unparalleled legislative understanding and unrivalled stakeholder engagement experience to deliver positive inspection and environmental outcomes on behalf of our clients. The Team has been centrally involved in the expansion of Certification Europe’s expanding portfolio of bespoke client services reinforcing our reputation as a market leader in the Inspection and Environmental sectors.
