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Licensing is now mandatory for all commercial use of AA1000AS (2008). The licensing process is currently undergoing further review.

Following a review and taking into consideration the comments received from Licensed Assurance Providers, we have now updated the AA1000AS (2008) agreement. Existing licensed providers are under no obligation to sign the new agreement; however we are happy to assist for those who'd like to, please see the Assurance Provider Licensing Process below.

AA1000 (2003) was withdrawn at the end of December 2009 and from January 2010 all assurance engagements must use AA1000 (2008).

Assurance Provider Licensing Process:

Commercial use of the AccountAbility Assurance Standard (AA1000AS (2008)) requires a license and payment of a £5.00 GBP registration fee.

Download a 2011 License Agreement.

This must be completed and returned electronically to standards@accountability.org or a hard copy sent to the Standards Team in our London office.

All assurance providers who use AA1000AS must pay a royalty fee of £500 for each commercial use (£200 for assurance of companies with less than 200 employees) and may include the trademarked AccountAbility logo on their statements which will be provided once licensed.

For more information, email standards@accountability.org.

See our membership page for information about the benefits of becoming an Assurance Provider Member or contact: membership@accountability.org.