Data Services
Data access on BRCGS Directory
BRCGS offers three services for accessing and utilising data relating to BRCGS audits and certification, via the Directory.
The services and the level of access permitted reflect the confidential nature of the data available, with audit owner consent and administration required in some instances before data can be obtained.
The public Directory
The public Directory displays limited information relating to certificated status sites only. The service is intended to facilitate site by site verification of certificated status claims and new supplier identification via region, Standard and scope.
Sites may elect to be excluded from public display and no document access, reporting or notification tools are available.
Extended services for credentialled users
The password protected area of Directory allows users to access certification data via two services:
- VERIFY – a self-service tool for everyday supplier approval: Instant access to authentic BRCGS certificates in PDF and data formats. Simply access what you need, when you need it.
- AUDITS – extended access to complete audit report documents and certification history. Audit availability requires actioned ‘sharing’ by the audit owner before content can be accessed.
Which service is right for your company?
Audit report documents contain confidential content and access to them is restricted until ‘sharing’ is actioned by the audit owner.
If you do not require access to the complete audit report, or do not have a supplier’s consent to access their complete audit report, Verify offers a fully featured solution. Verify provides instant access to the certificate PDF and data as issued by the certification body. It is the quickest and simplest certification acquisition option available.
If do you require complete audit reports, the Audits service provides access to the content in PDF and data formats (subject to sharing configuration by the audit owner).
The Verify and Audits services can be utilised in combination.
Toolkit
Both Verify and Audits services include the following features for credentialled users:
Notification alerts - Email alerts relating to certification status changes at ‘favourite’ tagged or shared audits. Notification topics include certificate renewal, expiry and revocation.
Exportable reporting - Export audit information for shared audits and all certificates in .XLS or .CSV format. Report results describe the most recent set of audit information available.
Favourites - Verify allows users to tag individual sites as a ‘Favourite’. Favourite tagged site records can be located instantly via a dedicated filter, removing the need to search for records individually on every visit.
API connectivity - API services for Audits and Verify will become available from early 2025. BRCGS may rescind or otherwise prevent un-registered connections to the public website via API or similar data-acquisition applications, on an unannounced basis.
Eligibility and registration of interest
Audits and Verify services are available now for BRCGS audit owning companies.
Verify will become available for companies who are not BRCGS audit owners in early 2025, on a subscription basis.
Directory access for audit owners
Directory ‘Company’ and linked ‘User’ accounts are available for all BRCGS audit owning companies and legal entities. If your company owns one or more BRCGS audit report – a Directory account has already been created for you, under administration of your auditing certification body.
To obtain access to your account, please either contact your appointed BRCGS certification body directly or register here.
Further information, including downloadable user guides is available here.
Directory access for other companies and entities who are not BRCGS audit owners
To register interest in Directory, including Verify and API services, please complete this short form.