The Chartered Institute of Procurement & Supply (CIPS), is a global professional body working for the procurement and supply profession in most regions of the world. It promotes best practice and provides services for non-professionals and its over 64,000 members in 180 countries. It received its Royal Charter from The Queen in 1992, and offered its members Chartered Status in 2014 after a programme of continuing professional development including the successful completion of the CIPS ethics test.