MCERTS is the Environment Agency’s Monitoring Certification Scheme for equipment, personnel and organisations. It provides a delivery vehicle for compliance with European Directives which regulate industrial emissions, monitoring data, equipment, and personnel.
The scheme is built around proven International and European standards to ensure monitoring data is of a high standard.
CSA Group (under Sira Certification Service) is the MCERTS certification body and provides certification of equipment, personnel and inspection services. Sira is accredited by the United Kingdom Accreditation Service (UKAS) according to the ISO/IEC 17000 series of conformity assessment standards. UKAS accreditation provides confidence in the impartiality, competence and consistency of the certifications provided by Sira.
MCERTS goes two steps further than other quality standards such as ISO9000 because it includes assessments of software coding standards and procedures, as well as an assessment of functionality and data integrity rules specific to managing environmental reporting data. EHS Data is pleased to announce that the MonitorPro MCerts certification has been renewed until 23rd February 2024. We are proud that MonitorPro was the first complete environmental monitoring data management solution to attain the standard.