ISO and GRC certification consulting in Berlin

ISO and GRC certification in Berlin at a glance

Berlin gathers an unusual variety of industries in one city. Berlin Partner describes a medical-technology base that includes names such as Biotronik, B. Braun and Ottobock, a food industry built on coffee, confectionery, baked goods and beverages, and an automotive and aerospace presence with BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Rolls-Royce and MTU. Adlershof, run by WISTA Management, is the country's largest science and technology park, with federal institutes for materials and metrology on site, while Siemensstadt Square is turning a historic industrial district into a campus for digital technology. Fintech, AI and IT security firms complete the picture. DAkkS, the national accreditation body, has its head office in the city; national law and accreditation are covered on the Germany page. Sterling serves Berlin from Sterling's Frankfurt office, with 20+ years of experience, 8,100+ client engagements in 60+ countries, and Effivity and Sterling Academy included with the engagement.

Berlin is Germany's capital and its largest startup and technology centre. Berlin Partner's business location pages describe a broad base of medical technology and biotechnology, food manufacturing, automotive and aerospace, energy and environmental technology, artificial intelligence, IT security and financial technology, with Adlershof as the country's largest science and technology park.

Standards Sterling delivers in Berlin

Each page sets out why the standard is asked for in Berlin, what it requires and how Sterling delivers it locally. National law and accreditation are covered on the Germany page.

Industries in Berlin that ask for certification

• Healthcare industries and medical technology: Berlin Partner's medical-technology page names Biotronik, B. Braun, Berlin Heart, Ottobock, Stryker and Zimmer Biomet among the companies of the capital region, which works with Charité and over forty research institutions. Standards asked for: ISO 13485, ISO 9001, ISO/IEC 27001, GDPR, ISO/IEC 17025
• Food manufacturing: Berlin's food industry focuses on coffee, confectionery and baked goods, fruit and vegetable processing, beverages and meat processing, with companies such as Bahlsen, Storck, Stollwerck, Coca-Cola and the Radeberger Group named by Berlin Partner. Standards asked for: FSSC 22000, ISO 22000, HACCP, ISO 9001, ISO 14001
• Automotive, mobility and aerospace: Berlin Partner reports a significant presence of BMW, Mercedes-Benz and Volkswagen in Berlin and ranks the capital region among Germany's three most important aerospace locations, with Rolls-Royce, MTU and Planet Labs present. Standards asked for: IATF 16949, TISAX, AS9100, ISO 9001, ISO 14001
• Energy and environmental technology: Berlin Partner covers energy grids and storage, renewable energy, hydrogen, battery technologies, energy efficiency, water management and circular economy as Berlin topics, with Siemens Energy among the companies in the capital. Standards asked for: ISO 50001, ISO 14001, ISO 9001, ISO 45001, ISO 37301
• Artificial intelligence and IT security: Berlin Partner describes an AI ecosystem of more than five hundred companies, mostly business-to-business, and presents Berlin as an IT security location because of its role as capital, with Bundesdruckerei, Microsoft and SAP among the named companies. Standards asked for: ISO/IEC 42001, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701, NIS2, SOC 2
• Financial services and fintech: Berlin Partner states that the capital hosts large banks and savings banks, investors, the stock exchange, funds and insurers, and describes it as Germany's top fintech ecosystem. Standards asked for: PCI DSS, ISO/IEC 27001, ISO 22301, NIS2, ISO 37001

Industrial areas and zones in Berlin

• Adlershof science and technology park (WISTA Management GmbH): photonics and optics, renewable energy and photovoltaics, microsystems and materials, IT and media technology, biotechnology and environment
• Campus Berlin-Buch and berlinbiotechpark (Campus Berlin-Buch GmbH): biomedicine, biotechnology, healthcare
• Siemensstadt Square (Siemens innovation campus and urban development): digital technologies, industrial transformation, research and production
• Westhafen Berlin (inland port operated by BEHALA): logistics, port-side real estate

Local authorities

• Berlin Partner for Business and Technology: The capital's business and technology agency, offering consulting, location services and service packages for companies, investors and scientific institutions.
• Berlin data protection commissioner: Berlin's data protection and freedom-of-information supervisory office; publishes guidance and press releases on personal-data topics, including business and international data transfers.

National laws, regulators and accreditation are on the Germany page.

Ports and logistics

• Port: Westhafen Berlin (BEHALA)
• Airport: Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), operated by the publicly owned Flughafen Berlin Brandenburg GmbH

BER serves the capital region and BEHALA runs the inland port in the centre of the city, so logistics, aerospace and trade firms deal with customers who ask for quality, safety and continuity evidence.

Accreditation and laboratories in Berlin

• Deutsche Akkreditierungsstelle (DAkkS), head office (accreditation body office)
• Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und -prüfung (BAM), Adlershof (public laboratory (federal institute))
• Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Adlershof (public laboratory (national metrology institute))
• Landeslabor Berlin-Brandenburg, Adlershof (public laboratory (state laboratory))

Sterling does not certify; certification decisions stay with independent, accredited bodies.

Sterling in Berlin

Served from Sterling's Frankfurt office. One team carries the work from scoping to certificate, with Effivity ISO & GRC software and preferential Sterling Academy access, with complimentary awareness training for your people. Sterling does not certify; certification decisions stay with independent bodies.

Nearby cities

• Frankfurt am Main
• Munich
• Stuttgart
• Hamburg
• Düsseldorf
• Cologne

What the standards require, clause by clause

Before you start in Berlin, read what each clause and subclause requires of you, how to implement it, the evidence auditors look for and the mistakes to avoid.

Questions Berlin clients ask