Certifications
Integrated Management System that ensures business conduct aligned with the highest international standards
We adopt an Integrated Management System (IMS) as a reference model for achieving corporate targets, ensuring compliance with regulations and reference principles and the correct identification and assessment of risks.
Certifications are a key part of our management system, and the positive assessments of the certifying bodies recognise the value of a unique and synergistic model that integrates Quality, Environment, Information Security, Health and Safety at Work, and Social Responsibility.
We carry out our activities in accordance with the following international standards:
- UNI EN ISO 9001:2015 for the Quality Management System (QMS);
- UNI EN ISO 14001:2015 for the Environmental Management System (EMS);
- ISO 27001:2017 for the Information Security Management System (ISMS);
- ISO 45001:2018 for the OH&S Management System;
- SA8000:2014 for Social Responsibility;
- UNI/PDR 125:2022 for the Gender Equality Certification System.
We carry out our activities in accordance with the following reference standards, recognising the strategic value of achieving and maintaining certifications as fundamental tools for ensuring process quality, regulatory compliance, continuous performance improvement and the creation of trust among stakeholders.
ISO 9001 - Quality Management System Certification
ISO 9001 is the internationally recognised benchmark standard for quality management, with the aim of continuous improvement in company performance, guaranteeing customers the quality of goods and services.
Certified Group companies (FY 2025): Adiacent Società Benefit, Apra, ATS, BDM, BDP, BDS, Computer Gross, Datef, Eurolab, ICOS, MF Services, NGS, PM Service, Palitalsoft, Sesa, Var Bms, Var Engineering, Var Group, Yarix, Yoctoit.
Quality Management System Certifications cover over 95% of the Group's Revenues for the FY ending April 30, 2025.
ISO 14001 - Environmental Management System Certification
ISO 14001 specifies the requirements for a proper and effective environmental management system. It guarantees the company's commitment to complying with environmental legislation, reducing environmental impact and improving environmental performance.
Certified Group companies (FY 2025): Base Digitale Group, BDS, Computer Gross, Sesa, Var Group.
Environmental management system certifications cover over 95% of the Group's Revenues for the FY ending April 30, 2025.
ISO 27001 - Information Security Management System Certification
ISO 27001 is the international standard that describes best practices for an Information Security Management System. The main objective of the standard is to ensure the protection of data and information from threats of all kinds, in order to guarantee its integrity, confidentiality and availability, and to provide the requirements for implementing an Information Security Management System suitable for the proper management of critical company data.
Certified Group companies (FY 2025): Amaeco, ATS, BDP, BDS, Computer Gross, Datef, Kleis, Metoda Finance, NGS, Palitalsoft, Tecnike, Var Group, Yarix, Yoctoit.
Information Security Management System Certifications cover over 90% of the Group's locations in the FY ending April 30, 2025.
SA 8000 - Social Accountability Management System Certification
SA 8000 is a management model that aims to promote and protect the workforce of the organisation. The standard aims to: improve staff conditions; promote ethical and fair treatment of staff; include international human rights conventions. It defines the voluntary requirements that employers must comply with ina the workplace, including workers' rights, workplace conditions and management systems.
Sesa S.p.A., as the parent company and head of centralized Human Resources management, welfare programmes, recruiting processes and training activities for the Group's main companies, obtained certification since 2015.
The decision to obtain certification at parent company level reflects the organisational model adopted, based on a centralized HR function and a management system that optimises and harmonises human resources management processes across the Group.
ISO 45001 - Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certification
ISO 45001 (former OHSAS 18001) defines a reference framework for improving safety, reducing risks in the workplace and supporting the health and well-being of workers, thereby enabling companies and organisations to improve their health and safety performance.
Certified Group companies (FY 2025): BDS, ICT Logistica, Sesa, Var Group.
Occupational Health and Safety Management System Certifications cover over 90% of the Group's locations in the FY ending April 30, 2025.
UNI/PdR 125:2022 - Gender Equality Certification
Gender Equality certification in accordance with UNI/PdR 125:2022 involves an assessment of the effectiveness of the actions taken by the organisation to create a workplace that is inclusive of diversity and supports gender equality.
This milestone has already been achieved by Sesa, Computer Gross and Base Digitale Group, with plans to extend it to the Group's main companies, thanks to a commitment to promoting an increasingly inclusive corporate culture. The actions taken have been measured against a set of KPIs – both qualitative and quantitative – relating to various variables that characterise an inclusive organisation, such as: culture and strategy; governance; HR processes; equal opportunities for growth and inclusion in the company; gender pay equity; parental protection and work-life balance.
Gender equality is also one of the 17 sustainable development goals set by the UN (Goal 5) and is one of the cross-cutting objectives of the PNRR.
Great Place to Work® Certification
The Great Place to Work® certification attests to the quality of the working environment as perceived by the people who work in an organisation. It is based on an independent survey that assesses aspects such as trust, fairness, pride and team spirit, according to an internationally recognised model for measuring organisational well-being and corporate culture.
Var Group obtained the certification in 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
The company was also listed among the Best Workplaces in Italy, an award that recognises organisations with the highest standards of trust, fairness and organizational well-being, according to the international Great Place to Work® methodology.
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