Maynilad bags record number of ISO marks

West Zone concessionaire Maynilad Water Services Inc. is now the country’s leading company in terms of securing the highest international standards.

For this year, Maynilad received 34 International Organization for Standardization (ISO) certifications, bringing its total number of certificates to 243, the highest for any local company.

Maynilad’s company-wide ISO certificates, which cover 78 offices and facilities, also include legal and regulatory affairs, commercial and marketing, and finance divisions, as well as three new sewage treatment plants (STPs) in Quezon City.

Conferred by international auditing firm TUV Rheinland Philippines, these Maynilad offices and facilities passed the strict audit process for Quality Management Systems (ISO 9001:2015), Environmental Management Systems (ISO 14001:2015) and Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems (BS OHSAS 18001:2007)— proof that company processes meet stringent global standards.

“Bench-marking with international standards is part of our effort to keep operations efficient and to provide only the best service to our customers,” Maynilad president and CEO Ramoncito Fernandez said.

Besides the triple ISO certifications conferred on 78 Maynilad sites, the company also earned ISO 14001 and OHSAS 18001 certificates for its program management, technical services, information technology services and human resources divisions, as well as for the offices of the president and CEO and the chief operating officer.

Maynilad secured its first ISO after its re-privatization in 2007 when its Dagat-Dagatan sewage and septage treatment plant became the first wastewater facility of its kind in the Asia-Pacific region to receive triple ISO certifications.

Maynilad is also the first and only water company in the Philippines to receive ISO 14064:2006 certification for the verification of its greenhouse gases or carbon footprint quantification and reporting initiative.

Maynilad is the largest private water concessionaire in the country in terms of customer base. It serves the areas of Caloocan, Pasay, Parañaque, Las Piñas, Muntinlupa, Valenzuela, Navotas, Malabon, and certain portions of Manila, Quezon City, Makati and Cavite.